Peter Adamson is expanding his “History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps” podcast series to “Classical Chinese Philosophy,” this time collaborating with Karyn Lai. The homepage for this new series is here, and the first episode, “Journey of a Thousand Li: Introduction to Chinese Philosophy,” is here.
Author Archives: Steve Angle
How much historical context when teaching topically?
A colleague recently wrote to me saying that he was:
…inspired by the topical discussion in the Neo-Confucianism book you co-authored and so I decided to structure my course on Neo-Confucianism according to a thematic/topical discussion instead of the usual historical or thinker structure. However, how does one mitigate the pitfalls of sacrificing historicity? Specifically, how much context or historicity should I provide?
I would love to hear any thoughts that folks out there have, either as it relates to teaching Neo-Confucianism or any other relevant subject. Justin Tiwald and I share some thoughts here about why we prefer to teach in a thematic way, and have collected a few teaching ideas here, but I am sure there are some great ideas out there. Please share!
CFP: Special Issue on Resemblance
Call for papers: special issue on resemblance in the Asian Journal of Philosophy
Guest editors: Ben Blumson (NUS, Singapore), Malcolm Keating (Smith College, USA)
The nature of similarity (or resemblance) and our epistemic access to it have been important topics in both contemporary philosophy and historical traditions, including, for example, Indian and Medieval European philosophical traditions. This collection of papers in the Asian Journal of Philosophy brings together philosophers across these traditions working on related questions.
Job Opening in Vienna
Please see here for a full professor position in “Eastern Philosophy.”
Updates to Graduate Programs page
I have recently added Lancaster University (and Philippe Major) and made a few other adjustments to the Graduate Programs page. If you notice any further changes that should be made, please let me know!
“Ways of Doing Philosophy: East and West” Summer School in Vienna
Paperback release: Fischer, trans. The Annotated Laozi
Paul Fischer’s new translation of the Dao De Jing (The Annotated Laozi, SUNY Press) has been released in paperback, and this coupon has information on a 30% discount.
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New Book Series: East Asian Philosophy and Political Thought
A message from Sungmoon Kim:
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new book series with Amsterdam University Press called “East Asian Philosophy and Political Thought.” As a series editor, I am joined by Ellie Wang, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at National Chengchi University, as the series’ associate editor. Please check out this link for the series web page: https://www.aup.nl/en/series/east-asian-philosophy-and-political-thought
As a series editor, my primary role will be identifying talented (young) scholars in East Asia and beyond and helping them find an intellectual platform in which their original ideas can be taken seriously and critically engaged by other scholars. I hope this will turn out to be a helpful academic venue for all of you who engage in East Asian philosophy and political thought, broadly understood. Please note that this series publishes both authored books and edited volumes that engage in East Asian philosophy and political thought, broadly defined. You can download the book proposal from our web page above.
Conference: Echoes of the Past, Visions for the Future
Next week there will be an exciting conference at Harvard: “Echoes of the Past, Visions for the Future: The Power of Ideas to Navigate the China- West Divides” on March 8-9, 2024. Please see this poster for more details.
You can also see this link at the EALC’s website, or see here for more on the broader project of which the conference is a part (“The ‘Right’ in Human Rights: Aristotelianism and Neo-Confucianism at the basis of the EU-China Dialogue”)
New Book: Gongsheng Across Contexts
Palgrave Macmillan has recently brought out Gongsheng Across Contexts: A Philosophy of Co-Becoming, an Open-Access book (see here) co-edited by Bing Song (Berggruen Institute China Center) and Yiwen Zhan (School of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University). The table of contents and all materials are available on the above website.