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Robin (Rongrong) Wang, Ph.D. Daum Professor of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Professor of Director of Asian and Pacific Studies Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA President, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (2016-2018) Associate Director, Center for Studies of Gender and , Tsinghua University, China Vice Director, Daoist Studies at Peking University, China [email protected] 1-310-347-8465

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Philosophy, Cardiff University (former University of Wales) , 1998. M.A. Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 1988. M.A. Philosophy (the highest degree at time), Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1983. B.A. Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1980.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Daum Professorship of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, 2011. Professor of Philosophy, 2010-present. Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, 2005-2010. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, 1999-2004. Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, 1998-1999. Instructor in Philosophy and Asian Pacific Studies, Loyola Marymount University, 1989-1997. Instructor in Philosophy, Santa Monica Community College, 1994-1996. Instructor in Philosophy, Mount St. Mary's College, 1993-1995. Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1985-1988. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1983-1985. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Xi'an Aeronautical and Technical College, Xi'an, China, 1980.

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OTHER ACDEMIC /VISTING POSITIONS

Associate Director, Center for Studies of Gender and Ethics, Tsinghua University, China, 2015

Vice Director, Daoist Studies at Peking University, China, 2012 to present

Visiting Senior Researcher, Center for Philosophy and Religion, Sun Yat-sen University, 2012- 2018. Kezuo (客座) Professor, Northwest University of China, 2012-2016. Visiting Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, China, May 2013. Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Spring 2013. Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Peking University, Fall 2012.

SCHOLARSHIP/PUBLICATIONS

Books:

Qi For Life: Daoist Account for Spiritual Equanimity (under contract with University Of Hawaii Press).

Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese Thought and Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, October 2012.

Edited Books:

Internal Alchemy: Self, Society and The Quest for Immorality, co-edited with Livia Kohn. Cambridge, MA: Three Pines Press, 2009.

Chinese Philosophy in an Era of Globalization. Albany: SUNY Press, 2004, 240 pp.

Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period to the Song Dynasty. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2003, 449 pp.

Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom, co- edited with T. Shanahan. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1996, new edition 2002, 521 pp.

Essays:

“Dao Becomes Female: A Gendered , , and The Strategy for Living.” In The Routledge Companion to , edited by Ann Garry, Serene J. Khader, and Alison Stone. Publication Forthcoming.

2 “Yinyang Gender Dynamics: Lived Bodies, Rhythmical Changes, and Cultural Performances.” In Bloomsbury Research Handbook of and Gender, edited by Ann Pang- White. New York: Bloomsbury. Publication Forthcoming.

“Yinyang Narrative of Reality: Chinese Metaphysical Thinking.” In Chinese , edited by Chenyang Li and Franklin Perkins, 16-32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

“Introduction to the Special Theme on Zhuangzi’s Philosophy” Frontier of Philosophy in China 10, 3, (2015): 335–339.

"Zhang Shiying and Chinese Appreciation of Hegelian Philosophy." ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 22, no. 1 (2014): 90-96.

“Yinyang Landscape: Fengshui Design and Shanshui Painting.” In Landscape and Travelling East and West: A Philosophical Journey, edited by Hans-Georg Moller and Andrew K. Whitehead, 71-81. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014.

“Understanding of Yin Yang." Religion Compass 7, no. 6 (2013): 214-224.

“Ideal Womanhood in Chinese Thought and Culture.” Philosophy Compass 5, no. 8 (2010): 635– 644.

“Performing the Meanings of Dao: A Possible Pedagogical Strategy for Teaching Chinese Philosophy.” In Asian Texts-Asian Contexts: Encounters with Asian and Religions, edited by David Jones and E.R. Klein, 106-117. Albany: SUNY Press, 2010.

“The Virtuous Body at Work: The Ethical Life as Qi 氣 in Motion.” Dao: Journal of Comparative Philosophy 9, no. 3 (2010): 339-351.

“Zhang Zai’s Theory of Vital Energy.” In Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy, edited by John Makeham, 39-58. New York: Springer, 2010.

“Yinyang: The Art of Emergence.” In Riding the Wind with Liezi: New Essays on the Daoist Classic, edited by Ronny Littlejohn, 209-224. Albany: SUNY Press, 2010.

“Can Zhuangzi Make Confucians Laugh? Emotion, Propriety and The Role of Laughter.” In Laughter in Eastern and Western Philosophies: Proceedings of the Academie du Midi, edited by Hans-Georg Moeller and Günter Wohlfart, 39-48. Freiburg: Karl Alber, 2009.

“Decoding the Philosophical DNA of the Yinyang Symbol.” In Symbols in Cultures and Identities in a Global Interaction, edited by George F. McLean.

