The latest issue of 齐鲁学刊 [Qilu Academic Journal] features an extended, two-part dialogue between Huang Yushun and me, and another dialogue between Guo Ping and me. The topics covered include both substantive and methodological issues related to Huang’s “Life Confucianism (生活儒学),” to the “Liberal Confucianism” defended by both Huang and Guo, and to the idea of “Progressive Confucianism.” See:
August 21, 2017
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East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai is looking for a two-year post-doc in ancient Chinese art theory and classic Chinese aesthetics. Applicants must have PhD in related areas. Stipend is 75,000 RMB for one year and 150,000 RMB for two years. Please send application materials to Professor Zhu Zhirong (suzhouzhuzhirong@163.com) at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of ECNU.
August 8, 2017
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Aesthetics, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Opportunities |
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Authority versus Authenticity: 12th International Conference on Daoist Studies
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 1-4 June, 2018
[PENDING APPROVAL BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (expected by December)]
This year’s theme is the relationship of inner truth in contrast (and conflict) with outer circumstances, an issue that pervades Daoist history and culture, since Daoists highly value naturalness and integrity that often crosses or even runs in opposition to mainstream values, notions, and practices—both without and within the religion itself.
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August 7, 2017
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Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Conference, Daoism |
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Volume 3 of the Journal of Chinese Humanities has been published. Among other things, it contains an interesting discussion of the trend toward “indigenization” in Chinese humanities, and the connection of this to Confucianism, by Wang Xuedian; and a review by Joshua Mason of Huang Yushun’s English-language book, Voice from the East: The Chinese Theory of Justice (translated by Hou Pingping and Wang Keyou; Reading, UK: Paths International, 2016). The Table of Contents is here.
August 4, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Contemporary Confucianism, Tables of Contents |
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Russell Arben Fox has posted an engaging set of comments provoked by Leigh Jenco’s book Changing Referents: Learning Across Space and Time in China and the West (Oxford, 2015), based on comments Fox delivered at a conference in Singapore. Highly recommended!
August 3, 2017
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The XXIV World Congress of Philosophy will take place in Beijing next year (August 13-20, 2018). This should be an occasion to highlight all aspects of Chinese philosophy. For more information on sections, topics, deadlines, etc., see here. All proposals are welcome!
[NOTE: Please contact the organizers on the linked website with any questions or requests. Posting a question about the World Congress in the comments section here on our website may not be very useful.]
August 3, 2017
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Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Conference |
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University of Hawaii Press will soon publish the fascinating-looking Behaving Badly in Early and Medieval China, edited by Harry Rothschild and Leslie V. Wallace. More info here and below.
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July 30, 2017
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The INSTITUT RICCI, CENTRE D’ETUDES CHINOISES, provides access to a significant number of French-language translations of recent Chinese-language essays on Chinese philosophy, Chinese thought, and related subjects. It’s a great resource! See here.
July 23, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Europe, Translation |
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The Society for the Study of Early China’s 6th Annual Conference
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
The Society for the Study of Early China is pleased to announce its Sixth annual conference, which will take place at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, 22 March 2018. Like previous meetings, this one will take place in conjunction with the Association for Asian Studies’ Annual Conference. Registration for the AAS event is not required to attend the SSEC meeting.
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July 12, 2017
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Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Chinese Texts, Conference |
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SUNY has published Eva Kit Wah Man, Bodies in China: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Gender, and Politics. More information is here or below.
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June 1, 2017
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Florida International University, Miami and the Elling Eide Center, Sarasota (FL) will jointly host the 21st annual Southeast Early China Roundtable (SEECR), October 27-29, 2017.
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May 29, 2017
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Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Chinese Texts |
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Vol. 45, no.1 (May 2017) of the Journal of Chinese Religions is now available online, and it contains a number of articles and especially reviews that will be of interest to many readers of this blog. The Table of Contents is below.
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April 27, 2017
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Book Review, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Religion, Tables of Contents |
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This workshop celebrates the partnership between the Berggruen Institute and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, thereby also taking advantage of the presence of the first group of Berggruen Fellows at Harvard. The topic of the workshop, also related to a major concern of the Berggruen Institute, is “Perspectives on Chinese Thought in the World.” Some of the presenters work on China in a rather straightforward way, others don’t, but China, and thus Chinese thought, concerns us all, and increasingly so. One way or another, the talks will address how it does. Advance reading of papers is not expected, though papers are available for some of the talks (upon request).
On February 9, 2017, the workshop convened for a successful session, featuring Viren Murthy, Tongdong Bai, and Sungmoon Kim, before the organizers were compelled to postpone the afternoon panels due to the onset of a blizzard. These panels have now been rescheduled as a featured event that will kick off the Center’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, May 4-6, 2017. More details are here.
