The Term “Humanities” is often used in reference to disciplinary academic humanities: a modern, institutional subject. That its development is usually a product (or byproduct) of cultural politics in nation-building can be taken for granted. In the case of China, however, the long and complicated civilization evidenced before the modern era—since Neolithic times, with literary […]

August 29-September 1, 2016: AKI co-organized the Sino-German Symposium on Social Computing with the Institute of Computer Science, Göttingen University.

AKI is to host a lecture by Prof. Roger Ames (Hawaii Univ.) on “Confucian Role Ethics: A Challenge to the Ideology of Individualism”

When talking about the Chinese philosophy and culture, we will always recognize the importance of the antique tradition by appeal to familiar categories. Confucian role ethics is an attempt to articulate a sui generis moral philosophy that allows this tradition to have its own voice. This holistic philosophy is grounded in the primacy of relationality, […]

AKI hosts a lecture by Prof. Li Tiangang (Fudan University). Topic: “Religion and Society in People’s Republic of China”.