“Kundao: A Lived Body in the Female Daoist Text.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 36, no. 2, (2009): 277-292.

3 “.” In Philosophy Series on Western Research in the and Social Science, edited by Jiyuan Yu and Zhiwei Zhang, 323-335. Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2008. (in Chinese).

“Yinyang.” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Bradley Dowden and James Fieser. September, 2006. http://www.iep.utm.edu/y/yinyang.htm.

“Virtue, Talent, and Beauty: Authoring a Full-Fledged Womanhood in Lienuzhuan (Biographies of Women).” In Confucian Cultures of , edited by Peter Hershock and Roger Ames, 93- 115. Albany: SUNY Press, 2006.

“Zhou Dunyi’s Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate Explained (Taijitu shuo): A Construction of the Confucian Metaphysics.” Journal of History of Ideas 66, no. 3 (2005): 307-323.

“Dong Zhongshu’s Transformation of Yin/Yang Theory and Contesting of .” Philosophy East & West 55, no. 2 (2005): 209-231.

“A Confucian Defense of Gender Equality.” American Academy of Religion 72, no. 2 (2004): 395-422. (co-authored with Kelly James Clark).

“A Principled Benevolence: A Synthesis of Confucian and Kantian Moral Judgments.” In Comparative Approaches to Chinese Philosophy, edited by Bo Mou, 122-143. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2002.

“Globalizing the Heart of Dragon: The Impact of Technology on Confucian Ethical Values.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 29, no. 4 (2002): 553-569.

“Reflections on Contemporary Moral Problems.” In Contemporary Inquiries into the Fundamental Issues of Philosophy, edited by Bo Mou, 402-440. Beijing: Shangwu Press, 2002.

“Knowing through Metaphors.” In Lectures on European and and Religion, edited by Zhao Dunhua and Melville Y. Stewart, Peking University Press, 2000.

Published Book Reviews

Review of Exemplary Women of Early China: The “Lienü zhuan” of Liu Xiang. Translated and edited by Anne Behnke Kinney Journal of the American Oriental Society 135, no. 2 (2015): 428- 429.

Review of De Jiao: A Religious Movement in Contemporary China and Overseas: Purple Qi from the East, by Bernard Formoso. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 16, no. 4 (May 2013): 145-146.

Review of The Second Enlightenment, by Wang Zhihe and Fan Meijun. Philosophy East and West 63, no. 3 (July 2013): 449-450.

4 Review of Daoism: An Introduction, by Ronnie Littlejohn. Dao: Journal of Comparative Philosophy 9, no. 2 (2010): 241-244

Review of 張再林, Traditional Chinese Philosophy as the Philosophy of the Body 作爲身體哲 學的中國古代哲學, by Zhang, Zailin. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 8, no. 1 (2009): 113-116.

Review of Reconceiving Women’s Equality in China: A Critical Examination of Models of Sex Equality, by Lijun Yuan. : Journal of Feminist Philosophy 23, no. 1 (January-March 2008): 217-220.

Review of Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine, by Aaron Stalnaker. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 34, no. 2 (June 2007): 311-314.

Review of Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light, by Franklin Perkins. Philosophy East and West: A Quarterly of Comparative Philosophy 57, no. 1 (2007): 111-114.

Review of Selfless Offspring: Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval China, by Keith Nathaniel Knapp. China Review International 13, no.1 (2006): 53-59.

Review of Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan, eds. Dorothy Ko, Jahyun Kim Haboush, and Joan R. Piggott. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 32, no.1 (March 2005): 149-152.

Review of Women in Daoism, by Catherine Despeux and Livia Kohn. China Review International 11, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 55-57.

Review of Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist Thought, by J.J. Clarke. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 1, no. 2 (Summer 2002), 280-283. Co-authored with Matthew Morgan.

Editor for Contemporary Chinese Scholarship in Daoist Studies

Zhuangzi: Thinking through the Inner Chapters by Wang Bo, translated by Livia Kohn. Cambridge, MA: Three Pines Press, March 2014.

Rediscovering the Roots of Chinese Thought: Laozi’s Philosophy by Guying Chen, translated by Paul D’Ambrosio. Cambridge, MA: Three Pines Press, November 2014.