April 23, 2017
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Wuhan University is proud to announce its new international MA program in Philosophy taught in English.
ABOUT US
Located in Wuhan, a major center for technology, the arts, education, and industry in China’s scenic Yangtze Valley, Wuhan University is an international research university, with one of the top five philosophy departments in China. The School of Philosophy has around 500 undergraduate students, and 500 graduate students, and our large, international faculty is engaged in all areas of philosophical research, with divisions dedicated to traditional Chinese philosophy, contemporary western philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, and Marxist philosophy.
Please check out our website at www.whu.edu.cn/phi/
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
This is a two-year MA program, intended to provide an excellent training in philosophy. Outstanding applicants will be provided a full scholarship that covers tuition and a stipend. To apply for admission and a scholarship go to http://admission.whu.edu.cn. The application deadline for Chinese Government Scholarships is March 31, 2017.
Continue reading “Wuhan University International MA Program in Philosophy”
March 19, 2017
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I pass on the following, even though there is no mention of philosophy among the suggested topics. (It does say that the conference is “not restricted to” those topics.)
CFP: British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies 2017 conference, 14-15 June 2017 – University of Sheffield, UK.
Papers will be selected on the basis of the quality of the abstract submitted.
Our theme this year: “From local to global: regional aspects of China”
We will accept topics from a wide spectrum of the Humanities and Social Sciences, including but not restricted to:
- History, Art, Religions
- Education, Public Health, Public Policies
- Heritage, Traditional and Modern Culture
- Politics, Economics, Media Studies
- Environment, Geography, Urbanisation
- Regional studies based in Mainland China, Hong Kong,Taiwan, etc.
Confirmed Keynote speakers:
- Marina Svensson (Professor of Modern China Studies, University of Lund, Sweden)
- Marjorie Dryburgh (Lecturer in Modern Chinese Studies, University of Sheffield)
- Gemma Thorpe (Artist, Sheffield)
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Deadline for applications: 16th of April 2017, midnight (UK time)
Please apply with our Google form using the link below (you don’t need a Google account). We require a 250-300 words abstract.
https://goo.gl/forms/Hv9Tpus3tSahwonY2
Contact: BPCSconference2017@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: This association is focused on UK-based students, but we gladly accept international applications for our annual conference – just explain in the comment section of the application why you want to attend!
Unfortunately we usually cannot help with VISA specific issues but we do recommend applying for grants such as those offered by UCCL to help with fieldwork/research expenses if you are based in China. Please consult the BACS website for other funding opportunities.
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We are grateful for our sponsors’ support:
- British Association for Chinese Studies
- European Association for Chinese Studies
- Amsterdam University Press
- School of Taiwan Studies, SOAS
- Global China Institute
- University of Sheffield
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
March 17, 2017
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Roger Ames and ZHAO Tingyang will discuss “A Confucian World Order?” next Monday night at the Bridge Cafe in Beijing, part of the on-going thinkINchina series. Details here.
March 16, 2017
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Renmin University in Beijing has an English-language MA Program in “Chinese Philosophy, Religion, and Culture”; more information is available here. The application deadline is April 30, 2017; scholarships are available. (If any readers have participated in this program and would be willing to share your experiences, please add a comment, or else contact me directly.)
March 15, 2017
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A posting at the Daily Nous blog by Bharath Vallabha raises this question. He begins:
What should be the relation of a philosophy department to the country it is in? For example, is there a sense in which a philosophy department in America ought to be distinctly American, tied more closely to the history, culture and identity of America than to that of other countries? Or should the fact that the department is in America be irrelevant to the philosophical work that is done in the department?
I will call the former view, that the department ought to be distinctly American in some sense, nationalism. And I will call the latter view universalism.
See here.
March 14, 2017
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The Society for the Study of Early China Fifth Annual Conference Thursday, 16 March 2017
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto, Leaside Room
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March 14, 2017
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Steve Angle |
China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Chinese Texts, Conference |
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Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2017.03.05 View this Review Online View Other NDPR Reviews
Eirik Lang Harris, The Shenzi Fragments: A Philosophical Analysis and Translation, Columbia University Press, 2016, 173pp., $55.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780231177665.
