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Dr. Geir Sigurðsson Stangarholt 34 IS-105 Reykjavik

Tel. +354-5255459 (office)/ +354-5172532 (home)/ +354-6635469 (cell) email: [email protected]

Current positions: Professor, Chinese studies and philosophy; Head of Programme, Chinese studies; School of Humanities, of Iceland. Guest Professor, Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University 华东师范大学, Shanghai, P.R. China.

Area of specialization: Chinese and intercultural Philosophy Areas of competence: Asian philosophy, contemporary Chinese studies, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of education

Academic education: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA in Philosophy, December 2004.

Dissertation: Learning through Li: The Confucian Process of Humanization through Ritual Propriety. Supervisor: Roger T. Ames.

University College Cork, National University of Ireland Master of Arts in Philosophy, October 1997.

Thesis: The World as Myth and Mechanism: Giacomo Leopardi vs Kant and the Enlightenment. Supervisor: Kath Jones.

University of Iceland Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Sociology, June 1994.

Thesis: The last Human Beings: Nietzsche and Weber on the Value of Values and the Truth about Truth. Supervisor: Vilhjálmur Árnason.

Other : 2013-2015: University of Iceland, School of Education, Teaching Studies for Higher Education, Postgraduate Diploma, June 2015. 2001-2003: Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), Beijing, P.R. China: Chinese studies and philosophy. Advanced Studies Certificate (进修证书), awarded July 2003. 1998-1999: Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany: Chinese studies. 1993-1994: Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany: studies in philosophy as Erasmus exchange student.

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Academic honours, scholarships and fellowships: May 2019: Guest Researcher at Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. March to April 2019: Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of Macau, P.R. China. From January 2017: Guest Professor, Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University 华东师范大学, Shanghai, P.R. China. July-August 2018: Lithuanian State Scholarship for Lithuanian Language and Culture Course for Foreigners, Klaipeda University, Lithuania. April-June 2012: Visiting Senior Research Fellowship, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. February-March 2012: Guest Researcher at Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. June 2008: Visiting scholar at Jilin University, Changchun, China. February 2005: Nordic Guest Researcher Scholarship, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark. August 2002-December 2004: East-West Center Fellow, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA. April 2004: Nordic Guest Researcher Scholarship, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark. August 2002-May 2004: Wing-tsit Chan Scholarship in Chinese Philosophy. September 2001-July 2003: Scholarship from China Scholarship Council. October 1999-May 2002: Grant from the Fulbright Foundation. October 1998-July 1999: Scholarship from the city of Kiel, Germany. September 1995-June 1997: Studentship from University College Cork, Ireland. September 1993-April 1994: Erasmus exchange scholarship at Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. July 1993-August 1993: Scholarship from DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst).

Permanent academic employment: From July 2016: Professor in Chinese Studies and Philosophy, Head of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. July 2010-June 2016: Associate Professor in Chinese Studies, Head of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. May 2008-August 2012: Director of Northern Light Confucius Institute 北极光孔子学院, University of Iceland. July 2007-June 2010: Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies, Head of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. From August 2006: Director of ASÍS – Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies, University of Iceland/. July 2006-June 2007: Assistant Professor in Faculty of Education, University of Akureyri, Iceland. July 2005-June 2006: Assistant Professor in Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland. August 2000-July 2001: Teaching Assistant in philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (philosophy of education, philosophy for children). September 1995-June 1997: Tutor in philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland (ethics, philosophy of mind).

University courses taught: Understanding the Daodejing – The Way and its Power (5 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2020.