TEACHING /ADVISING

Courses Taught at Loyola Marymount University:

Classics of Chinese Philosophy (MA Course) Daoism and European Thought (MA Course) and Body in Daoist Philosophy

5 French on Mind/Body Dao and Film: Embodied Mind and Meditative Gaze Yinyang: Theory and Practice Ethics Confucian Thought: Common Good and the Way of Life Chinese Philosophy Chinese Thought and Culture Images of Women in Philosophy West and East Major Thinkers: Confucians Contemporary Moral Problems

Advising

Adviser for Asian and Pacific Studies Majors and Minors Adviser for Philosophy Majors Adviser for Undecided Liberal Arts Majors

RESEARCH GRANTS

Interdisciplinary Teaching Grant, Loyola Marymount University, 2009.

Technology Research Summer Grant, Loyola Marymount University, 2008, 2011.

Common Good in Curriculum Development Grant, Loyola Marymount University, 2007.

The Twelfth Annual Marymount Institute Faculty Competition Grant, Loyola Marymount University, 2002.

Integrating Technology into Education Process Grant, Loyola Marymount University, 2002.

Summer Research Grant 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2012, Loyola Marymount University.

CONSULTANT WORK

External reviewer and campus visitor for Asia Study Program at Redland University, Spring 2015.

Research Grant Reviewer for Israel Science Foundation, 2012.

Consultant for Smith and Jackie Chan’s Movie: The Karate Kid, June 2009.

External Reviewer for the Philosophy Program, University of Guam, August 2009.

Consultant for the Global Education Solutions Shanghai Campus Curriculum Development Project, September 2009.

6 Member of the Board of Consultants for Global Ethics and Religion Forum, 2001-2009.

Proposal Reviewer and Panelist for National Endowments for Humanities (NEH), Washington, DC., December 2000 & 2002 (for grants of $200,000-250,000).

Consultant for the National Endowments for Humanities (NEH)-Portola Project: “Exploring Civilization: A Comparative Approach to History and Literature Using Web-Based Instruction,” Spring 2000 to 2002.

BOOK & PROPOSAL REVIEWER

Manuscript evaluator for the following publishers:

Cambridge University Press, February 2009, 2014. Oxford University Press, August 2003, 2014. SUNY Press, May 2015, June 1013, January 2008, October 2007, Spring 2006, October 2005, April 2004, January 2003. Rowman & Littlefield, March 2015. Palgrave Macmillan, May 2014. Indiana University Press, June 2014. Blackwell Publishing, March 2005, May 2004, May 2001. Lewiston Press, March 2005, January 2004. Wadsworth Publishing Company, November 1999. Prentice Hall Publisher, June 1997.

Reader for the following journals and book series (selected):

Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, June 2014, May 2013, July 2005, Summer 2002. Philosophy East and West, September 2015, March 2014, Summer 2001, Spring 2002. Journal of Environment Ethics, September 2015. Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies, May 2015. Asia Majors, May 2015. Philosophy Journal of National Taiwan University, June 2014. 國立臺灣大學哲學論評 Journal of Engaged Philosophy, February 2010. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, September 2009. Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Published in Lithuania, 2008. ACPA Book Series, May 2002, January 2003, April 2004. Hypanthia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Fall 2000.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Member of selection committee for first bestowment of the Global Dialogue Prize. It carries the amount of 500.000,00 (half million, DKK), one of the world’s most significant awards for

7 advancement and application of intercultural research on values. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Fredrik is the patron of the foundation. August 2009.

Special Researcher at Center for Ethics and Religious Studies, Central South University, China, 2008 - present.

Outstanding Professor of the Year, The Associate Student Body of Loyola Marymount University, 2003.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND SERVICE TO COMMUNITY

President of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 2016-18. Vice President of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 2014-15.

Committee Member on Gender Issues for Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (International Federation of Philosophical Societies) (FISP), which is the highest non- governmental world organization for philosophy, 2014 - present.

Editor for Contemporary Chinese Scholarship in Daoist Studies, Peking University.

Editorial board for World Philosophies Series as part of MIMESIS INTERNATIONAL (http://mimesisinternational.com/). This is dedicated to publishing in the Humanities, with emphasis on Philosophy, 2014 – present.

Director of the Malatesta Program, Loyola Marymount University 2008 - present.

Associate Director for International Affairs, Research Association of Laozi and Daoist Culture, Beijing, 2009.

Member of the Internationalization Advisory Council, Loyola Marymount University, 2006- 2008.

Board Member of the Association of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, Spring 2005-2010.

Member of College Curriculum Assessment Committee at Loyola Marymount University, 2010- present.

Editorial Board for Journal Comparative and , 2012-present.

Editorial Board Member for ACPA Book Series of Chinese and Comparative Philosophy, 1990- present.

Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Daoist Study, 2007-present.

Co-Director of California Teachers China Study Tour, Summer 2004 and Fall 2006 (Freeman Foundation grants of $150,000 each).

