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

CFP and Grad Student Essay Prizes for Conference on “Conflict and Harmony”

Conflict and Harmony: From Embodied Emotions to Global Realms
2013 Joint Meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) and the Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (ASACP

The Joint Meeting of the SACP and the ASACP in 2013 will be held at the National University of Singapore. The conference theme, “Conflict and Harmony: From Embodied Emotions to Global Realms,” is designed to invite scholars representing Asian traditions of thought to present their research on the many ways in which philosophers of these heritages thematize the dynamics of conflict and harmony.

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Visiting opportunities at Shandong University in China

我是中国山东大学儒学高等研究院教授，研究领域为：中国哲学史、儒家哲学、中西比较哲学、伦理学与政治哲学。主要学术贡献：创立当代儒学重要学派“生活儒学”；发现并系统诠释“《易经》古歌”；哲学最新研究领域“儒学与现象学比较研究”开拓者之一；中国伦理学与政治哲学最新研究领域“中国正义论”提出者。
本人最近已被列为“孔子新汉学计划”首批导师。该计划是中国国家汉办（NOCFL）和孔子学院总部所设立的，旨在与国外专家教授合作，推荐其注册博士生和优秀硕士毕业生等，来中国学习和研究中国文化。总部将为每名录取人选提供每年最高20万元人民币的资金支持，用于其来华开展课题研究、学习和生活、及中外导师业务指导费用等。
该计划包括以下项目：
1. 中外合作培养博士项目：资助在外国大学注册的博士生来华学习1至2年，由外国大学单独、或中外大学同时授予博士学位。申请者汉语水平考试（HSK）成绩不低于3级。
2. 来华攻读博士学位项目：资助外国学生来华攻读博士学位。申请者汉语水平考试（HSK）须达到5级。
以上两项，学生在华期间根据课程计划，可在孔子学院总部指定的中国大学选择研究课题和中方导师。（本人的课题详下。）
3. “理解中国”访问学者项目：资助相当于助理教授资历以上的教师或研究人员、博士后人员来华访学研修，时间为2周至10个月。
4. 青年领袖项目：资助外国大学高年级本科生和硕士生，外国政界、商界、学界等各界优秀青年来华考察访学，时间为2周至6个月。
我本人开设有以下课题：
1、中国文化的生态精神价值
2、作为社会体系的中国古典哲学
3、前儒学时期的儒学思想：创造与并举
4、儒学的人文精神与普世价值研究
本人诚邀您与本人开展合作，推荐上述合适人员来华，参与我的研究课题。非常感谢！
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黄玉顺

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[TRANSLATION]

Dear Professor：
Greetings from Professor Huang Yushun of Shandong University!
I am Huang Yushun, a professor form Institute for Advanced Study of Confucianism, Shandong University, China. My research areas cover Chinese philosophy, especially Confucian philosophy; Chinese-Western comparative philosophy, especially comparative study of Confucianism and Phenomenology; Chinese Ethics and Political Philosophy.

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Call for Papers: 9th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought

CALL FOR PAPERS: 9TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CONFERENCE ON CHINESE THOUGHT

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON/WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

Dayton, OH

MAY 10-11, 2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PENG GUOXIANG, PEKING UNIVERSITY

The Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought was created to foster dialogue and interaction between scholars and students working on Chinese thought across different disciplines and through a variety of approaches. Submissions are invited for papers on any aspect of Chinese thought, as well as papers dealing with comparative issues that engage Chinese perspectives. Possible themes for submissions include: examining how recovered texts reframe familiar issues and debates in early Chinese thought; texts, movements, and figures from neglected eras and traditions; the current renaissance of philosophy and religious studies in China.

This year’s MCCT will be held on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11 at the University of Dayton and Wright State University, in Dayton, OH.

To facilitate blind review, please submit abstracts of 1-2 pages in length to Patricia Johnson at pjohnson2@udayton.edu by Feb. 20th.  For further inquiries about this year’s MCCT, contact Alexus McLeod at gmcleod1@udayton.edu or Judson Murray at judson.murray@wright.edu.

Summer Program for Undergraduates

We are pleased to announce a new program for undergraduate students at the Nishan Confucian Studies Summer Institute at the Nishan Birthplace of the Sage Academy in Shandong, China, July 6 to August 3, 2013.

This month-long training program will include classes in Chinese Philosophy, Modern Chinese History, Contemporary Chinese Society, and Chinese Language.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Philosophy

Announcement of Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Philosophy

The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship for the Academic Year 2013-4.

Area: Chinese philosophy in contemporary global context. Research can be in any area of Chinese philosophy but must explore not only its historical but also contemporary significance. Priority will be given to research proposals with a comparative or interdisciplinary perspective.

For more information, see http://cohass.ntu.edu.sg/Research/Pages/PostdoctoralFellowships2013.aspx or contact Chenyang Li at cyli@ntu.edu.sg .

China is Sixteenth

As of right now (1:39pm EST, 13 December 2012), the total number of visitors from China to the blog since our 15 November re-boot at the new server ranks 16th. I hope that ranking will improve as the word gets out of our new accessibility, and current plans to solicit guest-posts from more China-based scholars come to fruition. Please help us to spread the word, and let any of the administrators know if you have ideas that might help, or any other suggestions for the future of the blog. (Or just post them here as comments.) Thanks!

Quick Note for WW&W Contributors

I have been meaning to post this, but forgot until Brian Bruya and Tongdong Bai’s posts:

Since the server move, blog contributors must reset their passwords to be able to post again. To do this, please contact Steve Angle. We look forward to reading posts from all our contributors by and by.

(An aside: if you are interested in contributing a post as a guest, or in joining the contributors list, please contact one of the administrators: Steve Angle, Chris Fraser, or me.)

A ground-breaking book on Chinese political philosophy

…by me, of course!

Here is a link: http://www.amazon.com/China-Political-Philosophy-Kingdom-Theories/dp/1780320752

And, my own objective view is well supported by a very authoritative voice (based upon the number of posts here, this voice must have been the most authoritative in Chinese philosophy):

“Tongdong Bai’s new book pulls off a remarkable balancing act. It is accessible and yet provocative; it is solidly based on China’s early history and yet full of fascinating comparisons with Western thought and with the contemporary world. It is a splendid introduction to Chinese philosophy for all readers.” – Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan University

Now that you’ve seen my ego (too much of it, I guess), let me be modest for a moment. In this book, I argue that the Chinese transitions from the Western Zhou to the Qin dynasty were comparable with European modernization in many ways. The pre-Qin thinkers, then, were addressing problems of modernity. One implication of this crazy claim is that pre-Qin Chinese philosophy is first and foremost a political philosophy. Since they are about problems of modernity, the contemporary relevance of pre-Qin philosophical ideas is then apparent.

And now is your turn to show how crazy I must have been! (If you wish to trash my book in the form of book review, please let me know, and I’d be happy to arrange a copy to be sent to you.)