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Chinese Philosophy (6 ECTS – co-taught with Dr. Vytis Silius), Intensive Seminar for Nordic- Baltic Symposia MA students, , December 2017. Confucianism (6 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2017. Introduction to Asian Philosophy (10 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, spring 2016, spring 2020. Chinese Cinema (5 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2012, autumn 2014. Chinese Religion (10 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2013, spring 2018. Chinese Philosophy (10 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2012. Chinese Philosophy and Religion (10 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2010. Chinese Philosophy (6 ECTS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Bifrost University, Iceland, summer 2010. Ethics East and West (5 ECTS, 50%), Department of Philosophy, , Finland, October 2010. Modern Philosophy from Galileo to Kant (6 ECTS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Bifrost University, Iceland, spring 2009. History of China II – from the Opium Wars to the present (6 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, spring 2008, spring 2009, spring 2010, spring 2011, spring 2013, spring 2014, autumn 2015, autumn 2017, autumn 2019. Chinese Culture and Society (6 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2007, autumn 2008, spring 2010, spring 2011, spring 2013, spring 2014, spring 2015. History of China I – from antiquity to the Opium Wars (6 ECTS), School of Humanities, University of Iceland, autumn 2007, autumn 2008, autumn 2009, autumn 2011, autumn 2012, autumn 2013, autumn 2014, autumn 2016. Introduction to the Philosophy of John Dewey (visiting professor, 5 lectures) Department of Philosophy, Jilin University, Changchun, China, June 2008. Western Images of China I-II, Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism (visiting professor, 4 lectures), Graduate Program in Contemporary International Relations History, Jilin University, Changchun, June 2008. Fundamental Traits of Chinese Philosophy (Erasmus exchange teacher, 4 lectures), Department of Chinese Studies, University College Cork, Ireland, February 2008. Elements of Chinese Philosophy (Erasmus exchange teacher, 3 lectures), Department of Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy, December 2007. Philosophy of Education (6 ECTS), Faculty of Education, University of Akureyri, Iceland, spring 2006, spring 2007. Ethics and Life Skills (6 ECTS), Faculty of Education, University of Akureyri, Iceland, spring 2006, spring 2007. Introduction to Chinese Philosophy (Erasmus exchange teacher, 3 lectures), Department of Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy, December 2006. Criticial Thinking – Selected Readings in Philosophy (6 ECTS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Bifrost University, Iceland, autumn 2006. Contemporary Chinese Culture (12 lectures), Continuous Education, University of Akureyri, spring 2006. Issues in Ethics (6 ECTS), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, spring 2007. Working Methods in Social Sciences (6 ECTS), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, autumn 2005. Critical Approaches to Information (6 ECTS), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, autumn 2005. Introduction to Western Philosophy, Institute of International Relations (Guoji guanxi xueyuan, 3 lectures), Beijing, P.R. China, September-October 2001. 3

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Books: Meiningar og málavextir. Co-authored with Ásdís R. Magnúsdóttir, Þórhallur Eyþórsson and Matthew Whelpton. Reykjavík: Háskólaprent, 5th edition 2020. Doctrines and Discourses (English version of Meiningar og málavextir). Co-authored with Ásdís R. Magnúsdóttir, Þórhallur Eyþórsson and Matthew Whelpton. Reykjavík: Háskólaprent, 5th edition 2020. Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning: A Philosophical Interpretation. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2015. Honorable mention by The Society of Professors of Education Book Award in 2018, and a total of six reviews.

Journal articles: “Dao Embodied – Embodying Dao: The Body as Locus of Personal Cultivation in Ancient Daoist and Confucian Philosophy.” International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, no. 13, vol. 1 (2019): 66-71. “Transformative Critique: What Confucianism Can Contribute to Contemporary Education”. Studies in Philosophy and Education 36(2) (2017): 131-146. “创造意义_存在虚无主义的道家回应” [Creating Meaning: a Daoist Response to Existential Nihilism], transl. Liang Yanhua. Shangqiu shifan daxue xuebao 商丘师范大学学报/ Journal of Shangqiu Normal University (P.R. China), vol. 32, no. 8 (August 2016): 33-40. “Creating Meaning: a Daoist Response to Existential Nihilism”. International Communication of Chinese Culture 3; 3 (September 2016): 377-390. “Ritual Knowledge: a Confucian Exploration”. Zongjiao zhexue 宗教哲學/ Journal of Religious Philosophy (Taiwan) 72 (2015.6): 135-152. “Ethics and Ego: East-West Perceptions of Morality”. Nordicum-Mediterraneum. Icelandic E- Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies 9:2 (2014): http://nome.unak.is. “Confucianism vs. Modernity: Expired, Incompatible or Remedial?” Asian Studies 2:1 (2014): 21-38. “Creative Self-Forgetting: On Daoism and Nihilism” (Icelandic). Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 25 (2013): 39-55. “Li 禮, Ritual and Pedagogy: A Cross-Cultural Exploration”. Sophia 51:2 (2012): 227-242. “Equivalent Worlds: On Daoist Views of Nature” (Icelandic). Ritið. Journal of the Institute of Humanities 3 (2010): 117-129. “In Praise of Illusions: Giacomo Leopardi‘s Ultraphilosophy”. Nordicum-Mediterraneum. Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies 5:1 (2010): http://nome.unak.is. Reprinted with permission in: Giacomo Leopardi. Poems. Edited by Patrick Taylor. Charleston: CreateSpace Independent Platform, 2013: 75-102; and in: Giacomo Leopardi. Lyric Poems 1835. Edited by Patrick Taylor. Charleston: CreateSpace Independent Platform, 2014: 75-102. “Making Social and Historical Sense: A Confucian-Phenomenological Dialogue”. Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 8:2 (2007): 81-93. “Broadening the Way: On Commensurability Between Derrida’s philosophy and Chinese Philosophical Narratives” (Icelandic). Co-authored with Ralph Weber. Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 17 (2005): 167-183. “Wandering Beyond the Bounds: Nomadism, Health and Self-Undermining.” Co-authored with Steve Coutinho. Journal of Nietzsche-Studies 28 (2004): 70-88. “Optimism (le) and Activism (wei): Establishing the Confucian Way through Renxing.” Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 5 (2004): 104-115. “他们是否能解决彼此的问题？罗尔斯与古代中国‘正义’理想的交感” [“Can They Resolve Each Others’ Problems? John Rawls’s and Ancient Chinese Ideals of ‘Justice’ in Interaction”], translated into Chinese by He Jinli. Journal of the Department of Chinese Studies (Zhongwen zixue zhidao 中文自学指导), East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R. China, 06 (2004): 45-51.