8 Vice-President of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America, 1999-2003.

Academic Consultant for Los Angeles Center for International Studies, 1996-2008.

Director of Women’s Studies Center in Beijing, 2002.

Program Chair for Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 2001-2007.

Liaison for International Society for Chinese Philosophy, 2002–present.

Member of The American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Asians/Asian Philosophy in the Profession, 1999-2000.

Member of Focus Group for “Understanding the Law” brochure for the California State Libraries, July 1999.

Faculty Advisor for MBA Program for International Students at LMU's Center for Executive Learning, Spring 1997-2001.

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

2015

Invited Keynote Address:

“Hierarchy, Equality and Chinese Philosophy” University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China, December 14, 2015.

“Qi for Life: Daoist Account for Spiritual Equanimity,” Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, November 10, 2015.

“China’s Soft Power: Then and Now,” China Through A Kaleidoscope, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, October 21, 2015.

“Awakening to China’s Dreams: Domestic , Global Ramifications,” The Finnish Institute of International Affairs China Research Days 2015, Joel Toivola Foundation (sponsor), Helsinki, Finland, October 22-23, 2015.

“Yinyang: The Way of Ways,” University of Kentucky Institute Distinguished Speaker Series, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, October 16, 2015.

“A Dialogue Between Chinese Classical Texts and Western Feminist Thought,” and “Social Environment and Cultural Values Regarding Feminism in China, Then and Now,” University of Alaska, Anchorage, April 9-10, 2015.

9 “Qi for Life: Daoist Account for Spiritual Equanimity,” Varieties of Self: Scripps College Humanities Institute series, Claremont, California, March 7, 2015.

“Yinyang and the Feminine in Daoism: The Way of Ways,” Bath Spa University and MEAA (Museum of East Asian Art) Public Colloquium: East Asian Philosophy and Global Ethics, Bath, England, March 21, 2015.

Two Public Lectures on Confucius and Laozi in the West, Hunan Normal University and Zhongnan University, Hunan, China, June 3, 2015.

“A Comparative Study of Transcendence,” Lecture Series, Shangdong University, Jinan, China, June 6-7, 2015.

Conference Presentations

“Beauty at Play: Dao and Feminist Thought,” Beijing Forum: The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All — Different Paths with Common Responsibilities, Beijing, China, November 4-5, 2015.

“Engaging with the Past: Dao and Feminist Thought” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 47th Annual Conference, Monterey, California, October 1-4, 2015,.

“Emotion (Qing 情) as a Manifestations of and Beauty in the Daoist Spiritual Pursuit,” International Conference on De 德（Virtue) and Mei 美（Beauty) in Chinese Philosophy, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, March 25–28, 2015.

“Kundao: Women Thinkers and Practitioners of Dao in Eleven Centuries of China,” Women in History of Philosophy: Methodological Reflections on Women´s Contributions and Influence, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, June 15–16, 2015.

2014

Invited Keynote Address

“Border-Crossing Dialogue: Towards New Terminology and Narratives for Research in Asian Studies,” Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 16, 2014.

Mike Ryan Lecture Series, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, USA, November 20, 2014.

“Centuries of Dialogue: Asia and the West," Lecture Series, University of King's College, Halifax, Canada, October 16, 2014.

Lecture Series on Chinese Philosophy, Gender, and Globalization, Institute of Chinese Culture and Cross-Cultural Communication, 2014 summer course. Confucius Institute Headquarters of Beijing (sponsor), Beijing Foreign Study University, Beijing, July 17-27, 2014.

10 “Yinyang Thinking and Globalization,” Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre China, CELC Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile, July 1, 2014. Guest of former Chile’s ambassador to China (2006- 2010). I have also been interviewed by the Jesuit Journal Mensaje (Message).

Keynote Speaker, Culture's "Going Out": The Condensation of Chinese Cultural Value and Its Dissemination, Second Anniversary Ceremony of Beijing Institute of Culture Innovation and Communication, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, May 25, 2014.

“Famous Scholar Speaking Series for Graduate Students,” Special Lecture, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China, May 17, 2014.

“Yinyang: The Way of Ways in Chinese Thought and Culture,” Author’s Series, University of Alaska, Anchorage, March 28, 2014.

“Yinyang: The Way of Ways in Chinese Thought and Culture,” Department of Philosophy and Studies, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, March 4, 2014.

Conference Presentations

“Exploring the East West Barrier,” Workshop at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, October 29-31, 2014.

“Interpretations of Daodejing,” Conference on Studies of Daodejing, Luoyang, China, September 21, 2014.

