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SUMMARY:The 1st Asia Spinoza Circle Annual International Workshop
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LOCATION:Rokkodai Campus\, Kobe University\, Kōbe\, Japan
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Program: The 1st Asia Spinoza Circle Annual International Workshop</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Date:</strong> July 30-31\, 2026<br>&nbsp\;<strong>Venue:</strong> Graduate School of Intercultural Studies\, Tsurukabuto 1 Area\, Rokkodai Campus\, Kobe University<br>&nbsp\;<strong>Organizer:</strong> Asia Spinoza Circle</p>\n<p><strong>Keynote Speaker:</strong> Kokubun Koichiro\, University of Tokyo</p>\n\n\n<p>The Asia Spinoza Circle (ASC) is pleased to announce its inaugural Annual International Workshop\, establishing a new platform for sustained scholarly exchange among Spinoza researchers connected to Asia. This intensive two-day workshop will bring together a select group of scholars for in-depth discussion of current research in Spinoza studies.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Day 1</strong></p>\n<p>9:45Registration open</p>\n<p>10:00&ndash\;10:15Opening remarks</p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 1: Political Imagination and Law</strong></p>\n<p>10:15&ndash\;11:00 Aurora Yu &mdash\; Invented Laws and the Imagination</p>\n<p>11:00&ndash\;11:45 Soulhee Park &mdash\; The Hebrew Republic as a Laboratory for &lsquo\;Sui Juris Esse&rsquo\;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Lunch break (11:45&ndash\;13:15)</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Keynote</strong></p>\n<p>13:15&ndash\;14:30 Koichiro Kokubun &mdash\; Individual\, Consciousness and Multitude: On the Dilemma of the Modern Political Thought</p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 2: Politics and Community</strong></p>\n<p>14:45&ndash\;15:30 Shanshan Rao &mdash\; Violence without Exception</p>\n<p>15:30&ndash\;16:15 Xun Shu &mdash\; Hegel&rsquo\;s Rejection of Universality</p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 3: Spinoza in Japan</strong></p>\n<p>16:30&ndash\;17:15 Dennis Prooi &mdash\; Freedom in Nishida&rsquo\;s Overcoming of Spinoza</p>\n<p>17:15&ndash\;18:00 Shozo Kamiya &mdash\; Spinoza and the Limits of Modern Political Agency</p>\n\n<p><strong>Dinner Day 1</strong></p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Day 2</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 4: Ethics and Human Freedom</strong></p>\n<p>10:00&ndash\;10:45 Van Tu &mdash\; Assimilation Without Transcendence</p>\n<p>10:45&ndash\;11:30 Junshuo Bian &mdash\; The Platonic Aspect of Human Freedom</p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 5: Mind and Faculties</strong></p>\n<p>11:45&ndash\;12:30 Christopher Kluz &mdash\; Are All Ideas Affects for Spinoza?</p>\n<p>12:30&ndash\;13:15 Maho Eifuku &mdash\; Spinoza on Devaluation of Mental Faculties</p>\n\n<p><strong>Lunch break (13:15&ndash\;14:30)</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 6: Metaphysics I</strong></p>\n<p>14:30&ndash\;15:15 Henry Kwok &mdash\; Spinoza's Bundle Theory of the Mind</p>\n<p>15:15&ndash\;16:00 Ki-myoung Kim &mdash\; Anti-Substantialist Theory of Causation</p>\n\n<p><strong>Session 7: Metaphysics II</strong></p>\n<p>16:15&ndash\;17:00 Tomoyuki Hayashi &mdash\; OSR-like Solution to the Strict Necessitarianism Dispute</p>\n<p>17:00&ndash\;17:45 Dayang Nurhazieqa Hamzani &mdash\; Nondualist metaphysical account of</p>\n<p>morality\, freedom and Divine Knowledge\, a Comparison between Spinoza and Hamzah</p>\n<p>Fansuri</p>\n<p>17:45&ndash\;18:30 Lee Len &mdash\; The Apeirist Spinoza : Improper Plurality\, Modal</p>\n<p>Mereology\, and the Status of Individual Things</p>\n\n<p>18:30Closing remarks</p>\n\n<p><strong>Dinner Day 2</strong></p>\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Asia Spinoza Circle</strong></p>\n<p>The ASC is a collaborative network connecting Spinoza scholars across Asia. We welcome researchers with connections to Asia&mdash\;whether through origins in Asian countries\, cultural and intellectual backgrounds\, current institutional affiliations with Asian institutions\, or sustained engagement with Asian philosophical traditions. Our inclusive network fosters intellectual exchange and builds a vibrant community exploring Spinoza&rsquo\;s philosophy through diverse Asian perspectives and contexts.</p>\n\n\n<p>For inquiries\, please contact: <a href="mailto:osr1998@gmail.com">osr1998@gmail.com</a> (Kim\, Ki-Myoung)\, <a href="mailto:thiguchi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp">thiguchi@people.kobe-u.ac.jp</a> (Higuchi\, Tomoko)</p>\n<p>Homepage:<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/asiaspinozacircle">https://sites.google.com/view/asiaspinozacircle</a></p>
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