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“Among the Ten Thousand Things. Tang Junyi and the Special Characteristics of Chinese Cosmology” (Icelandic). Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 15 (2003): 52- 65. “‘Pure Christianity!’. The ‘Pre-judgements’ of the Understanding and the Misunderstanding of Chinese Philosophy” (Icelandic). Skírnir, Journal of the Icelandic Literary Society 181 (spring 2003): 69-88. “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Simulation: Walter Benjamin Revisited”. Literature and Aesthetics, The Journal of the Sydney Society of Aesthetics 11 (2001): 51-73. “Pain, Boredom and Art: The Philosophy of Giacomo Leopardi” (Icelandic). Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 10-11 (1998-1999): 23-50. “Work-Worship, Asceticism and the Vicious Circle of Consumption: An Icelandic Variation on a Theme by Max Weber” (Icelandic). Skírnir, Journal of the Icelandic Literary Society 172 (autumn 1998): 339-357.

Chapters in books: “Getting the Most Out of Ames”. Beyond Comparison. Albany: State University of New York Press. Forthcoming. “Tradition and li in Confucian and Intercultural Philsophy”. Key Concepts in World Philosophies: Everything You Need to Know About Doing Cross-Cultural Philosophy, eds. Sarah Flavel and Chiara Robbiano (London: Bloomsbury, forthcoming): “Who’s Afraid of Village Worthies?” One Corner of the Square: Forward-Looking Reflections by the Students of Roger Ames, eds. Ian Sullivan and Joshua Mason (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2021): “Pedagogical Self-Subversion and Critical Becoming in Early Confucian Philosophy.” Critique, Subversion, and Chinese Philosophy: Socio-Political, Conceptual, and Methodological Challenges, eds. Hans-Georg Moeller and Andrew Whitehead (London: Bloomsbury, 2020): “Confucian Philosophy as a Universal Account of Integrated Living: A Contemporary Interpretation.” Differences in Identity in Global Philosophy and Religion: A Cross-Cultural Approach, eds. Russell Manning and Sarah Flavel (London: Bloomsbury 2020): 21-40. “Is Confucianism an Aristotelian Kind of Virtue Ethics?” (Icelandic) Hugsað með Aristótelesi, eds. Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson and Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson (Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 2018): 179-196. “ʻConfucianisms’ and the Confucian Comeback in China”. Current Issues in Contemporary Chinese and Oriental Studies, vol. 1, eds. Alex Alexiev et al. (Sofia: Press (Унивeрситетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“), 2018): 282-290. “Selfhood and Morality: East Asian and Western Dimensions”. Social Theory and Asian Dialogues: Cultivating Planetary Conversations, ed. Ananta Kumar Giri (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018): 109-126. “Nature, Culture and Humanity in Western and Chinese Thought” (Icelandic). Náttúran í ljósaskiptunum: mannvera og náttúra í austrænni og vestrænni hugsun, ed. Björn Þorsteinsson (Reykjavik: University of Iceland Institute of Philosophy and University of Iceland Press, 2016): 33-51. “Anonymous Sages: Wisdom and Fame in Greco-Sino Philosophy”. Wisdom and Philosophy. Contemporary and Comparative Approaches, eds. Hans-Georg Moeller and Andrew K. Whitehead (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016): 93-110. “Anthropocosmic Processes in the Anthropocene: Revisiting Quantum Mechanics vs. Chinese Cosmology Comparison”. The Bright Dark Ages: Comparative and Connective Perspectives, eds. Arun Bala and Prasenjit Duara (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2016): 76-92. “The Last Human Beings: How Weberian are the Current Times?” (Icelandic). Hugsað með Vilhjálmi, eds. Róbert H. Haraldsson and Salvör Nordal (Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press): 41-64.