“ as an Embodied Virtue (De,德): Early Daoist Texts on Three Pillars of Human

Life,” Virtue and Happiness, East and West: 1st International Hellenic-Chinese Conference of Philosophy, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, June 14-17, 2014.

“The Wisdom of Charioteering,” Wisdom East and West, Academie du Midi Institut Fur Phiosophie, Alet-les-Bains, , June 9-13, 2014.

“Yinyang Gender Dynamics: A Dialogue Between Chinese Classical Texts and Western Feminist Thought,” organized by Northern Lights Confucius Institute and Institute of Philosophy at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, April 23, 2014.

“From A Sexuate Identity to Self-Affection: A Middle Voice from Luce Irigary and Zhuangzi,” Continental and Comparative Philosophy Circle meeting, March 22, 2014.

2013

“What Makes A Life Meaningful? Transcendence vs. Transcending,” Nishan Dialogue Forum on World Civilizations, Institute for Advanced Study of Humanities and Religion (IASHR), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Oct 11-13, 2013.

Chief Organizer and Presenter, “Yan Fu and Chinese Metaphysical Thinking,” Yan Fu: China and World Conference, Peking University, Beijing, October 13, 2013.

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Plenary Lecture Speaker, “The Legacy of Matteo Ricci: A Cross Cultural Lesson from the Past,” Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology, Interdisplenary Conference at Tsinghua University, Beijing, July 6, 2013.

“Benevolence and Chinese Spirit,” Benevolence and Filial Piety Culture Conference, Mianshan, Shanxi, China, June 23, 2013.

“What Makes a Woman Beautiful? Reflection on The Story of Menicus’ ,” First International Symposium for Mencius Culture, Zoucheng, China, May 11, 2013.

“Yinyang Narrative of Reality: Chinese Metaphysical Thinking,” International Interdisciplinary Symposium: Conceptions of Reality: Metaphysics and Its Alternatives in Chinese Thought, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, March 29, 2013.

“Huanliu, The Metaphor of Reality,” Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle, Fudan University, Shanghai, March 25, 2013.

Invited Public Talks and Lectures

Awards Committee Speaker, Global Dialogue Prize 2013, Awards Ceremony at XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, University of Athens, Greece, August 4, 2013.

Lecture Series, Summer Institute of Chinese Culture and Cross Cultural Communication, sponsored by Hanban, the Chinese Headquarter of Confucius Institute, Beijing July 24, 2013.

“Contemporary Philosophical Issues and Problems,” Public Lecture, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, July 12-16, 2013.

“A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Thinking,” Public Lecture at Hebei Academy of Fine Arts, June 28, 2013.

“American Education: Mission and Method,” Hebei Institute for Foreign Languages, June 29, 2013.

“Contemporary Moral Problems: A Comparative Study,” Lecture Series, Minzhu University, Beijing, June 16-20, 2013.

“Yinyang: The Way of Way,” Public Lecture, University of Bonn, , June 11, 2013.

“Yinyang and Chinese Philosophy,” Public Lecture, Fudan University, Shanghai, May 19, 2013.

“Yinyang and Chinese Thought,” Public Lecture, Nanchang University, Nanchang, May 11, 2013.

12 “Contemporary Philosophical Trends and Issues,” Public Lecture, Northwest University, Xi’an, April 29, 2013.

“Yinyang and Chinese Philosophy,” Public Lecture, Central South University, Changsha, April 18, 2013.

“Chinese Philosophy and Current Scholarship,” Public Lecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, April 11, 2013.

“Life as A Journey of Chaoyue 超越 (Transcending): A Female Daoist Vision & Practice,” Public Lecture, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 27, 2013.

2012

Plenary Lecture, “The Xingming Cultivation: A Human Potential for Eternal Divinity,” The 2012 Religious Encounter Forum in Memory of Han-Ching, Taiwan, December 21, 2012.

“Yinyang and Chinese Thought,” World Famous Academic Lecture Series, Minzhu University, Beijing, November 22, 2012.

“Daodejing and Feminist Thought,” 4th Daoist Academic Lecture Forum, Peking University, Beijing, November 16, 2012.

Keynote Speaker, “Yinyang and Chinese Philosophy in the World,” 12th Hou Wailou Academic Lecture Series, Northwest University, Xi’an, November 9, 2012.

“Yinyang and Chinese Philosophy in World,” Talk at Shanxi Normal University, November 10, 2012.

“Hun & Po, Two Souls: The Values of Human Body and Body Cultivation,” 2012 International Conference on Globalization and the Changing Values, Beijing, November 2-4, 2012.