Reviewed by Franklin Perkins, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Continue reading “Perkins Reviews Harris, The Shenzi Fragments”
March 7, 2017
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Book Review, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative Political Theory, Legalism, Mohism, Politics, Xunzi |
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First Annual Graduate Student Workshop
“Canonical Texts and Commentaries”
International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures
Renmin University of China
Beijing, June 18th –24th, 2017 Continue reading “Grad Student Workshop on Texts and Commentaries”
March 4, 2017
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Steve Angle |
China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Chinese Texts, Fellowships, Graduate study |
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Philip Clart (Leipzig) maintains a useful list of the Chinese names of scholars who publish primarily in Western languages. If your name is not on it, please contact Prof. Clart, who would be glad to add you!
March 4, 2017
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Later this month I am giving a couple lectures at local Beijing universities that are open to the public, in case anyone is interested:
- March 15, 7pm at 民族大学, “从进步儒学的角度看社会压迫”. Details on the location are here.
- March 17, 2pm at 人民大学, “进步儒学是否自由主义的一种?” Prof. Liang Tao 梁涛 will be commenting; the poster (with location information) is here.
March 3, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Contemporary Confucianism, Lecture |
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An announcement from Thomas Michael:
Beijing Normal University is again offering its Summer Philosophy program; this year, it is on the theme of Daoism. The program runs from July 10 to July 25, 2017, and the deadline for submitting application materials is April 23rd, 2017. Please see here for the brochure, here for the Facebook link and application, and read on for more information.
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March 2, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Daodejing, Daoism, Programs of Study |
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If any of you Warp, Weft, and Way readers are based in Beijing, or are passing through, please feel free to get in touch with me: I am based at Tsinghua University all spring, from now up through the end of May.
February 21, 2017
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Thursday, February 23, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Liberalism, Globalization, Populism and Nationalism in the World Today
Wang Hui, Professor of literature and history at Tsinghua University
David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University
Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Harvard University
Mahdav Khosla, B. R. Ambedkar Academic Fellow, Columbia Law School and Ph.D. candidate in political theory, Harvard University.
James Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard University
Moderator: Peter Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning and the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
S010, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
February 20, 2017
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Wednesday, March 1, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Free Thinkers: Islamic Reform and Ahmadi thought in China during the Republican period
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Lecture Series
Dr. Z. Hale Eroglu Sager, IAAS ’16 – Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Sponsored by the Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard University
S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
February 20, 2017
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Ben Hammer of Shandong University writes:
The Journal of Chinese Humanities has just released Volume 3.1 on the subject MYTH AND LEGEND IN ANCIENT CHINA.
This issue includes articles from top Chinese scholars and a piece by Early China editor Sarah Allan that responds to new findings out of China with implications for the historicity of the Xia Dynasty.
Our next issue is on the theme Wei and Jin Dynasty Xuan Xue, and we are now accepting submissions. See our website for submission details.
Continue reading “New issue of JCH; and CFP on Xuanxue”
February 20, 2017
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Steve Angle |
Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Journal News, Tables of Contents |
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Pristine Affluence: Daoist Roots in the Stone Age, by Livia Kohn, is now available for pre-order. For more information, please see below.
Continue reading “New Book: Kohn, Pristine Affluence”
February 18, 2017
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Books of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Daoism |
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From Michael Allen…
The “Indian and Chinese Religions Compared” group of the American Academy of Religion will be hosting a session at this year’s annual meeting in Boston, Nov. 18-21. The theme of the session will be “The Art of Commentary,” and we welcome individual paper proposals (deadline March 1). For more information, please see below.
Continue reading “CFP: “The Art of Commentary” at AAR”
February 18, 2017
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Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Indian Philosophy |
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Michael (“Mick”) Hunter’s new book, Confucius Beyond the Analects (Brill 2017) has now been published. Congratulations, Mick! More information is here and below.
Continue reading “New Book: Hunter, Confucius Beyond the Analects”
February 18, 2017
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Steve Angle |
Analects, Books of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Confucius |
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Columbia University Press has published The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China, edited and translated by Yuri Pines, which looks terrific. Information here. I understand that anyone who uses the coupon code “SHABOO” to purchase the book from the Columbia site will receive a 30% discount.
February 12, 2017
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Books of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Legalism, Translation |
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I have recently completed a draft chapter, titled “Human Rights and Chinese Tradition,” for the Handbook on human rights in China being edited by Sarah Biddulph and Joshua Rosenzweig. Anyone interested can take a look; I have uploaded it to my personal archive here. Comments are very welcome!
February 10, 2017
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Articles of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative Political Theory, Confucianism, Contemporary Confucianism, Human Rights |
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I will give a lecture titled “Confucian Leadership Meets Confucian Democracy” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Monday, February 13, at 4:30pm. All are welcome, and details are here.
February 9, 2017
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Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Comparative Political Theory, Contemporary Confucianism, Hong Kong, Lecture |
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The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council recently issued a document titled 《关于实施中华优秀传统文化传承发展工程的意见》(“Opinions on Carrying Out the Work of Inheriting and Developing China’s Outstanding Traditional Culture”) and issued a circular calling on all localities and departments to conscientiously implement it. The text of this document, along with summaries and further information from the Ministry of Education, is contained in this posting by Han Bao, a journal associated with the Guoxue (National Studies) movement. The document calls for a major commitment to “全面提升人民群众文化素养、维护国家文化安全、增强国家文化软实力、推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化” (“comprehensively enhancing the cultural quality of the masses of the people, safeguarding the national cultural security, enhancing the national cultural soft power, and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity”).
February 8, 2017
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The latest issue (47:4) of Contemporary Chinese Thought is available here; it is titled “Five Voices in Chinese Christian Thought.” Other recent issues are available through that same link, including:
- 47:3: Max Ko-wu Huang on the Translation of Democracy during the Transitional Period of Modern China (1895-1925)
- 47:2: Chinese Academic Views on Shang Yang Since the Open-Up-and-Reform Era
- 47:1: Recent Additions to the New Qing History Debate
February 8, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Religion, Tables of Contents |
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The 2nd Greater China Chinese Studies Program, organized by the Hong Kong-based Sinological Development Charitable Foundation, has been announced for this summer. Information is available on this pamphlet. The 4-week program takes place in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Beijing and covers a wide range of topics related to Chinese philosophy and culture. A limited number of participants are eligible for sponsorship, meaning that all costs save travel to/from Hong Kong will be covered.
February 6, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Hong Kong, Opportunities, Programs of Study |
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Frontiers of Philosophy in China 11:4 (2016), including a Special Theme on Philosophical Aspects of Management, Governance, and Organization in China
http://journal.hep.com.cn/fpc/EN/1673-3436/current.shtml
January 30, 2017
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See here for an interview with Peng Guoxiang, Professor of Philosophy at Zhejiang University and 2016 Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North at the Library of Congress.
January 26, 2017
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There will be two events held at Hong Kong University on February 14: a Symposium on Sungmoon Kim’s Public Reason Confucianism and a Roundtable on the Future of Confucian Political Philosophy. These events are open to all, though we request that you register. The poster announcing these events is here, and details (and link for registration) is here. Speakers at the Symposium are Stephen ANGLE, Joseph CHAN, Sungmoon KIM, and Franz MANG; speakers at the Roundtable are:
Stephen ANGLE, Wesleyan University; Berggruen Fellow 2016-17
Elton CHAN, Yale-NUS College
Joseph CHAN, The University of Hong Kong
CI Jiwei, The University of Hong Kong
FAN Ruiping, City University of Hong Kong
HUANG Yong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
JIANG Yi-Huah, City University of Hong Kong
Sungmoon KIM, City University of Hong Kong; Berggruen Fellow 2016-17
If you are in Hong Kong, please join us!
January 20, 2017
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Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Comparative Political Theory, Hong Kong |
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This position is offered in the context of a research project on the creation of Mozi or Yang Zhu from “heretics” into “philosophers.” We are looking for a young MA student in Sinology, Chinese studies, or Chinese philosophy willing to study an epoch in this creation. One’s research focus should be on one of the two figures in one (or more) epochs of the candidate’s choice. For more details, see this attached document.
January 18, 2017
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Steve Angle |
China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Fellowships, Graduate study, Mohism |
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Duke Kunshan University (DKU) invites applications for faculty positions (rank open) in the arts and humanities (philosophy, history, literature, language, and audio visual and performing arts). Pending accreditation approval, DKU will launch an innovative, integrated and interdisciplinary liberal arts undergraduate program leading to both Duke and DKU degrees. Students interested in arts and humanities will be immersed in integrated core courses including the arts of interpretation in written texts, images and sounds, as well as a common set of university-wide courses on China, global challenges, and ethics. Areas of study in the arts and humanities include, but are not limited to, Global Cultural Studies, Media and Arts, Performance Studies, China and US Studies, and Ethics and Leadership. Faculty will have the unique opportunity to pioneer, lead and implement an interdisciplinary and integrated arts and humanities curriculum and to conduct research in the related fields. These positions may start as early as Fall 2017 to begin preparation for the launch.
More information here.
January 18, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Job Opening |
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Christopher Cullen, The Foundations of Celestial Reckoning: Three Ancient Chinese
Astronomical Systems (London: Routledge, 2017)
The Foundations of Celestial Reckoning gives the reader direct access to the foundational documents of the tradition of calculation created by astronomers of the early Chinese empire between the late second century BCE and the third century CE. The paradigm they established was to shape East Asian thought and practice in the field of mathematical astronomy for centuries to come. It was in many ways radically different from better known traditions of astronomy in other parts of the ancient world.
