The Philosophy and Cultural Identity series, edited by Michael Krausz (Bryn Mawr College)
and Andreea Deciu Ritivoi (Carnegie Mellon University), encourages new scholarship in cross-cultural philosophy, exploring topics such as cultural memory, cultural membership, cultural obligations, cross-cultural experience, personal identity, single and multiple identities, single and multiple selves, and cosmopolitanism. A flyer for those interested in submitting a proposal is here. and the website for the series is here.
Category Archives: Chinese philosophy – 中國哲學 – 中国哲学
ACLS Funding Opportunities / Munro Fund
The ACLS has announced their Fall 2016 funding opportunities, many of which may be applicable to work in Chinese or comparative philosophy; see here. Bear in mind that the Munro Fund can be used to support successful applicants whose projects are related to Chinese philosophy, though these grants are still extremely competitive.
New issue of Dao
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2016
Important Survey?
Valerie Tiberius recently sent out a survey link via the APA about “what matters to philosophers.” There is a substantial portion devoted to the marginalization of certain fields and methods. I recommend that anyone who wants Asian fields to play a more prominent role in the profession use this survey to take one small step in that direction. See the message and link below.
Xing Wen argues that Beida Laozi is a Forgery
New Issue of FPC (11:2)
The latest issue of Frontiers of Philosophy in China has been published, with a special focus on the challenge that excavated texts pose to Chinese philosophical research today. Until the end of August, the full issue (full text) is available here to read or download. The full Table of Contents follows.
The Roots of a Reading
CFP: Society for Early China
The Society for the Study of Early China is pleased to announce its Fifth Annual Conference, which will take place in Toronto on Thursday, 16 March 2017. Like our 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.
Analects 1.6, and how Confucius envisioned moral progress
Confucius’ remark at Analects 1.6 is often cited to show that he thought proper moral development begins with filial piety and then extends that attitude to ever-larger groups of people (ever less intensely). I shall argue that the remark does not display such a view. Confucius did not in general envision moral progress as extension.
Citing ctext.org
A friendly reminder to be sure to cite ctext.org for those who utilize it.
ctext.org is an invaluable resource and asset to the field. It allows us all a free, quick, and easy way to look up texts we see cited, as well as the ability to look up concordance references. The field is tremendously better off with ctext. This is why it is very important to give the site and its creator/editor, Donald Sturgeon, formal credit in bibliographies, forewords, and footnotes, as per standard academic practice. I am moved to say this because I’ve lately become aware of works that look to be utilizing ctext.org, but fail to formally attribute it in bibliographic material. Instruction on how to cite ctext.org texts can be found here: http://ctext.org/faq/cite.