“Daoism and Ecology,” Religion, Ethics, and the Conservation of Nature, World Congress for Conservation at Jeju, Korea, Jeju, September 8, 2012.

Keynote Speaker, “The Comparative Studies of Xiwangmu (Goddess of West),” The Chinese Goddess of the West Forum and Cultural Celebration, Fukang, Xinjiang, China August 27-29, 2012.

“Yinyang Landscape: Fengshui Design and Shanshui Painting,” Academie du Midi, Institute for Philosophy, Alet-les-Bains, France, May 28-June 01, 2012.

Conference Organizer and Chair, Religious Conflict and Religious Concord, Lei Li Chang, Taiwan, May 25-27, 2012.

13 “Yinyang: The Way of Ways,” Keynote speaker for a year-long National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Program at St. Mount College, August 23-24, 2012.

Commenting Paper, “The Confucian Conception of Freedom from a Feminist Perspective,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Eighty-Sixth Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, April 4 - 7, 2012.

Yinyang: Beyond Harmony and Dialects,” 7th Annual Meeting of The Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle (CCPC), San Diego, March 8, 2012.

Keynote speaker: Daoism and Ecology, Taoist World Day, Caserta, Italy, March 15-19, 2012.

“Zhang Shiying and Contemporary Chinese Scholar’s Understanding of Hegel,” American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, Feb 18, 2012.

2011

“Life as a Journey of Chaoyue (Transcending): A Female Daoist Vision,” 1st International Symposium on Chinese Culture and Religious Concord, Taiwan, December 16-19, 2011.

“The Potency of Yin: Dao as a Female Body,” 7th Daoist Study International Conference Nanyue Mountain, Changsa, China, June 25-27, 2011.

“Thinking Through Images: The Way of Xiangshu 象數 (Images and Numbers),” 7th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, May 6-7, 2011.

“Why Jijigua 既濟卦 Is the Best of All: Position, Transformation and Their Philosophical Implications,” 6th Annual Meeting of The Comparative & Continental Philosophy Circle, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, March 2-5, 2011.

Commentator for three papers at American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Eighty- fifth Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 20 - 23, 2011: “The Is-Ought Correlation in Neo- Confucian Qi-: How Normative Facts Exist in Natural States of Quid,” “The Beauty of Nature: China and the West,” and “A Praxeological Reading of Yinyang Thinking.”

2010

Seminar Co-Leader, “Approaching Dialogue with the ,” Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Città di Castello (Italy), July 23-30, 2010.

“Female Daoist,” European Association for Chinese Studies, Riga, Latvia, July 17, 2010.

14 “Daoist Women in Society: Kundao Training Today,” 6th International Conference on Daoist Studies: Daoism Today, Science, Health and Ecology, Loyola Marymount University, June 4, 2010.

Chair and Discussant for Panel: “Daoism and Quantum Physics,” 6th International Conference on Daoist Studies: Daoism Today, Science, Health and Ecology, Loyola Marymount University, June 4, 2010.

Panel Chair, Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, DePaul University, Chicago, April 30- May 1, 2010.

“How Many Ways Are There to Get Into Yin and Yang?,” Henan Daoist Salon, Inaugural Conference, Zhengzhou, China, March 21-26, 2010

2009

“Newtonian Clock and Zhuangzi’s Waterfall: A Perspective on Transcendence Debate,” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Asilima, June 14-17, 2009.

“Yinyang: Generation, Emergence,” New Directions in Chinese Philosophy: International Conference Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Department of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 18-22, 2009.

2008

“To Become Female Daoist Master: Kundao in Training,” World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul, July 30-August 5, 2008.

“Can Zhuangzi Make Confucians Laugh? Attitude, Rituals and Absurdity,” Academie du Midi, Alet-les-Bains, France, May 10-16, 2008.

“To Become Good Confucian Catholics: A Dialogue Between and Catholicism,” Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California, March 30, 2008.

Chair, “Symposium: Imperative ,” American Philosophical Association Pacific Meeting, Eighty-second Annual Meeting, Pasadena, March 19, 2008.

“China in Transition: Impacts of 2008 Beijing Olympics,” Westchester Rotary Club, March 30, 2008.

“Teaching Confucian Common Good through a Community Based Learning Course,” 14th Annual Asian Development Program Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 7-9, 2008.

“The Virtuous Body at Work: Ethical Life as Qi in Motion,” Invited speaker, Confucian and , University of Oregon, March 3- 4, 2008.

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2007

“Daoist Female Inner Alchemy, A Case of Kundao,” Daoist Internal Alchemy Conference, Magdalena, New Mexico, August 29-30, 2007.

