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)
This is the schedule of our roundtable:
“四海为学”: Intercultural Academic Exchange Symposium Roundtable: Understanding Across Cultures Total Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes (150 Minutes)
Session I: Comparative Thought and Intercultural Exchange (70 Minutes)
Moderator: Tim Connolly (East Stroudsburg University)
1. Durba Mitra (Harvard University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “What if We Collaborate Across Borders?”
• Response (5 minutes): Sarah Rubio (Princeton University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
2. Hagop Sarkissian (City University of New York)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Moral Psychology and Agency in Early Chinese Thought”
• Response (5 minutes): Jin Li (Brown University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
3. Nicholas Tampio (Fordham University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Two Conceptions of Comparative Political Theory”
• Response (5 minutes): Robert Carleo (Wesleyan University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
4. Brian Vivier (University of Pennsylvania)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Cross-cultural Bibliography and Building the Future of Research”
• Response (5 minutes): He Jing (East China Normal University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
Break (20 Minutes)
Session II: Ethics, Agency, and Philosophical Practice (60 Minutes)
Moderator: Paul J. D’Ambrosio (East China Normal University)
5. Andrew Lambert (City University of New York)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Methodological Issues in Comparative Philosophy”
• Response (5 minutes): Daniel Sarafinas (East China Normal University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
6. Tao Jiang (Rutgers University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Challenges in Doing Cross-Cultural Comparative Philosophy: A Personal Reflection”
• Response (5 minutes): Shuyi Wei (Stanford University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
7. Jin Li (Brown University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Being or Becoming: The Philosophy and Psychology of Selfhood”
• Response (5 minutes): Tim Connolly (East Stroudsburg University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
Conclusion (10 Minutes)
• Moderator’s Summary and Brief Closing Remarks
Dr. Paul J. D’Ambrosio
Dean of the Center for Intercultural Research
Fellow of the Institute of Modern Chinese Thought
Professor in Chinese Philosophy
East China Normal University
Shanghai, Minhang
500 Dongchuan road, 200241
Cell Phone: (86) 18217372088
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跨文化中心主任
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中国哲学教授
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华东师范大学哲学系 邮编：200241
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