A new issue of T’oung Pao: The International Journal of Chinese Studies has been published. There are 10 articles in this issue that was published in July of 2022. Read below for the table of contents.
Lecture: “Politics, Language, and Mind in Early Chinese Legalist Ideas”
Professor Soon-ja Yang at Chonnam National University (South Korea) will be giving the first CEACOP seminar of the Fall 2022 semester via Zoom. The title of her talk is “Politics, Language, and Mind in Early Chinese Legalist Ideas” and it is scheduled at 4pm, Friday, September 9 (HKT) / 4am, Friday, Sept 9 (EST). Please email bhoneybj22@gmail.com to register and click here for the flyer.
CFP: ACPA 2023
The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America is welcoming scholars to submit proposals for individual papers for ACPA group sessions at the 2023 Pacific APA. The meeting is expected to be in person in San Francisco, CA, April 5–8, 2023, at the Westin St. Francis.
Submission deadline: October 1st, 2022; For guidelines on abstract submission read below.
Conference Announcement : Contemporary Moral Psychology
“Contemporary Moral Psychology and Cross-cultural Moral Psychology” is a two day conference that will take place on September 23-24, 2022. The conference will take place both in person at Georgetown University and online via YouTube livestream. If you wish to join remotely please RSVP on the conference web page. The conference aims to address various issues that arise at the point where East Asian thought intersects with contemporary moral psychology and cultural psychology ,and to explore what is relevant East Asian philosophy in relation. Please click here for more information about the conference and how to RSVP.
CFP: “Stuck in the Middle?”
The Third Middle Period China Humanities Conference (220-1600) is very pleased to announce that the conference will be held, for the first time in three years, in New Haven on June 22-25, 2023. They are welcoming papers from all disciplines in humanities that deal with China between 220-1600. Papers can be in either English or Chinese and should be less than 10,00 words for English, or 6,000 Chinese characters.
The deadline for all paper proposals is December 1, 2022: Final submissions are due March 15, 2023 if you are seeking funding. If you are not, the deadline for paper submissions is May 15, 2023. (They will not provide funding to anyone who misses the March 15 deadline.) Click here for more information.
1. Ph.D. students should answer a brief questionnaire about the paper they would like to present; the advisors of Ph.D. students must submit a brief form as well. They will also need to submit full versions of their papers by March 15, 2023, if they wish to be considered for funding. Reminder: the target length for everyone is 10,000 words/6000 characters.
2. PhD holders should complete this registration form and provide abstracts of no more than 500 words/300 characters. Ideally, you will cover the questions we have asked the PhD students to address directly (What are your main sources? What are the most important studies on your topic? What is your original contribution to the field of Middle Period Chinese studies?).
Introductory Lectures on Chinese philosophy
Yale’s Moral Philosophy Working Group and Asian and African Philosophy Reading Group welcomes Professor Bryan Van Norden of Vassar College and Wuhan University for a series of introductory lectures on Chinese philosophy. No previous knowledge of the topic is necessary. Van Norden will speak on four different topics; each is an hour of presentation followed by an hour of Q and A. The University is happy to provide lunch on Saturday so please email harry.lloyd@yale.edu if you plan on joining for lunch. More information is on the poster and below.
ToC: Dao 21:3
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 21:3 has recently been published. There are 13 articles in this issue that was published in July of 2022. Read below for the table of contents.
Article of Interest: Confucian Political Moralism
Wenqing Zhao’s article “Huang Zongxi’s Confucian political moralism” has recently been published in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. In this paper, Zhao argues that the similarities that Huang Zongxi shares with liberalism and republicanism are superficial. Rather, Zhao illustrates how Huang’s political philosophy is best read as a decisive Confucian political moralism.
Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is inviting scholars seeking funds for research and writing to apply for Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies. In 2022-23 ACLS is offering two types of fellowships to support research, writing, and curriculum development: flexible, short-term fellowships, and long-term fellowships.
The deadline to apply is November 2nd, 2022 9 pm ET. Read below for more information.
If you have any questions either email chinastudies@acls.org.
Eligibility requirements:
- Applicants must be recent PhDs (within eight years of receiving the degree), pre-tenure, and who intend to pursue careers in the US or Canada.
- Applicants must have a working knowledge of Chinese.
- Projects must employ humanistic approaches and methods.
The Elizabeth Rockwell Center Prize
The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center Prize for Best Article on Ethics, Leadership, and Public Policy is having a final call for submissions. The Center on Ethics and Leadership will award a prize of $10,000 for the best-published article on ethics, leadership, and public policy. An award of $2,500 will be given for honorable mention. Articles should have been published since November 2019 and all nominations must be received by September 20, 2022. Articles must be less than 12,500 words including notes and references. Submit published copies of articles here; write Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center Prize in the subject line. Submissions will only be accepted from authors of articles and journal editors. Read below for more information, or contact Daniel Engster at daengste@central.uh.edu.