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“Frugalists, anti-consumers and prosumers: Chinese philosophical perspectives on consumerism”. The Changing Landscape of China’s Consumerism, ed. Alison Hulme (Oxford: Chandos, 2014): 125-149. “New Demands, Obsolete Values? Global Challenges to National Education”. Ideas, Society and Politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe. Worlds Apart, Learning From Each Other, eds. Ras Tind Nielsen and Geir Helgesen (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2012): 21-36. “Roaming along the Confucian Way: An Overview of Chinese Ethics and Social Philosophy” (Icelandic). Siðfræði og samfélag, eds. Salvör Nordal and Vilhjálmur Árnason (Reykjavik: Institute of Ethics and University of Iceland Press, 2011): 71-90. “‘Yankee-Confucius’ – Dewey in China” (Icelandic). John Dewey í hugsun og verki: Menntun, reynsla og lýðræði, eds. Jóhanna Einarsdóttir and Ólafur Páll Jónsson (Reykjavík: RannUng, Institute of Philosophy and University of Iceland Press, 2010): 145-153. “Towards a Creative China: Education in China“. The Irish Asia Strategy and Its China Relations. 爱尔兰的亚洲战备与中爱关系 1999-2009, eds. Fan Hong and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald (Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers, 2010): 61-79. “Where to Place One’s Hands and Feet: Toward a Confucian Sociology of Tradition”, in Chinese Culture and Globalization: History and Challenges for the 21st Century. Proceedings of the Eight Conference of the Nordic Association of Chinese Studies, eds. Torbjörn Lodén, Helena Löthman og Lena Rydholm (Stockholm and Uppsala: and Uppsala University, 2009): 41-62. “Defeatists, Cynics and Pragmatists. The Birth of Philosophy from the Spirit of War”, in Philosophieren über den Krieg. War in Eastern and Western Philosophies, eds. Hans-Georg Möller and Günter Wohlfart (Berlin: Parerga, 2008): 61-80. “Multi-Culture and the Multiple Application of Philosophy for Children” (Icelandic). University of Akureyri: A Volume in Commemoration of its 20th Anniversary 2007 (Akureyri: University of Akureyri, 2008): 75-91. “‘Initiating While not Proceeding to the End’: A Confucian Response to Indoctrination.” Educations and Their Purposes: A Conversation Among Cultures, eds. Roger T. Ames og Peter Hershock (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007): 257-270. “In the World of Creatures – On Non-Human Figures in the Zhuangzi”, in 第12 世界国际中国 哲学大会论文集 4, Chinese Philosophy and the Trends of the 21st Century Civilization, ed. Fang Keli, Beijing: Commercial Press, 2003: 243-258.

Conference/symposia presentations: “Chinese and Western Philosophical and Ethical Perspectives: Différance rather than Incommensurability or Sameness”; The First CIPSH International Academy on Chinese Cultures and Global Humanities Seminar: Chinese and European Resources for a Global Ethic (online), 11-12 November 2020. “Nonwestern Philosophy: A Contradiction in Terms or Unexploited Resources?“ (plenary paper); VI. Slovak Congress of Philosophy of the Slovak Philosophical Association (online), 21-23 October 2020. Ljónin á veginum: Um vanda vestrænna þýðinga á kínverskum heimspekiritum.” Milli tákna og stafa: Málþing um þýðingar á milli kínversku og íslensku. Vigdísarstofnun, University of Iceland, 21 February 2020. “ʻRitual’ Today? Contemporary Relevance of the Confucian Li”; International Conference in Honor of the 2570 Anniversary of Confucius & Sixth Congress of the International Confucian Association, Beijing, P.R. China, 16-19 November 2019. “Li-Inspired Ritual vs. Social Acceleration and Liquid Modernity: Does It Stand a Chance?”; Confucianism, Rituals and Modern Life, International Conference, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, S-Korea, 8-9 November 2019. “What is (Chinese) Philosophy and How Does it Help Us understand (China)?”; 3rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy, Ghent University, Belgium, 5-7 September 2019. 6

