Conference on the Contemporary Significance of Confucianism

Implications for Social Harmony, Sustainable Development, and World Peace

Dates:

January 24 (Thursday), 2008, Library of Congress, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

January 25 (Friday), 2008, University of Maryland, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Tu Weiming, Harvard University

Dr. Ruth Hayhoe, University of Toronto

Topics:

Dr. Tu Weiming, Dialogical Civilization: The Confucian Analects as an Exemplification

Dr. Ruth Hayhoe, The East-West Dialogues in Knowledge and Higher Education

Dr. Yongju Fu, Confucian Studies in 20th Century China

Dr. Christopher Hancock, What "Hope" Confucianism? A Christian Perspective

Mr. Benedict Chan, Confucianism and Human Rights

Dr. Hongyu Wang, Confucian Self-cultivation and Taoist Personhood: Implications for Peace

Dr. Ruth Hayhoe, Confucianism in the Lives of Contemporary Chinese Educators

Dr. Kwok Keung Lau, Globalization and the Sources of Confucian Values in Education

Dr. Rebecca Oxford, East Meets West: Great Thinkers in Education

Dr. Jing Lin, Confucianism and Public Intellectuals: Past and Present

Panel Discussion, Contemporary Trends in Chinese Politics

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