“Learning about Confucianism and Daoism,” University of California Los Angeles, World Civilization Project, California State University at DH, August 2-6, 2007.

“Zhang Zai’s Contribution to Yinyang Theory,” 15th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Wuhan, China, June 25, 2007.

2006

“Female Daoist Theory and Practice,” The 9th Symposium on Field-, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, August 21-26, 2006.

“The Art of Kun: Embody Mind and Metaphorical Thought,” Third International Daoism and Contemporary World: Daoist Cultivation in Theory and Practice, Kloster Frauenworth im Chiemese, Germany, May 25-28, 2006.

“Dancing with Yinyang: The Art of Emergence,” Third Annual Midwest Conference on East Asian Thought, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, March 31-April 1, 2006.

“What Makes a (Chinese) Woman Beautiful? Virtue, Talent and Beauty: A Full-Fledged Womanhood in Lienuzhuan,” Invited speaker, China at the Crossroads Conference, Kutztown University, March 27-28, 2006.

2005

“Reconfiguring the Human: Achieving Dao Through Yinyang Cultivation,” Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Conference, Claremont, California, June 17, 2005.

“Decoding the Philosophical DNA of Yinyang Symbol,” The Annual Asian Studies Development Program & ASIANetwork Conference, Whittier College, April 22, 2005.

Chair, “Emotion, Harmony and Human Reality in Chinese Philosophy,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 24, 2005.

Invited Commentator, “Self & Consciousness in Chinese Philosophy,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 25, 2005.

2004

16 “Zhou Dunyi and the Confucian Metaphysics,” Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 14th Conference, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China, June 26-29, 2004.

Keynote Speaker, Humanity Lecture Series 2: Yin Yang: A Philosophical Paradigm for Chinese Medicine, Health and the Balanced Way of Life, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, Harbor City, California, May 19, 2004.

Chair for Colloquium: , The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-Eighth Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, March 2004.

Chair, Issues in Comparative Philosophy: East and West, The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-Eighth Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, March 27, 2004.

Panel Chair, “Making Sense of Some Concepts of Asian Philosophy,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, San Diego, CA, March 4-7, 2004.

2003

“Yin Yang: A Philosophical Process in Chinese Thought,” Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, November 18, 2003.

“Yin Yang Theory in an Era of Globalization: A Philosophical Interpretation and Reconstruction,” 13th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, “Chinese Philosophy and the Sources of Human Consciousness in the Modern Globalized World,” Vasteras, Sweden, August 16, 2003.

Chair, “Loneliness, Fear, and Terror,” Asiloma, California, May 29, 2003.

2002

Featured Speaker, “Images of Women in Chinese Art, Culture, & Thought,” Distinguished Lecture Series, The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, November 10, 2002.

Special Guest, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Annual National Conference of Seminar Leaders, Indiana University, Indianapolis, November 1-3, 2002.

“Dong Zhongshu’s Transformation of Yin Yang Theory,” The Sixth Symposium on Field-Being and the Non-Substantialistic Turn, Xi’an, China, August 10-17, 2002.

“Confucian Virtues and the Dignity of Women,” Violence and Human Dignity: Perspectives from the World Religions, California Lutheran University, April 29, 2002.

2001

17 "Love, Family, and Tradition in the Christian and Confucian Traditions," The American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Ninety-Eighth Annual Meeting, Atlanta, December 27-30, 2001.

"The Daodejing and Conflict Resolution,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Ninety-eighth Annual Meeting, Atlanta, December 27-30, 2001. .

"Reading the Analects and Daodejing," Sponsored by The National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, Pitzer College, October 13, 2001.

"Continuities and Crises: The Interplay of Religion and in China," National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on East-West Center, Honolulu, June 2 to July 5, 2001.

“What is a Woman? A Philosophical Investigation of Early Confucian Views on Women,” Society for Women in Philosophy, Pacific Division Annual Meeting, California State University, Long Beach, May 19, 2001.

“Daoism and Conflict Resolution,” War and Peace in the World Religions Conference, California Lutheran University, April 23, 2001.

“Globalizing the Heart of Dragon: Impact of Technology on the Chinese Ethical Traditions,” National Science Foundation (NSF) Symposium (sponsor), The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 29-April 1, 2001.

Chair, “Chinese and Comparative Philosophy and Permeable Boundaries: Bodies and Gender in China, The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 29-April 1, 2001.

“Which Way West, Which Way East? What Can Chinese Philosophy Teach Us Today?,” Seminar on Asian Civilizations, Loyola Marymount University, February 20, 2001.

