Author Archives: Tim Connolly

Collaborative Learning (四海为学) In-Person Event in New York on June 29th

Dear Colleagues,

四海为学 is having its first in person event on June 29th from 2-6 p.m. at the Chinese Institute of America, 100 Washington Street, New York. After some opening remarks and speeches, we will host a roundtable.
Anyone who is interested in attending is cordially invited, please come at 2:00pm, or earlier if you are interested in this art exhibition (at the same location).

Pre-registration is not required, but it is appreciated, please email Paul J. D’Ambrosio (his email is: paul j dambrosio –at—Hotmail.com (no spaces, no dashes)

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Two More Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Dear Colleagues,
The 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two events next week:
  1. On June 17th at 8:00am Beijing time we will host a roundtable on “The Zhuangzi and Post-Truth.“
  2. On June 18th at 8:00am Beijing time we will host a roundtable on “Paradox in the Zhuangzi.“
Please feel free to advertise these events or share them with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.

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Two Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Dear Colleagues,
The 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two events next week:
  1. On June 9th at 9:00am Beijing time Ellie Wang will give a lecture on “Rhythm, Alignment, and Collective Clarity: 
    from Affective Salience to Public Order in Xunzi.”
  2. On June 12th at 20:00 Beijing time we will host a roundtable on “The Radical Zhuangzi.”
Please feel free to advertise these events or share them with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.

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Upcoming Collaborative Learning event

Dear Colleagues,
On May 27th at 8:00am Beijing time, the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a roundtable on “Politics and Government in the Zhuangzi.” For more information, and the Zoom link, click here.
Please feel free to advertise this event anywhere, or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.

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Two Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Dear Colleagues,
Next week the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two roundtables:
  1. May 11th at 9:00am Beijing time: “Nothingness (無) in the Zhuangzi.” 
  2. May 11th at 19:00 Beijing time: “Transformation and/in the Zhuangzi.”
Please feel free to advertise these events or share them with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Upcoming Collaborative Learning Event

 Dear Colleagues,
On May 6,  at 9 a.m. (Beijing time), the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a roundtable on: “(Me)Ontology and Metaphysics in the Zhuangzi.” Details, including the Zoom link, can be found here.
Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Next week the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host three separate events:
  1. April 6th at 9:00am Beijing time: Roundtable on “Zhuangzi: Fate, Desires, Transformation.”
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/zhuangzi-fate-desires-transformation
  2. April 6th at 19:00 Beijing time: Livia Kohn will speak on “Time in Daoist Culture.”
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/livia-kohn-lecture
  3. April 10th at 20:00 Beijing time: Mara Yue Du will speak on “Rethinking Late Qing and Republican Constitutionalism through Global History: Tradition and Modernity.”
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/mara-yue-du-lecture

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Two Collaborative Learning (四海为学) Events This Week

Dear Colleagues,
Next week the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two separate events:
  1. March 19th at 9:00am Beijing time: Louise Edwards speaking on “Childhood and Infancy in China” with a focus on gender issues.
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/louise-edwards-lecture
  2. March 20th at 9:30am Beijing time: Peter Hershock speaking on “AI and Agency: A Buddhist Perspective”.
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/peter-hershock-lecture

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Collaborative Learning Roundtables on the Zhuangzi 

Dear Colleagues,
In collaboration with Professors Lai Xisan, Lin Mingzhao, and Mark McConaghy the 四海為學 project will host a series of roundtables on the Zhuangzi this coming April and May. With Brook Ziporyn’s Wild Card, Lai Xisan’s Gongsheng 共生, and Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio’s Genuine Pretending as a general background, this series of roundtables will explore humor, irony, paradox, incongruity, absurdity, and related topics in the Zhuangzi.
We are inviting interested scholars to submit short abstractions (100-250 words) for consideration by April 1st.

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四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project events next week

 Dear Colleagues,
Next week the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host four separate events:
  1. December 2nd at 9:00am Beijing time: Book Discussion of Robert Carleo’s Humane Liberality. 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/robert-carleo-book-discussion
  2. December 2nd at 20:00 Beijing time: Roundtable on “Identity Trouble” 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/identity-roundtable
  3. December 5th at 9:00am Beijing time: Roundtable on “Korean Women Confucians in the History of Philosophy” 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/korean-women-confucians

  4. December 5th at 19:00 Beijing time: Roundtable on “Argument in Early China” 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/argument-roundtable
Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio