Category Archives: Chinese philosophy – 中國哲學 – 中国哲学

Book discussion of Professor Jin Li’s The Self in the West and East Asia

On March 27th at 20:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Professor Jin Li’s The Self in the West and East Asia: Being or Becoming.
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/li-jin-book-discussion
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
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.

Hybrid Workshop on Interpersonal Harmony

A workshop, “Interpersonal Harmony in Comparative Philosophy,” is scheduled for April 10–11, 2025, and will be held in person at Duke University, with a virtual attendance option available.

The event will bring together scholars specializing in early Chinese and Greek thought to explore various aspects of interpersonal harmony, including its ethical, political, and metaphysical dimensions. The event will feature contributions from prominent scholars such as Agnes Callard, Chenyang Li, C.D.C. Reeve, and David Wong.

Full details and registration information are available on the following event website: Comparative Philosophy Workshop – April 2025.

Episode 18 of “This Is the Way”: Neo-Confucian Metaphysics

Much of the technical philosophy of Confucianism was developed by sophisticated thinkers that came well after the time of Confucius, starting in the Song dynasty. This episode is our first devoted to the foremost of these “Neo-Confucians,” Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200 CE). To help us with this introduction, we are joined by special guest Stephen C. Angle, one of the leading scholars of Neo-Confucianism. Continue reading →

SDCF 10th Summer Program in Chinese Studies

SDCF is excited to announce that we will be running the “10th Greater China Region Summer Program in Chinese Studies” for 2025! We are conducting the program both in person and with an online viewing option, with participation from both scholars and key opinion leaders.

Please refer to our webpage (https://sinological.org/) or send email to info@sinological.org for more information. Scholarships are available for those with a degree in the topics of the program, but also online viewer or self-funding options could be selected for those without  background.

Summary of the Tsinghua Teaching Workshop on Chinese Philosophy and World Philosophy

Tsinghua University hosted a teaching workshop on comparative philosophy on December 11th, 2024. Topics of Discussion included: what does your comparative philosophy program entail? Who are your students, and how do you approach comparative philosophy in the classroom? What are your main concerns and suggestions? Do you have any ideas for future collaboration? Please find summaries of the workshop in both Chinese and in English.