Category Archives: 四海为学 / Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning (四海为学) In-Person Event in New York on June 29th

Dear Colleagues,

四海为学 is having its first in person event on June 29th from 2-6 p.m. at the Chinese Institute of America, 100 Washington Street, New York. After some opening remarks and speeches, we will host a roundtable.
Anyone who is interested in attending is cordially invited, please come at 2:00pm, or earlier if you are interested in this art exhibition (at the same location).

Pre-registration is not required, but it is appreciated, please email Paul J. D’Ambrosio (his email is: paul j dambrosio –at—Hotmail.com (no spaces, no dashes)

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Two More Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Dear Colleagues,
The 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two events next week:
  1. On June 17th at 8:00am Beijing time we will host a roundtable on “The Zhuangzi and Post-Truth.“
  2. On June 18th at 8:00am Beijing time we will host a roundtable on “Paradox in the Zhuangzi.“
Please feel free to advertise these events or share them with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.

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Two Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Dear Colleagues,
The 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two events next week:
  1. On June 9th at 9:00am Beijing time Ellie Wang will give a lecture on “Rhythm, Alignment, and Collective Clarity: 
    from Affective Salience to Public Order in Xunzi.”
  2. On June 12th at 20:00 Beijing time we will host a roundtable on “The Radical Zhuangzi.”
Please feel free to advertise these events or share them with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.

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Upcoming Collaborative Learning event

Dear Colleagues,
On May 27th at 8:00am Beijing time, the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a roundtable on “Politics and Government in the Zhuangzi.” For more information, and the Zoom link, click here.
Please feel free to advertise this event anywhere, or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.

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Two Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

Dear Colleagues,
Next week the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host two roundtables:
  1. May 11th at 9:00am Beijing time: “Nothingness (無) in the Zhuangzi.” 
  2. May 11th at 19:00 Beijing time: “Transformation and/in the Zhuangzi.”
Please feel free to advertise these events or share them with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Upcoming Collaborative Learning Event

 Dear Colleagues,
On May 6,  at 9 a.m. (Beijing time), the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a roundtable on: “(Me)Ontology and Metaphysics in the Zhuangzi.” Details, including the Zoom link, can be found here.
Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone. Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Collaborative Learning Roundtables on the Zhuangzi 

Dear Colleagues,
In collaboration with Professors Lai Xisan, Lin Mingzhao, and Mark McConaghy the 四海為學 project will host a series of roundtables on the Zhuangzi this coming April and May. With Brook Ziporyn’s Wild Card, Lai Xisan’s Gongsheng 共生, and Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio’s Genuine Pretending as a general background, this series of roundtables will explore humor, irony, paradox, incongruity, absurdity, and related topics in the Zhuangzi.
We are inviting interested scholars to submit short abstractions (100-250 words) for consideration by April 1st.

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Collaborative Learning 四海为学 event this week

Dear Colleagues,
On October 22nd at 21:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Professor Wang Youru’s The Ethical Dimension of Forgetfulness: Engaging the Daoist Zhuangzi in Studies of Cultivated Forgetting
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/wang-youru-book-discussion
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Work-in Progress resuming sessions for Autumn, 2025

Dear all,

We are delighted to announce a new call of applications for the “Works in Progress” series, a part of the 四海为学 “Collaborative Learning” Project. This series aims to provide an academic forum for graduate students and early career scholars engaged in Chinese or comparative philosophy to share and improve upon their projects with peers in conference-style panel presentations. Each session features a chairperson, 2-3 presenters, commentators, and an audience of participants who will provide constructive feedback on content, structure, or presentation style. It welcomes projects at any stage of development, including articles for publication, dissertation chapters, or conference presentations, and aims to accommodate the intellectual needs of each presenter. Events will be held once a month.

We welcome applications with a priority deadline of September 20th, and on a rolling basis after that. In addition, we invite requests to participate in the sessions as commentators, chairs, and general audience or to be included in the community mailing list.

Interested individuals can visit the website (General 2 — 四海为学 Collaborative Learning) or email WorksinProgressSHWX@hotmail.com for more information or an application form to present.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

Best,

Works-in-Progress team

四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project Book Discussion

Dear Colleagues,
On April 14th at 21:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Professor David Shoemaker’s Wisecracks:  Humor and Morality in Everyday Life.
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/david-shoemaker-book-discussion
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)

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