Summer Seminar in Asian Philosophy and Scholasticism, 2026

The Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Religion and Philosophy is hosting its ATI Summer Seminar in Asian Philosophy and Scholasticism, “Mind in Neo-Confucianism and European Scholasticism,” from 18-27 June 2026 at Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, Italy. Please visit the HKBU website for further information on the seminar and application guidelines. Continue reading →

CFP: AAR Indian and Chinese Religion in Dialogue Unit

The Indian and Chinese Religions in Dialogue Unit of the AAR invites panel and paper proposals for the 2026 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Denver. The deadline is Friday, March 6th. Panel and paper proposals covering all Indian and Chinese traditions from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcomed. Please see below the panel themes already proposed and reach out to the relevant contact person if interested. Proposals of others are welcomed as well. Proposals should be submitted through PAPERS. Continue reading →

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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Episode 30 of “This Is the Way”: Confucianism and Reverential Reading

In this episode, we explore Zhu Xi’s striking account of how to read philosophical and other important texts with what he calls “reverential attention.” Blending close reading with reflections on learning, character, and distraction in modern life, we discuss how Zhu Xi tries to make reading simultaneously transformative and objective. The discussion raises a fascinating puzzle at the heart of Zhu’s approach: how can we personalize our reading so that it shapes us, while also preventing our own biases from distorting the text? Continue reading →

Call for Abstracts of Papers: Timothy Williamson Encountering Chinese Philosophy

School of Philosophy, Fudan University, will host a conference on “Timothy Williamson Encountering Chinese Philosophy” on November 6-7, 2026. This is the 4th event in the conference/book series of “Fudan Studies of Encountering Chinese Philosophy”, following the ones focused on Michael Slote, Ernest Sosa, and Simon Blackburn respectively. This one is focused on the work of Timothy Williamson. Following the previous practice in the series, there will be a dozen or so scholars of Chinese philosophy critically engaging various aspects of Williamson’s philosophy by drawing on various aspects of Chinese philosophy, to which Williamson makes responses. Revised versions of these critical comments and responses will be collected into an edited volume, with the same title of the conference, in the series mentioned above.

This call for paper is addressed to scholars of Chinese philosophy who are interested in Williamson’s work. As the first step, we call for expressions of interests and abstracts of papers. The deadline is March 15, and we will announce the result by the end of March. We will provide airfare and room and board in the duration of the conference for all participants at the conference.

Please send your expressions of interests/abstracts of papers to: yonghuang@fudan.edu.cn