Monthly Archives: Tuesday December 28th, 2010

Happy New Year!

Posted on Tuesday December 28th, 2010 by Weiman

Happy New Year! “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Tu Weiming and Li Qing Lectured at PKU Law School

Posted on Tuesday December 28th, 2010 by Weiman

Peking University Law School Reports: December 21, 2010, at the joint invitation of associate professor Bin Ling of Peking University Law School and the Charity, Sports and Legal Research Center of Peking University, Professor Tu Weiming and the chief partner of S&P Law Firm Li Qing lectured at Peking … Continue reading →

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Peking University Awards 53 Outstanding Teachers

Posted on Wednesday December 22nd, 2010 by Weiman

On December 20, 2010, Humanities Foundation of Peking University presented awards to 53 outstanding teachers at its very first awards ceremony. Professor Tu Weiming was one of the professors who received the awards at the event. For a complete report … Continue reading →

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Prof. Tu Gave A Speech at the 5th Confucius Institute Conference

Posted on Wednesday December 15th, 2010 by Weiman

December 11, 2010 Saturday at 7 pm, Professor Tu Weiming, director of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University and Professor of Harvard University, made a speech on the global development of Confucius Institutes at the 5th Confucius … Continue reading →

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Video: Dialogue b/w Fred Dallmayr and Tu Weiming

Posted on Monday December 13th, 2010 by Laoma (老马)

Fred Dallmayr is Packey J. Dee Professor in the departments of philosophy and political science at the University of Notre Dame. He met with Professor Tu Weiming at the World Philosophy Day in Moscow, Russia in November of 2009. Since … Continue reading →

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Video: Dialogue b/w J.C. Kapur and Tu Weiming

Posted on Saturday December 11th, 2010 by Laoma (老马)

Jagdish Chandra Kapur and Tu Weiming met on 11 July, 2010 to talk about challenges of the modern world and dialogue among civilizations. The meeting took place in a hotel room where Mr. Kapur was staying. As shown in the … Continue reading →

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Debate on Traditional Culture: Tu Weiming vs. Yuan Weishi

Posted on Thursday December 9th, 2010 by Weiman

Prof. Yuan Weishi, a retired philosophy professor at Zhong Shan University and an expert on China’s modern history, views the “May 4th Movement” as the creative transformation of traditional Chinese. Prof. Tu, on the other hand, believes that the “May 4th Movement” has destroyed the fundamentals of Confucianism. To read about the thought-provoking debate between Tu and Yuan in Chinese, click here. Continue reading →

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Reading Confucius

Posted on Saturday December 4th, 2010 by Weiman

The first session of Confucian text reading was hosted by Prof. Tu Weiming at the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University on Saturday, December 4th, 2010. The first session of Confucian Classics Reading Group was held by Prof. … Continue reading →

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Tu Weiming Was Elected Titular Member of IIP

Posted on Friday December 3rd, 2010 by Weiman

Tu Weiming (Research Professor and former Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies) was elected titular member of the Institute of International Philosophy (IIP), representing China, by its latest general assembly (held in Paris on September 17).  IIP, the oldest … Continue reading →

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