Continue reading “New Book: Cullen, The Foundations of Celestial Reckoning”
January 18, 2017
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Books of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学 |
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Nishan Confucian Studies Summer Institute (July 1-30, 2017)
Nishan & Qufu, Shandong Province, China
The 2017 Nishan Confucian Studies Summer Institute International Program offers teachers of Chinese history and culture an opportunity to spend a month at an established Confucian academy reading the Confucian classics with world-renowned experts Roger T. Ames and Chenshan Tian and other distinguished comparative philosophy and Confucian scholars. We invite all of those students and teachers who are intrigued by Chinese culture who seek a more profound appreciation of Chinese philosophy, history, and cosmology to join us on this unique educational and research journey. Read on for more information, or click here for a two-page English flier, or here for more extensive background in Chinese (with lots of pictures).
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January 11, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Opportunities |
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Prof. Tongdong Bai of Fudan writes:
Fudan University has instituted a Fudan Fellow Program. It accepts both full-time students as well as full-time scholars. There are two types of fellows: Fudan Senior Fellows for Professors and Associate Professors and Fudan Fellows for Assistant Professors, post-docs and students. For a flyer that contains more information about the program, see here.
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January 8, 2017
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Fellowships |
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There will be a number of panels related to Chinese philosophy (and one explicitly on comparative philosophy) at the upcoming New England Region Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, to be held at Boston College on January 28-29, 2017. Details and registration information here; and read on for the panel information.
Continue reading “Chinese Philosophy at New England AAS”
January 3, 2017
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Steve Angle |
China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Conference |
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For several years Fudan University has run a successful English-language MA program in Chinese philosophy. Updated information is now available on our Graduate Programs page, under “MA Programs.” The priority application deadline (for scholarships) is Feb. 20, 2017. You can also find past discussions of this program here.
December 27, 2016
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Graduate study |
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Applications are now open for the 2017 summer school in China this July (1st-18th, The International Academy for Chinese Thought and Culture). The programme is arranged as a GALA-based collaboration between staff at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Peking University and Bath Spa. Students from any discipline are welcome to apply. The short application form is available here:
https://goo.gl/forms/wkITLaIxf8vdbUoj1
A few photos from the trip last year can be viewed here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101254387908984.1073741832.61303538&type=1&l=ca17d79ffc
The deadline for the first round of applications is January 30th 2017. Further details from the programme advert are here.
December 7, 2016
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China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Opportunities |
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Cambridge University Press has published East Asian Perspectives on Political Legitimacy: Bridging the Empirical-Normative Divide, edited by Joseph Chan, Doh Chuli Shin, and Melissa S. Williams. More details and table of contents here.
December 7, 2016
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Steve Angle |
Books of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative Political Theory, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Politics |
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Huang Yushun 黄玉顺 is one of the most prolific and creative Confucian thinkers in China today, and one of his books has been published in English translation: Voice From the East: The Chinese Theory of Justice (Paths International, 2016). More details are here.
December 7, 2016
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Steve Angle |
Books of Interest, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Comparative Political Theory, Contemporary Confucianism |
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Call for Papers: Chinese Studies Association of Australia 15th Biennial Conference
Chinese values and counter-values: past and present
Monday 10 – Wednesday 12 July, 2017
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December 4, 2016
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Australia, Call for Papers (CFP), China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Conference |
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I pass on this message from Paul D’Ambrosio of East China Normal University, concerning ECNU’s English-language MA and PhD programs; job openings at ECNU, and their new Intercultural Center.
Firstly, I would like to remind everyone about our English-language MA and PhD programs at ECNU. One of the unique features of our program is that students in our classes are split, about 50-50, Chinese and foreign. This makes for an exceptional teaching environment.
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December 1, 2016
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Steve Angle |
China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Comparative philosophy, Graduate study, Job Opening |
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KU Leuven is advertising a PhD position for the study of the “creation of Mozi and Yang Zhu as philosophers”: see here. This position is only for Taiwanese scholars, though I am assured that soon another call will come out for all scholars.
November 22, 2016
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Steve Angle |
China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Job Opening, Mohism |
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Keith Knapp has compiled a very helpful list of AAR panels of interest to scholars of Confucianism, which I share here. The AAR Annual Meeting takes place in San Antonio, Texas starting on Nov. 19. Continue reading “AAR Panels on East Asian traditions”
November 17, 2016
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Steve Angle |
Buddhism, China, Chinese philosophy - 中國哲學 - 中国哲学, Conference, Confucianism, Religion |
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