Category Archives: Conference

Soochow/Academia Sinica Conference Report

The three-day conference and book symposium “Virtue and Luck: Virtue Theory and Chinese Philosophy” has now concluded, and I thought I might offer a summary and some thoughts. The idea that linked together the three quite distinct days’ activities was “virtue,” East and West, in ethics and in epistemology, pro and con. Continue reading →

Character East and West Conference This Weekend

This is a conference at University of Connecticut, in Storrs CT, in honor of Joel Kupperman, who has written much on Asian and comparative philosophy. Here is the link to the University of Connecticut site. Steve Angle is presenting a paper on Saturday. (I’ll be attending the conference, but I’m not sure exactly when and for how long. If anyone out there can make it, don’t be shy!)

Here are the particulars:

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2011 ISCWP Beijing Roundtable on Contemporary Philosophy

All are welcome to the…

2011 Term of Beijing Roundtable on Contemporary Philosophy
2011年北京“當代哲學”國際圓桌學術研討會

Theme / 討論主題:
“Classical Texts and Philosophical Interpretation:
In View of Studies of Chinese Philosophy and Development of Contemporary Philosophy”
經典文本與哲學解釋: 中國哲學研究與當代哲學發展

Time: 3rd June 2011, Friday, 08:30-18:00

時間: 201163, 8點半至晚6

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HKU Workshop on Happiness and the Dao

All are welcome to this upcoming workshop…

Happiness and the Dao: Ancient Greek and Chinese Approaches to Ethics
March 25-26, 2011
Department of Philosophy
Hong Kong University

Ancient Greek ethics focuses largely on the theory and practice of eudaimonia, the happy or flourishing life. Classical Chinese ethics similarly focuses on the theory and practice of the dao, the proper way of life. Continue reading →

CFP: Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought

7th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought

Keynote Speaker: Michael Puett, Harvard University

Friday, May 6 ~ Saturday. May 7, 2011
North Central College
Naperville, Illinois

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 thought that engage Chinese perspectives. Participants from any geographic area are welcome.

Please submit 1-2 page abstract by February 28, 2011 to Brian Hoffert:

bhoffert@noctrl.edu

For inquiries about the conference, please contact Brian Hoffert at bhoffert@noctrl.edu