The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Philosophy Department is seeking to appoint a part-time lecturer for Chinese philosophy. Please read more for details of the job and the application process.
Episode 19 of “This Is the Way”: Zhu Xi on the Unity of the Virtues
This episode is really about two things. First, it’s about the claim that many instantiations of one virtue necessarily come packaged with other virtues. For example, you can’t have great humaneness or benevolence in your charitable giving to other people unless you also show a certain amount of ritual respect to them. Second, it’s about the view that one virtue in particular — the virtue of humaneness or good caring (ren 仁) — is more central or fundamental than the others. The Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi (1130-1200) proposes that we can understand both the unity of virtues and the central importance of humaneness (ren) by thinking about the unity of the seasons and the central importance of the spring for the other seasons. We attempt to unpack these ideas (and some of the relevant seasonal associations) as they are presented by one of the Confucian tradition’s most subtle and complicated philosophers. Continue reading →
7th Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy: An International Conference on “Moral Conflict in Early Chinese Philosophy”
The 7th Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (RWCP) will take place in person in New Brunswick, NJ, on April 10-11, 2025. This year’s workshop will be a two-day international conference, with the theme “Moral Conflict in Early Chinese Philosophy.” Scholars of early Chinese philosophy from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America will engage each other and the audience on this important topic. Everybody is welcome. Space is limited and registration is required. Here’s the link for more details: https://rccs.rutgers.edu/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2025/04/10/2446/54/seventh-rutgers-workshop-on-chinese-philosophy?Itemid=147
New Book: Radice, Ritual Performance in Early Chinese Thought
Thomas Radice’s Ritual Performance in Early Chinese Thought: A Dramaturgical Perspective has been recently published by Bloomsbury. Please see here for more information, and read on for the publisher’s summary.
Lecture: Ziporyn, Unknow Thyself
The College of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University is hosting a lecture by Brook Ziporyn of the University of Chicago, titled “Unknow Thyself: Agnosis as Superpower in the Zhuangzi,” on Thursday April 3rd, at 4:30pm in the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies Seminar Room (343 Washington Terrace, Middletown CT). Ziporyn will explore non-knowledge’s ability to enhance self and social reform. All are welcome!
ToC: Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture 43
Volume 43 (February 2025) of The Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture is published. This issue features the special topic, “Comparative Perspectives on the Future of Cosmopolitanism (II),” guest edited by Philip J. Ivanhoe. Continuing from Vol. 42, this collection, supported by the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues at Georgetown University, expands the discourse with six additional articles. A general response by Owen Flanagan offers reflections on the discussions presented across both volumes.
Additionally, this issue includes a special section, Scholar’s Corner, featuring an article on Confucian responses to same-sex marriage. It also presents a book review of Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion: Confucian, Comparative, and Contemporary Perspectives by Lu-Vada Dunford. The full volume is available at https://jcpc.skku.edu/.
Book discussion of Professor Jin Li’s The Self in the West and East Asia
On March 27th at 20:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Professor Jin Li’s The Self in the West and East Asia: Being or Becoming.
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/li-jin-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.
Hybrid Workshop on Interpersonal Harmony
A workshop, “Interpersonal Harmony in Comparative Philosophy,” is scheduled for April 10–11, 2025, and will be held in person at Duke University, with a virtual attendance option available.
The event will bring together scholars specializing in early Chinese and Greek thought to explore various aspects of interpersonal harmony, including its ethical, political, and metaphysical dimensions. The event will feature contributions from prominent scholars such as Agnes Callard, Chenyang Li, C.D.C. Reeve, and David Wong.
Full details and registration information are available on the following event website: Comparative Philosophy Workshop – April 2025.
Call for Applications – Social Ontology in Wuhan: A Summer School
The School of Philosophy at Wuhan University is pleased to invite applications for its 2025 Social Ontology Summer School. The Summer School will explore various topics in social ontology, including collective intentionality, metaphysics of social categories, Chinese social thought, and philosophical issues in the social sciences. It will take place June 5th through 8th, 2025. Planned speakers include Peter Finocchiaro (Wuhan University), Gina Lebkuecher (Wuhan University), Michael Longenecker (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), Rachel Sterken (Hong Kong University), Shuchen Xiang 项舒晨 (Xidian University), and Hwa Yeong Wang (Duke Kunshan University).
The Summer School is funded by the School of Philosophy at Wuhan University and the International Social Ontology Society.
Applications are due by April 15th, and are open to undergraduate and graduate students within China. Travel and lodging expenses will be covered for accepted applicants. Please see the Wuhan University website post, linked here for more information about how to apply.
New Article: Brys, “Action-based Benevolence”
The European Journal of Philosophy has just published Waldemar Brys’s essay “Action-Based Benevolence”; see here. This provocative paper is the first essay specifically on Chinese philosophy in the EJP, which now joins the list of “mainstream” journals that have published works of Chinese or comparative philosophy.
If you publish in a journal outside of the specialist journals that we try to routinely track here at Warp, Weft, and Way, by all means let us know and we’ll share the news.
Read on for the Abstract.
