Zhao Tingyang lecture and series

The Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies at Universität Tübingen is sponsoring a series of four on-line lectures titled “Tianxia (and its critique).” All lectures take place online at 2 pm CEST (8 am U.S., 8 pm China):

22 Sep — Tingyang Zhao: “The maze of Tianxia–all-under-heaven”
20 Oct — Stephen Angle: “The Limits of Tianxia”
17 Nov — Georg Stenger: tba
15 Dec — Aurélie Névot: “From tianxia to tianxia-ism”

All lectures will be available at: this zoom link.

Please contact the organizer, Dr. Niels Weidtmann, with any questions.

Online Lecture: What No One Laughs At Cannot Be Dao

The Coffee Time Talks on Chinese Thought series at Saint Louis University, sponsored by the Center for Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, will be hosting a Zoom lecture by Professor Brook Ziporyn on Wednesday, September 21st from 10:00-11:30 AM CST. The lecture is titled “What No One Laughs At Cannot Be Dao: On What Kind of Garbage is the Dao?”.

Zoom ID: 984 9500 6071

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New Book: Korean Women Philosophers

The Oxford University Press has recently published a translation and study Korean Women Philosophers and the Ideal of a Female Sage: Essential Writings of Im Yungjidang and Gang Jeongildang, edited by Philip J. Ivanhoe and Hwa Yeong Wang. This work introduces the lives and ideas of two female Korean Confucian philosophers from the Joseon Dynasty. This edited edition provides translation and analysis of the writings of these philosophers. The editors also add in compared and contrast the philosophers’ thoughts with that of western thinkers.

Symposium: Vattimo and Chinese Thought

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick is pleased to invite individuals to a one day symposium titled Weakening Strategies: Vattimo and Chinese Thought. The symposium aims to advance a comparative understanding of the concept of weakness with Vattimo’s philosophy. The event will take place on Friday, September 30th, in the auditorium of the Merce Rodoreda building of the Ciutadella Campus of Pompeu Fabra University (Ramon Fargas 2527, 08005 Barcelona). To sign up online or in person click here or email Max Lacertosa.

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Book Symposium on Kim, Democracy after Virtue

A book symposium on Sungmoon Kim’s Democracy after Virtue: Toward Pragmatic Confucian Democracy (OUP, 2019) has recently been published in the newest issue of The Good Society. Click here to see the last six articles. The contributors are Isak Tranvik, John Dryzek, Stephen Macedo, Brooke Ackerly, and Zhouyao Li.

CFP: The Diversity of Chinese Philosophy

The International Conference of International Society for Chinese Philosophy is happy to announce that they are accepting papers for their summer conference (June 20-23, 2023). This year’s conference theme is highlighting the diversity of Chinese philosophy in three ways: philosophical positions, philosophical influence, and comparative perspectives. The conference will be held this year at the University of California Riverside campus, and submissions for abstracts are due by November 30, 2022. Read below for more information on submissions, themes, and the conference layout.

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Angle Reviews Kwon, Confucian Sentimental Representation: A New Approach to Confucian Democracy

My review of Confucian Sentimental Representation: A New Approach to Confucian Democracy by Kyung Rok Kwon (Routledge, 2022) has been published in The Review of Metaphysics 76:1; see here. The first paragraph of the review follows below.

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Job Opening: The City University of New York, Baruch College

The Department of Philosophy at Baruch College, CUNY, is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position, tenure track. The position will involve teaching introductory-level undergraduate courses as well as elective courses in the applicant’s area of expertise. We are seeking a philosopher with a strong research profile.

Area of Specialization: Non-Western Philosophy OR Value Theory
Area of Competence: Philosophy of Mind & Psychology (preferred)

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Lecture: “Politics, Language, and Mind in Early Chinese Legalist Ideas”

Professor Soon-ja Yang at Chonnam National University (South Korea) will be giving the first CEACOP seminar of the Fall 2022 semester via Zoom. The title of her talk is “Politics, Language, and Mind in Early Chinese Legalist Ideas” and it is scheduled at 4pm, Friday, September 9 (HKT) / 4am, Friday, Sept 9 (EST). Please email bhoneybj22@gmail.com to register and click here for the flyer.