2000

“A Method of Teaching Non-—An Application of Ancient Wisdom in a Modern Classroom,” Fifth Annual Southern California Philosophy Conference, California State University, October 21, 2000.

Presenter, “Philosophy in Contemporary China,” and Panelist, “Building an Asia Pacific Community: The East-West Center in the 21st Century,” East-West Center International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 4-8, 2000.

18 “Images of Women in Classical Chinese Philosophy,” Asian Studies Development Program, Seventh Annual National Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2-3, 2000.

Invited Panelist: "Is Human History Predestined in Wang Fu-Chih's "? The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 5-8, 2000.

Chair, “,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 5-8, 2000.

Chair, “Ethics and Religion for a Global, Twenty-first Century,” International Conference, Loyola Marymount University, March 25, 2000.

1999

“Critiques of Confucian Views on Women,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Ninety-sixth Annual Meeting, Boston, December 28, 1999.

“The Mystery of Woman's Script and Human Nature," The Fifth Symposium of Sino-American Philosophy and Religious Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China, October 19-21, 1999.

Chair, "Christianity and Diversification of China," Pasadena, California, June 8, 1999.

Chair, “Take Trust Seriously,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy- third Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, April 2, 1999.

“Postmodern & The Case of Caputo,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-third Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, April 1, 1999.

1998

“Numerical in Shao Yong and Pythagoras,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Ninety-fifth Annual Meeting, Washington D C., December 28, 1998.

Chair, “Confucianism and ,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Ninety-fifth Annual Meeting, Washington DC, December 27, 1998.

“Confucius & Contemporary Society,” University Southern California’s National Endowment for the Humanities outreach project at Portola High School, Los Angeles, November 25, 1998.

“Tian Ren He Yi (Unity of Heaven and Human Being)---A Chinese Ecological Wisdom,” Education for Sustainability seminar, Los Angeles Center for International Studies, Los Angeles, November 10, 1998.

“Knowing Through Metaphor,” Symposium IV of Chinese- American Philosophy and Religious Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China, October 19-23, 1998.

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“The Problem of the Future Generations: A Confucian Ecological Perspective,” Environmental Concerns Conference, Loyola Marymount University, May 30, 1998.

“The Paradox of Morality, Confucian Wisdom and a Contemporary Moral Problem” Society for Women in Philosophy, Pacific Division Meeting, Loyola Marymount University, May 2, 1998.

"The Mutual Development of Teaching and Learning-- A Confucian Method of Teaching Chinese Philosophy," Symposium: "Integrating Chinese into Philosophy Courses," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Seventy-second Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, March 27, 1998.

1997

"The Mutual Development of Teaching and Learning -- The Confucian Method of Teaching Chinese Philosophy," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Meeting, Philadelphia, December 28, 1997.

"The Concepts of Square and Circle in Classical Chinese Texts," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Philadelphia, December 29, 1997.

“Chinese Moral Concerns,” Moral and Society yearly meeting, Tustin, California, December 6, 1997.

“Making Sense of Asian Thought,” Southern California Philosophy Conference, University of California, Irvine, October 25, 1997.

“The Changing Concept, Roles and Fate of Chinese Women in the 20th Century,” 5th Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, October 3, 1997.

"Confucian Benevolence and Kantian Respect: A Synthetic Perspective," Society For Women In Philosophy, Pacific Division, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA May 31, 1997.

"Asian Wisdom and the Way of Life," Workshop: "The Emerging Pacific Community in the Twenty-first Century? Teaching About Our Global Neighbors," Los Angeles Center for International Studies, Loyola Marymount University, May 29, 1997.

"Principled Benevolence," Special Lecture, , May 11, 1997.

"A Kanfucian Perspective on Contemporary Moral Problems," Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Berkeley, California, April 27, 1997.

Chair, "The Dialogue between Chinese Philosophy and Greek Philosophy," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Berkeley, California, April 29, 1997.

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"Confucius and Confucianism," University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom, May 1996.

"Laozi and Daoism," University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom, May 1996.

"Chinese Customs, Culture, and Recent Changes," The Hughes Electronics Corporation's China and America Education Exchange Program, May 1996.

"The Principle of Humanity and Population Issues," Symposium of Chinese-American Philosophy and Religious Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China, October 2-8, 1995.

"Faith and Fate: Western and Eastern Perspectives on Human Realities," Symposium of Chinese- American Philosophy and Religious Studies at Peking University, Beijing, China, October 24-28, 1994.

"Growing Up in the East, Living in the West: A Personal Perspective on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Wisdom," the Twelfth Annual Sister Miriam Therese Larkin Ethical Issues Lecture, Mount St. Mary's College, April 13, 1994.

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