Daily Archives: May 31, 2018

PhD scholarship in Chinese-Western Comparative Philosophy: Comparative Epistemology. AUD$50,000 per year over 4 years plus fee waiver

PhD scholarship in Chinese-Western Comparative Philosophy
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

We invite applications from prospective PhD students to work on the research topic below. The scholarship will run over 4 years, and the following will be provided:

– Tuition fee waiver
– AUD$40,000 p.a. stipend (tax-free)
– Up to AUD$10,000 p.a. career development funds

PhD Research Project Title
Epistemology enlarged: knowledge as practice in Chinese and Western philosophy

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Three articles on contemporary Chinese political thinking

Three significant articles, all open access, on contemporary Chinese political thinking.

“Research dialogues on the intellectual public sphere in China (Part I),” Guest edited by Timothy Cheek, David Ownby, and Joshua Fogel. China Information Volume 32, Issue 1, March 2018

Mapping the intellectual public sphere in China today

Timothy CheekDavid OwnbyJoshua Fogel

First Published March 14, 2018; pp. 107–120

Liberalism in contemporary China: Questions, strategies, directions

Tang XiaobingMark McConaghy

First Published January 2, 2018; pp. 121–138

The recasting of Chinese socialism: The Chinese New Left since 2000

Shi AnshuFrançois LachapelleMatthew Galway

First Published March 14, 2018; pp. 139–159

Call for Nominations: APA Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs

The APA awards a prize for “Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs.” It seems to me that a department that has gone out of its way to diversify the philosophical traditions it teaches and on which its members do research would be worthy of such a prize, though so far this has not happened (see the list below). Any suggestions of a program worthy of nomination?

The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC) invite nominations for the 2018 Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs. The deadline to submit nominations is June 30.

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