2025 CSCS-ATI Summer School-Buridan and the Buddha: Nominalism and Universals from East to West

Please see here for more information about “2025 CSCS-ATI Summer School, Buridan and the Buddha: Nominalism and Universals from East to West,” which will be held at at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China. The co-leaders are Prof. Vincent Eltschinger (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) and Dr. Boaz Schuman (KU Leuven).

Episode 18 of “This Is the Way”: Neo-Confucian Metaphysics

Much of the technical philosophy of Confucianism was developed by sophisticated thinkers that came well after the time of Confucius, starting in the Song dynasty. This episode is our first devoted to the foremost of these “Neo-Confucians,” Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200 CE). To help us with this introduction, we are joined by special guest Stephen C. Angle, one of the leading scholars of Neo-Confucianism. Continue reading →

SDCF 10th Summer Program in Chinese Studies

SDCF is excited to announce that we will be running the “10th Greater China Region Summer Program in Chinese Studies” for 2025! We are conducting the program both in person and with an online viewing option, with participation from both scholars and key opinion leaders.

Please refer to our webpage (https://sinological.org/) or send email to info@sinological.org for more information. Scholarships are available for those with a degree in the topics of the program, but also online viewer or self-funding options could be selected for those without  background.

Summary of the Tsinghua Teaching Workshop on Chinese Philosophy and World Philosophy

Tsinghua University hosted a teaching workshop on comparative philosophy on December 11th, 2024. Topics of Discussion included: what does your comparative philosophy program entail? Who are your students, and how do you approach comparative philosophy in the classroom? What are your main concerns and suggestions? Do you have any ideas for future collaboration? Please find summaries of the workshop in both Chinese and in English.

Forthcoming Sino-Hellenic Network events in March

Dear all,

We’re delighted to announce that the Sino-Hellenic Network will host two upcoming speaker events, generously supported by the Faculty of Classics in Cambridge. Both events will be in hybrid format. The in person events will take place in Room 1.11 in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge, with refreshments half an hour before each talk commences, to allow Network members to get to know each other. All welcome, there is no need to register to attend in person. Zoom sign up information can be found below.

Thursday 6th March, 12.30-14.00 GMT (refreshments at 12.00)

Nathan Gilbert (University of Durham): Past, Present, Text, Other: Jesuit Orientalism and Chinese Philosophy
Chair: Lea Cantor (University of Cambridge)

Please register here if you would like to attend Dr Gilbert’s talk remotely.

Thursday 20th March, 11.00-12.30 GMT (refreshments at 10.30)

Richard King (University of Bern): “The Lord a Lord, the Minister a Minister”: Probing Virtues and Roles in Ancient China and Greece
Chair: Roel Sterckx (University of Cambridge)

Please register here if you would like to attend Prof. King’s talk remotely.

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