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“The Kantian Problem in Modern Confucianism”; The 14th Biennial Conference of Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS), University of Bergen, Norway, 13-14 June 2019. “Inward and Backward: Ideological Factors in Ming-Qing China’s Isolationism”; In Light of the Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese and Nordic Cultures Conference, Northern Lights Confucius Institute, University of Iceland, 7 June 2019. “Dao Embodied – Embodying Dao: The Body as Locus of Personal Cultivation in Ancient Daoist and Confucian Philosophy”; ICCS 2019, International Conference on Chinese Studies, 27-28 February 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Aging: Contemporary Challenges and Confucian Configurations”; The Third Biennial Conference of the World Consortium for Research in Confucian Cultures, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 14-17 October 2018. “The Untimely Inwardness of Ming-Qing China”; Kim Il Sung University International Symposium, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 26-27 September 2018. “Future Aging on Ancient Terms? Confucian Filiality and Senescence”; XXIV World Congress of Philosophy, International Society of Chinese Philosophy Session, Beijing, China, 13-17 August 2018. “Getting the Most Out of Ames: On Strategic-Pragmatic Elements of Confucian Philosophy”; Beyond Comparisons: Chinese Philosophy Today, an international conference, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 7-11 August 2018. “How Do Western Students Respond to Confucian Philosophy?”; Communicating Cultures and Languages: Chinese-Icelandic Perspectives and Experiences, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, 4 June 2018. “Learning as Self-Subversion: On Critical Confucianism”; Académie du Midi, 22. Symposion: Critique and Subversion, Alet-les-Bains, France, 21-25 May, 2018. “Classical Philosophical Elements in Mao Zedong’s Theory of Permanent Revolution”; 5th International STCS Conference: From Hegel to Mao and Beyond – The Long March of Sinicizing Marxism, , Slovenia, 20-22 April 2018. “Strategic Thinking in the Sunzi and Its Ethical Implications in Early Chinese Philosophy”; International Society of Chinese Philosophy session, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 3-6 January 2018. “From Modern Ontologies of Youthfulness to Post-Modern Gerontologies” (keynote); “Creating a Philosophy for the Future”, international conference, University of Macau, 16- 18 November 2017. “The Confucian Notion of Mind According to Cheng Chung-ying”; 2nd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy, Universität Basel, Switzerland, 7-9 September 2017. “Critique” in “Author-meets-Critics: The Rebirth of the Moral Self, by Jana Rosker”; 20th International Society of Chinese Philosophy Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 4-7 July 2017. “Response” to “Author-meets-Critics: Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning: A Philosophical Interpretation, by Geir Sigurðsson”; 20th International Society of Chinese Philosophy Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 4-7 July 2017. “Early Confucianism as a Philosophy of Education”; Education East and West. The 3rd Annual Colloquium for Global Philosophy and Religion, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, 17-18 March 2017. “Report on the Current Status of Asian Studies in Iceland”; Nordic NIAS Council Conference: Nordic Asian Studies in the 21st Century – Stocktaking for the future, Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-9 November 2016. “Critical Confucianism for Contemporary Education”; World Consortium for Research in Confucian Cultures: Confucianism as a Philosophy of Education for the Contemporary World, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 24-28 July, 2016.

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“Soteriological Shortcomings: On Confucian ‘Religiousness’”; Inaugural Conference of European Association of Chinese Philosophy (EACP): Thinking Across the Borders: Philosophy and China, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 9-11 June, 2016. “Global Citizenship and Universalism in Confucian Philosophy. An Impossibility or an Alternative?” (Plenary Lecture); Difference in Identity, East and West. The Bath Spa Colloquium for Global Philosophy and Religion, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, 29-30 April, 2016. “Is Confucianism Virtue Ethics in an Aristotelian Sense? (Icelandic); Annual Congress of Humanities, University of Iceland, 11 March, 2016. “Transformative Self-Criticism: On Critical Thinking in the Confucian Philosophy of Education” (Icelandic); Menntakvika, School of Education, University of Iceland, 2 October, 2015. “Confucian Critique in Context: The ‘Transformative Self-Critical Attitude’”; What Can Be Learned From Chinese Philosophy?, international symposium organized by Northern Lights Confucius Institute and Institute of Philosophy, University of Iceland, 4 September, 2015. “On Confucianisms”; 12th Nordic Association of China Studies conference, Uppsala University, Sweden, 9-12 June, 2015. “How Critical is Confucianism?”; Socrates Meeting Confucius – The Third International Symposium on Chinese-Greek Philosophy, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China, 5-6 June, 2015. “Role of the Body in Daoist and Confucian Self-Cultivation” (Icelandic); Annual Congress of Humanities, University of Iceland, 13 March, 2015. “Af vilhjálmskri siðfræði: leikreglur, lífsgildi og eðli siðrænnar skynsemi” (Icelandic); Cognitive Constructs: Democracy, Freedom and Justice, Hannesarholt, Reykjavik, 26 January, 2015. “On the Use and Abuse of Confucianism for Virtue Ethics”; Varieties of Virtue Ethics Conference, Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK, 8-10 January, 2015. “Revisiting the Classification Problem of Classical Confucianism: Philosophy, Ideology, Religion, Lifestyle?”; The Third International STCS Conference on Contemporary East Asia and the Confucian Revival, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 October, 2014. “Authenticity, Internalization and Efficacy: Contextualizing the Wuxing Text Within the Confucian Philosophy of Education”; International Conference in Commemorating 2565th Anniversary of Confucius, Beijing, China, 23-28 September, 2014. “Anonymous Sages: Some Sino-Greco Comparisons”; Académie du Midi Symposium, Alet-les- Bains, France, 9-13 June, 2014. “Ontologies, ‘Daologies’ and Quantum Physics: The Contemporary Relevance of Chinese Cosmology”; Transphilosophies, symposium organized by Northern Lights Confucius Institute and Institute of Philosophy, University of Iceland, 23 April, 2014. “Empty Words: On Chan and Daoism” (Icelandic); Annual Congress of Humanities, University of Iceland, 16 March, 2014. “The Future of Cross-Cultural Philosophy: Learning from Yan Fu”; 严复：中国与世界 [Yan Fu: China and the World], Philosophy Department, Peking University, Beijing, China, 11-13 October, 2013. “Confucianism vs. Modernity: Expired, Incompatible ... or Bingo?”; Contemporary Confucianism and Chinese Modernization, international symposium, University of Iceland, 7-8 September, 2013. “Self and Life-World East and West”; XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Society Meeting org. Philosophy Department, East China Normal University, University of Athens, Greece, 5 August, 2013. “Filiality and Propriety as Preventive Ethics”; 慈孝文化学术探讨会 [Filiality Culture Academic Conference], organized by Beijing Normal University, Mianshan, Shanxi, China, 24-26 June, 2013. “Ethics and Ego: East-West Perceptions of Morality”; What is Morality? Conference in honor of Professor Mikael M. Karlsson, University of Akureyri, Iceland, 19 April, 2013. 8

