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

The Atlantic Profiles Puett & Chinese Philosophy at Harvard

Great piece!

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/why-are-hundreds-of-harvard-students-studying-ancient-chinese-philosophy/280356/

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“Picture a world where human relationships are challenging, narcissism and self-centeredness are on the rise, and there is disagreement on the best way for people to live harmoniously together.

It sounds like 21st-century America. But the society that Michael Puett, a tall, 48-year-old bespectacled professor of Chinese history at Harvard University, is describing to more than 700 rapt undergraduates is China, 2,500 years ago.

Puett’s course Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory has become the third most popular course at the university….”

2014 Pacific APA meeting ACPA group sessions: Call for Commentators

The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America (ACPA) is requesting space for two group sessions on the program of the 2014 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA), which will be held in San Diego, CA from April 16 to April 20, 2014.  The ACPA is currently looking for (a) volunteers to serve as commentators on the individual papers that have already been accepted onto our group program proposals and/or (b) volunteers to serve as session chairpersons for these proposed group sessions.

Info on the papers that are part of the two ACPA group sessions being proposed is below.

If you are interested in serving as a commentator or a session chair for ACPA at the 2014 Pacific APA, please email all three current officers of the ACPA (see below).  If you wish to comment, please indicate the individual paper or papers for which you would be willing to serve as a commentator.

Please let us know as soon as possible.  We will be finalizing our proposals and submitting them to the APA as soon as they are finished–certainly within the next week or so.

Sincerely,

Tongdong Bai (ACPA President)

Huaiyu Wang (ACPA Vice-President)

Steven Geisz (ACPA Secretary-Treasurer)

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East Asian Religions Job

The DAVIDSON COLLEGE Department of Religion invites applications for a
full-time, tenure-track position in Religions of East Asia, to begin
August 1, 2014. Qualifications for this position include a Ph.D., an
ability to teach introductory and advanced courses in the religions of
East Asia, familiarity with the methods and perspectives of religious
studies, and willingness to participate in interdisciplinary ventures
of the department and college.

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Translation of Wu Yubi’s Journal

The Journal of Wu Yubi: The Path to SagehoodWu Yubi, Translated, with Introduction and Commentary, by Theresa Kelleher Paper: $13.00, eBook: $11.50
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In this rare firsthand account of an individual’s pursuit of sagehood, the early Ming dynasty scholar and teacher Wu Yubi chronicles his progress and his setbacks, as he strives to integrate the Neo-Confucian practices of self-examination and self-cultivation into everyday life. In more than three hundred entries, spanning much of his adult life, Wu paints a vivid picture, not only of the life of the mind, but also of the life of a teacher of modest means, struggling to make ends meet in a rural community. Read more…

 

 
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New Book Series

Rowman and Littlefield has a new book series that will be of interest of many readers here, and they are now taking proposals. Note that they intend to publish works on Japan and Korea as well as China.

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the CEACOP Series in East Asian Comparative Ethics, Politics, and Philosophy of Law, a new monograph series organized and overseen as a cooperative venture by Rowman and Littlefield International and the Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy (CEACOP) at City University of Hong Kong.

We publish path-breaking and field-defining works in East Asian comparative ethics with a special interest in works of normative and applied ethics, political theory, and philosophy of law. We seek works that are more historically grounded as well as those that are more focused on contemporary affairs and problems that meet the standards of clarity and argumentative rigor characteristic of the best philosophy in the Anglo-American tradition. We expect more historically grounded works will demonstrate a sophisticated sensitivity and approach to issues of historical context and interpretation while wholly contemporary works will begin from and respond to issues of relevance to modern East Asian and Western societies.

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Call for Reviews – Dao De Jing: A Complete Commentary by Zhankui Liu

I received this information from the publisher of these books, and pass it on for your information:

Call for Reviews – Dao De Jing: A Complete Commentary by Zhankui Liu

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A free copy will be sent to the reviewer by the publisher (Awakening Light Press) for these titles:

Language: Simplified Chinese
Publisher: Awakening Light Press

 

 

 

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Columbia Neo-Confucianism Seminar this Friday

The next session of the Columbia University Seminar on Neo-Confucian Studies will convene Friday, October 4, 2013 from 3:30 to 5:30pm in the Komoda Room of the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.

Our presenter is Gopal Sukhu of the Department of Classical Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College, City University of New York.  His paper is titled “Repossessing the Exorcised: Zhu Xi and the Songs of Chu.”  You might also like to consult his new book, The Shaman and the Heresiarch: A New Interpretation of the Li Sao (SUNY, 2012).

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Bard College Admissions and the Analects

An article in today’s New York Times discusses Bard College’s decsion to allow students to apply to Bard via submission of four 2,500 word essays, in lieu of the standard list of test scores and high school grades. My eye was drawn to the first of the questions listed in the article:

In “The Analects,” Confucius identifies the cardinal virtue of ren (variously translated as goodness, humanity, benevolence) with many different attitudes and behaviors. Yet Confucius also says, “There is one thread that runs through my doctrines.” Commentators differ about what that one thread is. What, in your opinion, could that one thread be? How does that one thread tie together the wide range of moral values that Confucius celebrates in “The Analects”? Support your answer by interpreting specific passages from the text.

This is perhaps less surprising, in light of the fact that Bard for several years used the Analects as a key reading in its First-Year Seminar program, and continues to include readings from classical Chinese thought.

Job Opening: Chinese University of Hong Kong

An open rank position in Asian philosophy at CUHK has been posted:

Job category Faculty (open rank) / Contract type open
AOS Chinese philosophy
AOS categories Asian Philosophy
AOC Open
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Location Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Start date August, 2014
Job description

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong invites applications for:

Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy (Ref. 1314/036(430)/2), initially three-year contract from August 2014, which, subject to mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation later. 4 courses/year in philosophy (undergraduate and postgraduate) and general education. Strong teaching experience and a good research record (for Associate Professorship or above). Some thesis supervision. Usual non-teaching duties. AOS: Chinese philosophy; AOC: open; Daoist philosophy will be an advantage. PhD or ABD. Salary competitive.