Provisional Programme for the 1st workshop Collaborate Research Training Old Chinese:
‘Philosophy and Religion’, to be held at The University of Edinburgh from
January 29th – February 2nd 2009 at the


Provisional Programme
January 29th 2009 (Thursday)

arrival
accomodation:      Minto Hotel, 16-18 Minto Street, Edinburgh EH9 1RQ

18.00 – 18.30        Raeburn Room, Old College
                              welcome address: Dirk Meyer (Oxford, Convenor and co-ordinator of the
                              workhosp series), Joachim Gentz (Edinburgh, co-ordinator of the Edinburgh
                              workshop), Natascha Gentz (Edinburgh, Chair of the Chinese Department)

18.30 – 19.15        public talk: Michael Puett (Harvard)
                              "Connecting the World: Ritual Theory from Early China"
19.15 – 19.30        discussion
19.30 – 20.00        wine reception

20.15                     dinner
 

January 30th 2009 (Friday)

Confucius Institute (www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk)

 9.15 – 10.30          Michael Puett
            texts:           Liji passages on ritual theory

10.30 – 10.45         tea break

10.45 – 12.00         Thomas Jansen (Lampeter)
            talk:             Reading the "Longhua baojuan" (Precious Scroll of the Dragon Flower")

12.00 – 14.00         lunch break

14.00 – 15.00         Thomas Jansen
            texts            "Hundun chufen pin di yi"

15.00 – 15.15         tea break

15.15 – 16.15         Carine Defoort (Leuven)
            talk:            The use and absence of ‘persuasive definitions’ in ancient Chinese texts

16.15 – 16.30         tea break

16.30 – 17.45         Carine Defoort
            texts:           classical passages on regicide and benefit: Chunqiu, Shangshu, Mengzi,
                               Xunzi, Guanzi, Lüshi Chunqiu etc.

19:00                      dinner

January 31st 2009 (Saturday) Confucius Institute

9.30 – 10.30          Hilde de Weerdt (Oxford)
            talk:           Philosophy and genre: the (Neo-)Confucian tradition

10.30 – 12.00        tea break

10.45 – 12.30        Hilde de Weerdt
            texts:          Letters as major sources for intellectual exchange in imperial China
                              (methodology: experiment with text markup and digital analysis on a
                               small sample of set texts)

13.00    lunch

afternoon               Edinburgh tour


February 1st  2009 (Sunday) Confucius Institute

9.00 – 10.00           Roel Sterckx (Cambridge)
    talk:                    Religion in Practice in Early China
   
10.00 – 10.15         tea break

10.15 – 11.30        Roel Sterckx
    texts:                  Texts on religion in practice

11.30 – 11.45         tea break


11.45 – 12. 45        Adam Yuet Chau (Cambridge),
            talk:            The Kangxi Emperor Sponsors and Hosts an Offering Ritual for a Minister’s
                               Deceased Mother

12:45 – 14:30         lunch break

14.30 – 15.45         Adam Yuet Chau
            texts:           Texts on offering rituals (Rulin waishi and postscripts to two late 17th cent.
                                painting scrolls)

15.45 – 16.00         tea break, fruits

16.00 – 17.00         Elisabeth Hsu (Oxford)
    talk:                    Medicine during the the last three centuries BC

17.00 – 17.15         tea break

17.15 – 18.30         Elisabeth Hsu
            texts:           Pulse diagnostic texts from the 2nd century BC

19:00                      farewell dinner


February 2nd  2009 (Monday)

Homeward journey







Please contact Joachim Gentz with further enquiries about this workshop or Dirk Meyer with general questions about the workshop series Collaborate Research Training Old Chinese.



Professor Joachim Gentz
Asian Studies
8 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW

jgentz@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

http://www.asianstudies.ed.ac.uk/staff/jgentzstaff.htm


Dr Dirk Meyer
The Queen’s College
High Street
Oxford, OX1 4AW

dirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.uk

http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/