On October 20, Amherst College and UMass Amherst will host the New England Regional Association of Asian Studies Conference. The program is now available on-line, and it includes at least these two panels of interest: Continue reading →
Peer Review and Rationalization
I tend to do a lot of peer reviewing, but I’m certain that I don’t do it well. Of all of the consequential stuff that I have to write as a professional academic, I get the least feedback on my reviewer reports, and there isn’t much incentive to reflect on my deficiencies as a reviewer. I know that I have many such deficiencies, but I don’t know exactly what they are. If you were to point to any bit of advice and say that it’s poor, I would deny it and have a justification for it ready at hand. But I also recognize that I’m no better than (and probably worse than) the average reviewer, and I know that the average reviewer has significant vices. So while I can’t point to any direct evidence of my vices, I know by other routes that I have them, and that they are significant.
Two Book Reviews on 20th c. Chinese Thinkers
Two excellent recent books on important figures in modern Chinese thought, Zhang Taiyan and Mou Zongsan, have recently been published in The China Journal (July, 2012). I quote the details and first paragraphs of the reviews here. Continue reading →
Latest ISCWP Newsletter Available
The August, 2012 ISCWP Newsletter is now available from the Association’s website. Enjoy!
CFP: ISCP at 2013 Pacific APA (with summary of CFPs)
International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) plans to host two sessions at the 2013 Pacific Division Meeting of American Philosophical Association (APA), San Francisco, March 27-30. Continue reading →
On-line Review of Haiming WEN, Chinese Philosophy
A review by by Jung Lee (Northeastern University) of Haiming WEN (Renmin University)’s new book, Chinese Philosophy (Cambridge, 2012), has just been published at NDPR. Lee is rather critical of the role played in Wen’s book of Western philosophical categories; these categories are particularly prominent in Wen’s book because he organizes his chronological chapters around what he takes to be the major philosophical emphasis in the period (e.g., political philosophy for Pre-Qin thought; epistemology for Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism).
Summary of Eastern APA Panels
Several of the APA’s affiliated groups have announced their panels at this December’s Eastern Division APA Meeting, to be held December 27-30, 2012, in Atlanta, GA, USA, at the Marriott Atlanta Marquis. Here is a chronological listing of the ACPA, ISCWP, and ISCP panels. There are sure to be other relevant panels, both group and main program; I will edit this post as more information is available. [UPDATE: I have added new information, and this should now be complete. Oct 12, 2012]
New book on Chinese religion and philosophy
Prof. SHAN Chun (University of Politics and law in Beijing; International Confucian Association) has published a new book with Springer titled Major Aspects of Chinese Religion and Philosophy. Those with institutional access to SpringerLink should be able to get the full text on-line; everyone should be able to access at least the Table of Contexts and the abstracts of each chapter. It is a broad, synthetic account, appreciative rather than historically or philosophically critical, that represents one contemporary Chinese approach to China’s religio-philosophic traditions.
Translation of Korean Buddhist Works Online
A team of scholars has published — and made freely available on-line — an extensive set of translations from Korean Buddhism. The homepage is here. The translation are excellent, are accompanied by substantial introductions, and include the classical Chinese original text. Robert Buswell’s Preface to the series follows.
