Dear members of SSJ-Forum, 

We cordially invite you to GAS event on December 22 (Sun), 2024. This event will be held only in person.

GAS Roundtable "What is Tradition? From the Perspective of East Asian Philosophy" 

Date and Time: December 22 (Sun), 2024, 14:00-15:20

Venue: The 3rd large classroom, International Academic Research Building, University of Tokyo (In-person only) 

Access: https://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/campus-map_new.pdf

Speaker and Title: 

MATSUBARA Emi (Graduate student, University of Tokyo)　 

"The Encounter between Evolutionary Theory and Pre-modern Philosophy: Focusing on the Development of Oka Asajiro's Thought in the Republic of China and 'Manchukuo'" 

TANAKA Yuki (Associate Professor, University of Tokyo)　  

"Joseph Needham's View of the Characteristics of Physics in the History of Chinese Science and His Thoughts on Confucianism and Taoism"  

GAO Haibo (Associate Professor, Qinghua University) 

"On Master Zhu's Thoughts of Will and Ideas"

Chair: TANAKA Yuki, Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo

Abstract: In recent years, Confucianism has attracted attention as a philosophy that resolves the contradictions brought about by Western democracy and is necessary for the future international community. Many people have tried to apply the wisdom of traditional thought to today's society in various forms and bridge tradition and modernity. But what exactly is "tradition"? Even in the pre-modern period, "tradition" did not continue to exist in a fixed form, but instead produced various thinking patterns by constantly changing its image. In this roundtable, the experts in East Asian philosophy will explore how the concept of "tradition" has been questioned in the history of China and Japan.

Language: English

 

Organizer: GAS Initiative at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo; School of Humanities, Tsinghua University; The Neo Confucianism Society of Korea

Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Best Regards,

Global Asian Studies (GAS) 

https://gas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA) at the University of Tokyo

https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp