The newest issue of Asian Philosophy has come out through Taylor and Francis Online. We invite you to check out the articles through this link. Please also find the table of contents below. Continue reading →
Author Archives: Margery Fang
Lecture: Tiwald, Confucian Disagreements About Autonomous Understanding 自得 (zìdé)
Justin Tiwald will give a colloquium talk titled “Confucian Disagreements about Autonomous Understanding 自得 (zìdé) in Ethics” at the University of California, Riverside hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature and Languages and the Department of Philosophy on Friday, Oct. 31 at 4pm PST (hybrid format). Please read more for details, the zoom link, and the abstract.
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Online Course: Worldmodels & Ontologies: Visions of Reality in Chinese Thought
The online course “Worldmodels & Ontologies: Visions of Reality in Chinese Thought” will be running from Thursday, 16 October to Thursday, 18 December 2025. This seminar is designed in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Zurich, the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and National Chengchi University (NCCU). Scholars, students, and practitioners are warmly invited to join this collaborative exploration of how different textual traditions in China have structured their visions of reality. Please find the course description and schedule here.
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New Book: Valmisa, All Things Act
Mercedes Valmisa’s All Things Act has recently been published through Oxford University Press. Please read more to find the description of the book and see here to access the full book. Continue reading →
Hybrid Workshop: Friendship in Chinese Thought
The upcoming hybrid workshop “Friendship in Chinese Thought: Theories, Issues, and Perspectives” will be held at Lanzhou University and virtually on zoom. This workshop will bring together scholars and students to explore the rich and multifaceted ways friendship has been theorized, debated, and applied within the Chinese intellectual tradition. Please read here for the full schedule of the workshop and to access the zoom link. Continue reading →
Job Opening: HKUST Substantiation-track Position
The Division of Humanities of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) invites applications for a substantiation-track position in Philosophy, with an expected starting date of 2 July 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications at all ranks (Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Professor) are invited, though applications at the level of Professor and Associate Professor with substantiation is especially welcomed. While the subject area is open, a research background in Confucianism – and/or expertise in ethics, bioethics, moral philosophy, religion, or other areas of contemporary relevance – would be an advantage; strong applicants in other areas are also welcome to apply. Please read this file for full description of the position and the application guidelines.
Call for New Editors: Journal of Global Ethics
The editors of the Journal of Global Ethics announce an open call for new editors to join our team during the course of 2026, particularly seeking to appoint editors with expertise in non-Western philosophy and also editors with experience or academic positions outside the Global North. Please read more for information about the position.
Job Opening: Position in SEA Buddhist Philosophy at NIU
ToC: JCPC August 2025 Issue
The latest issue of the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture (August 2025) has been published — see here. Its Table of Contents follows.
Cline reviews Ivanhoe and Wang, Korean Women Philosophers, at NDPR
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Philip J. Ivanhoe and Hwa Yeong Wang, Korean Women Philosophers and the Ideal of a Female Sage: Essential Writings of Im Yungjidang and Gang Jeongildang, Oxford University Press, 2023, 304 pp., $30.99 (pbk) ISBN 9780197508695.
Reviewed by Erin M. Cline, Georgetown University
“Are there any lineages of women philosophers in Confucianism?” When students in my Chinese Philosophy classes ask this question, I enjoy answering yes. Now, I am delighted to be able to assign the work of the philosophers I tell them about. This book collects and translates, for the first time, the work of the first and only explicit lineage of Confucian women philosophers: Im Yunjidang (1721-1793) and Gang Jeongildang (1772-1832).[1] They are rooted in the Korean Confucian tradition, a much-neglected but extraordinarily rich and sophisticated branch of Confucianism that has had a deep and enduring impact in East Asia….