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“Humanities and the University Citizen” (Icelandic); Annual Congress of Humanities, University of Iceland, 15 March, 2013. “Anthropocosmic Processes in the Anthropocene: Revisiting the Quantum Mechanics vs. Chinese Cosmology Comparison”; The Bright-Dark Ages: Comparative and Connective Perspectives, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 27-28 February, 2013. “The Last Human Beings: How Weberian is the Present?” (Icelandic); Hugsað með Vilhjálmi – International conference in honor of Professor Vilhjálmur Árnason, University of Iceland, 11-13 January, 2013. Living Chinese Philosophy”; Practical Philosophy – Theories of Good Society, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania, 15 December, 2012. “Ritual Knowledge: A Confucian Exploration”; The 1st International Symposium on Chinese Culture and Religious Concord and the 9th Academic Conference in Memory of Master Han- Ching, Society for the Study of Religious Philosophy, Taiwan, 16-19 December, 2011. “New Confucianism: A Promise for China’s Future or an Old Relic of Her Past?”; Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 19-21 October, 2011. “Dao Embodied – Embodying Dao: Daoist and Confucian Visions of the Body as Locus of Personal Cultivation”; Body and Person in China, Centre of Oriental Studies, University of Vilnius, Lithuania, 6-8 June, 2011. “What is Creativity? Some Cross-cultural Eurasian Reflections” (Icelandic); Annual Congress of Humanities, University of Iceland, 11 March, 2011. “Comparative Philosophy: Whither Now?”, The 6th Annual Meeting of The Comparative & Continental Philosophy Circle, University College Cork, Ireland, 2-5 March, 2011. “New Demands, Obsolete Values? Global Challenges to National Education”, The 1st Korea- Nordic Conference: Mapping the Two Corners of EurAsia in Comparative Ideas, Society and Politics, Yonsei háskóla, Seoul, S-Korea, 16 December, 2010. “Confucian Republic of China? On Confucianism as a Viable Foundation for China‘s Future”, XVIII Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), , Riga, 14-18 July, 2010. “Losing One‘s Self on the Way”, Preserving the Future: Sustainability of Language, Culture and Nature, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages conference, 15-17 April, 2010. “无己: Daoist Deconstructions of Self”; Inaugural Daoist Salon, Zhengzhou, P.R. China, 22-26 March, 2010. “Dewey in China” (Icelandic), RannUng conference, School of Education, University of Iceland, 22 October, 2009. “Nature and Human Nature in Chinese Philosophy” (Icelandic), Nature in the Twilight – conference on nature in light of phenomenology and Eastern thought, Institute of Philosophy, University of Iceland, 19 September, 2009. “Chinese Hermeneutics: Inspiring the Present Through the Past”; Historical Knowledge in/on East and Southeast-Asia, , Estonia, 11-13 September, 2009. “Overcoming the Petty Person: On the Relevance and Applicability of Confucian Education Today”, Joint 9th Nordic Association for China Studies and 4th Nordic NIAS Council Conference, University of Iceland, 3-5 June, 2009. “Is There Such a Thing as Asian Creativity?”, 3rd Nordic NIAS Council Conference, Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, 12-16 November, 2008. “Ironising China: Right On or Far Off?”, East Asian Culture in Western Perspectives, University of Latvia, Riga, 23-25 October, 2008. “Equivalent Worlds: Daoist Visions of Nature” (Icelandic), Annual Congress of Humanities, University of Iceland, 10 April, 2008.

