"'Spiritual Exercise' and the Interpretation of Buddhist Philosophy in India and Tibet"
Wednesday – October 5, 2011
5:30-7:30 pm
The Faculty House, Columbia University
James Mark Shields (Bucknell University)
"Dharmic Materialism (and Anti-materialism): Problems, Prospects, Paradoxes"
Friday – October 28, 2011
5:30-7:30 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University
Bongrae Seok (Alvernia University)
With responses from Hagop Sarkissian (Baruch College, CUNY)
"Embodied Moral Psychology of Confucian Heart"
Friday – November 11, 2011
5:45-7:45 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University
Dan Robins (Richard Stockton College)
With responses from Andrew Meyer (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
"Xunzi and the Constancies of Nature"
Friday – December 2, 2011
5:45-7:45 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University
David Wong (Duke University)
With responses from Charles Goodman (Binghamton University, SUNY)
"Metaphors for Self-cultivation in the Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi: Adornment, Craft, Flowing Water, and Sprouts"
Friday – February 24, 2012
5:30-7:30 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University
Jan Westerhoff (Durham University)
With responses from Jake Davis (CUNY Graduate Center)
"Buddhism without reincarnation? Examining the prospects of a 'naturalized Buddhism'"
Friday – March 30, 2012
5:30-7:30 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University
Andrew J. Nicholson (Stony Brook University)
With responses from Vishwa Adluri (Hunter College)
"Gita, Doxography, Polemic: Comparative Reflections on Genre in Indian Philosophy"
Friday – April 13, 2012
5:30-7:30 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University
"Introducing Asian Philosophy: A Discussion of Texts and Strategies"
Participants:Warren Frisina (Hofstra University)
Hagop Sarkissian (Baruch College, CUNY)
Jonathan C. Gold (Princeton University)
Andrew J. Nicholson (Stony Brook University)
Tao Jiang (Rutgers University)
Vishwa Adluri (Hunter College)
Friday – May 4, 2012
5:45 - 7:45 pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue, Columbia University