Intercultural Academic Exchange Symposium: Understanding Across Cultures

Pre-registration is not required, but is appreciated, please email Paul J. D’Ambrosio (his email is: paul j dambrosio –at—Hotmail.com (no spaces, no dashes)

Schedule:

“四海为学”: Intercultural Academic Exchange Symposium
Roundtable: Understanding Across Cultures
Total Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes (150 Minutes)

Session I: Comparative Thought and Intercultural Exchange (70 Minutes)
Moderator: Tim Connolly (East Stroudsburg University)
1. Durba Mitra (Harvard University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “What if We Collaborate Across Borders?”
• Response (5 minutes): Sarah Rubio (Princeton University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
2. Hagop Sarkissian (City University of New York)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Moral Psychology and Agency in Early Chinese Thought”
• Response (5 minutes): Jin Li (Brown University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
3. Nicholas Tampio (Fordham University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Two Conceptions of Comparative Political Theory”
• Response (5 minutes): Robert Carleo (Wesleyan University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
4. Brian Vivier (University of Pennsylvania)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Cross-cultural Bibliography and Building the Future of Research”
• Response (5 minutes): He Jing (East China Normal University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)

Break (20 Minutes)

Session II: Ethics, Agency, and Philosophical Practice (60 Minutes)
Moderator: Paul J. D’Ambrosio (East China Normal University)
5. Andrew Lambert (City University of New York)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Methodological Issues in Comparative Philosophy”
• Response (5 minutes): Daniel Sarafinas (East China Normal University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
6. Tao Jiang (Rutgers University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Challenges in Doing Cross-Cultural Comparative Philosophy: A Personal Reflection”
• Response (5 minutes): Shuyi Wei (Stanford University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
7. Jin Li (Brown University)
• Presentation (8 minutes): “Being or Becoming: The Philosophy and Psychology of Selfhood”
• Response (5 minutes): Tim Connolly (East Stroudsburg University)
• Brief Audience Questions / Comments (2–3 minutes)
Conclusion (10 Minutes)
• Moderator’s Summary and Brief Closing Remarks

Organizer:

Dr. Paul J. D’Ambrosio
Dean of the Center for Intercultural Research
Fellow of the Institute of Modern Chinese Thought
Professor in Chinese Philosophy
East China Normal University
Shanghai, Minhang
500 Dongchuan road, 200241
Cell Phone: (86) 18217372088