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“Social or Competitive Skills? The Relevance of Philosophy for Children to Contemporary Iceland” (Icelandic), Symposium on Philosophy in the Schools, Institute of Philosophy, University of Iceland, 17 November, 2007. “Dream, Wake and Non-Being: On the Daoist Art of Living” (Icelandic), Symposium on Chinese Culture, Salurinn, Kopavogur, Iceland, 06 October, 2007. “Where to Place One’s Hands and Feet: Toward a Confucian Sociology of Tradition” (keynote), 8th Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS), Stockholm University, 11-13 June, 2007. “Towards a Creative China – By not Altogether Alien Western Means”, First Conference of Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, University College Cork, Ireland, 6-8 June, 2007. “Defeatists, Cynics and Pragmatists: The Birth of Philosophy from the Spirit of War”, Académie du Midi Symposium, Alet-les-Bains, France, 5-9 June, 2006. “‘Establishing Oneself by Establishing Others’: On Gadamer’s Bildung and Confucius’ Xiushen”, Fourth Annual Conference of The Nordic Society of Phenomenology, University of Iceland, 21-23 April, 2006. “‘Initiating While not Proceeding to the End’: A Confucian Response to Indoctrination”, Ninth East-West Philosophers’ Conference, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, USA, 29 May-10 June, 2005. “Optimism (le) and Activism (wei): Establishing the Confucian Way through Renxing”, Asian Studies: Problems and Issues, Centre of Oriental Studies, University of Vilnius, Lithuania, 6- 8 May, 2004. “物间世 (In the World of Creatures) – On Non-Human Figures in the Zhuangzi”, 12th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Beijing, P.R. China, 21-24 July, 2001. “A Just Process or Just a Process – Contrasts of Early Greek and Ancient Chinese Thought”, Chinese Culture in Global Dialogue, Institute of Modern Chinese Thought and Culture, East China Normal University (华东师范大学), Shanghai, P.R. China, 25-27 June, 2001. “Work-Worship, Asceticism and the Vicious Circle of Consumption: An Icelandic Variation on a Theme by Max Weber” (Icelandic), Is work killing us?, Institute of Ethics, University of Iceland, 25 April, 1998. “Max Weber and the Rationalisation of Occidental Thought”, Ethics and European Thought, University College Dublin, 25 April, 1996.

Invited presentations: “Confucianism in Contemporary China: Phantasm, Rebirth or a Dead Letter?” (Icelandic); Invited lecture by Chinese-Icelandic Culture Society and Northern Lights Confucius Institute, University of Iceland, 12 December 2019. “Transformative Critical Becoming in Confucianism” (Icelandic); Lecture series on teaching, School of Humanities, University of Iceland, 4 December 2019. “What Does ‘Successful Aging’ Mean?: A Confucian/Daoist Alternative”; Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme, University of Macau, 21 March 2019. “Toward a Philosophy of Aging: Classical Chinese Perspectives and Insights”, Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier, Stockholm University, Sweden, 11 February 2019. “Confucius the 'Capitalist Roader': Some Issues of Compatibility and Critique”, Centre for Oriental Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia, 6 December 2018. “Successful Outsiders? Imported Religions in the Chinese Cultural Sphere”, Confucius Institute, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 29 November 2018. “Buddhism's Quiet Partner: Daoism and Its Current Revival in China”, Confucius Institute, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 27 November 2018. “'Popular' or 'Diffused' Religion in China”, Confucius Institute, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 15 November 2018. “Chinese 'Religiosities' and the Changing Status of Religious Movements in China's Recent History”, Confucius Institute, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 13 November 2018.

