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

2025-26 Columbia Neo-Confucianism Seminar Schedule

In the 2025-26 academic year, the Neo-Confucian Studies Seminar will continue to meet in person at the Heyman Center on Columbia campus, normally 3:30-5:30pm on a Friday.
This year they will host six speakers:
10/10 Justin Tiwald (University of Hong Kong)
11/7 Taisu Zhang (Yale Law School)
12/5 Geoffrey Redmond (Independent scholar)
3/6 Dandan Chen (Farmingdale State College)
4/3 John Lombardini (College of William and Mary
5/1 PJ Ivanhoe (Georgetown University)
For more information, please contact the Seminar’s rapporteur, Ivy Chen <lc3131@columbia.edu>.

Caro on Modern Confucianism in the PRC

Carlo Caro has published a five-part exploration of Confucianism and the foundations of political legitimacy in The Diplomat.

Bureaucratized Confucianism: How Tradition Became a Tool of Control

Erasing Confucian Cosmology: How Harmony Lost Its Soul

Legal Minimalism – How Sentience Disappeared from Chinese Law

The Elimination of Remonstrance: From Confucian Conscience to Organizational Discipline

Systemic Suppression: The Silent Elimination of Alternative Confucianism

Series link: https://thediplomat.com/tag/simulated-sagehood/

Book Symposium on Xiang, Chinese Cosmopolitanism

A book symposium was recently published in the Journal of Social and Political Philosophy about Shuchen Xiang’s book Chinese Cosmopolitanism. It comprised comments by David C. Kang, Byung-ho Lee and Huaiyu Wang and a response from the author. The issue is here; direct links to the comments and response, as well as summaries of a couple of the comments, follow below.

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ISEAP 2025: On-Line Registration Now Open

For those who wish to participate virtually in the 2025 International Society for East Asian Philosophy conference, please complete the following Google Form by Monday, August 25. The links will be sent to you by email on Wednesday, August 27.

Google Form for “Registration for Online Attendees”
https://forms.gle/yp88EirfTovoGNxc7

The conference program and abstracts can be downloaded from the conference website. https://iseap.jp/iseap-2025-conference/

SpringerBriefs Philosophy book series

Announcing a new editor for the book series SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, who welcomes book proposals in non-Western philosophical traditions. This series features short books consisting of 50-125 pages (roughly 25,000-62,500 words). Unlike other short book series, the books in SpringerBriefs are not necessarily surveys of any particular (sub)fields. If you have an idea for a short book, please contact the series editor, Dr Koji Tanaka (koji.tanaka@anu.edu.au)

Tenure track professor in Chinese Studies at KU Leuven

The University of Leuven (Belgium) has a vacancy for a full-time tenure track professor in Chinese Studies with proven expertise in the field of Chinese thought. Candidates should hold a PhD in Chinese Studies/Sinology or in a specific discipline, with a dissertation focused on China. Candidates are also required to have excellent teaching skills and a strong and validated international academic portfolio with highly regarded publications.

The full job description and application details can be found on the KU Leuven webpage.

The deadline for application is 15 September 2025.