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“Are Confucians Capitalist Roaders?”, Department of Chinese Studies, , Romania, 21 February 2018. “Confucianism as a Philosophy of Education”, Confucius Institute, University of Bucharest, Romania, 19 February 2018. “Confucianism and Capitalism: Compatible or Conflicting?”, Department of East Asian Studies, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria, 17 April 2017. “Ritual, Tradition and Individuality in Confucianism: A Case of Positive Freedom”, Asien- Pazifik-Kolloquium, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany, 9 December, 2015. “Ethics and Ego: East-West Perceptions of Morality”, Colby College, Philosophy Department Colloquium, Waterville, Maine, USA, 15 October, 2015. “How Ego Affects Ethics: Western-Chinese Comparisons and Contrasts”, St. Anselm College, Philosophy Department, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, 14 October, 2015. “Capitalism and Consumerism from a Chinese Philosophical Perspective”, Centre of Oriental Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 21 May, 2015. “Are Confucianism and Capitalism Compatible?”, Asien-Pazifik-Kolloquium, Friedrich- Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany, 9 January, 2013. “China’s Contemporary Confucianism: Old Wine in New Bottles or Vice Versa?”, Confucius Institute, Yerevan State Linguistic University, Yerevan, Armenia, 6 December, 2012. “The Untimely Inwardness of Ming-Qing China”, Confucius Institute, Yerevan State Linguistic University, Yerevan, Armenia, 4 December, 2012. “From Boring Rationality to Rational Boredom: Giacomo Leopardi’s Critique of Enlightenment Philosophy”, Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, 24 May, 2012. “Is There Such a Thing as Confucian Creativity? A Cross-Cultural Exploration”, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 15 May, 2012. “Towards a Rehabilitation of Tradition: Lessons from Confucianism”, Department of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 9 March, 2012. “The Two Koreas: Historical Framework, Development and Current State(s)”, Iceland Model United Nations, University of Iceland, 25 February, 2011. “When Mountains become Mountains Again. On Daoist and Zen Views of Reality” (Icelandic), Iceland Academy of Arts, 31 January, 2011. “Chinese Ethics and Social Thought” (Icelandic), Institute of Ethics, University of Iceland, 20 February, 2009. “Five Conditions of Creativity”, Department of Foreign Language Education, Jilin University ( 吉林大学), Changchun, P.R. China, 18 December, 2008. “Multi-Culture and the Multiple Application of Philosophy for Children” (Icelandic), Department of Education, University of Akureyri, 2 May, 2007. “Among Cultures – Reflections on Philosophy in the Schools from Hawaii and China” (Icelandic), Institute of Philosophy, University of Iceland, 26 January, 2007. “Building Bridges – On the Importance of Cultural Literacy in Doing Business with China” (Icelandic), Reykjavik University, 23 November, 2006. “Hun Dun and the Butterfly in Beijing – Reflections on China of the Future” (Icelandic), Chinese Trade Council, Reykjavík, Iceland, 27 January, 2006. “Difference, Context and Application: The Quest for Approach in Comparative Philosophy”, Department of Philosophy, University of Rijeka, Croatia, 15 December, 2004. “Chinese Hermeneutics and the Future of Confucianism in China: A Philosophical Approach,” Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 April, 2004. “Pain, Boredom and Art: The Philosophy of Giacomo Leopardi” (Icelandic), The Icelandic Philosophical Society, University of Iceland, 07 February, 1998.

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Reviews: “Review of Danningens filosofihistorie, by Ingerid S. Straume (ed.).” Nordicum- Mediterraneum. Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies 9:1 (2014): http://nome.unak.is. “Review of The Moral Fool: A Case for Amorality, by Hans-Georg Möller.” Philosophy East and West 62:2 (2012): 305-308. “Review of The Religious Philosophy of Liang Shuming: The Hidden Buddhist, by Thierry Meynard.” Journal of Chinese Religions 39 (2011): 131-134. “Review of Die Kunst des Lebens und andere Künste. Skurrile Skizzen zu einem euro- daoistischen Ethos ohne Moral, by Günter Wohlfart.” Philosophy East and West 61:2 (April 2011): 391-395. “Review of Confucianism and Social Issues in China – The Academician Kang Xiaoguang. Investigations into NGOs in China, Falun Gong, Chinese Reportage and the Confucian Tradition, by Monika Gaenssbauer.” China Review International 17:3 (2010): 332-335. “Review of Rediscovering Confucianism. A Major Philosophy of Life in East Asia, by Torbjörn Lodén.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 35:3 (September 2008): 535-539. “Review of Social Change in Contemporary China: C.K. Yang and the Concept of Institutional Diffusion, edited by Wenfang Tang og Burkart Holzner.” China Information 22:1 (2008): 185-186. “Review of Consuming China: Approaches to Cultural Change in Contemporary China, edited by Kevin Latham, Stuart Thompson og Jakob Klein.” China Information 21:2 (2007): 355- 356. “Review of Mao: The Unknown Story, by Jung Chang og Jon Halliday.” Saga, Journal of the Icelandic Historical Society 45:1 (2007): 181-194. “Review of Elias Canetti’s Counter-Image of Society. Crowds, Power, Transformation, by Johann P. Arnason and David Roberts.” Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 16 (2004): 267-70. “Review of Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy, edited by Antonio S. Cua.” China Review International 11:1 (2004): 48-54.

Dictionary entries: Dictionary of Philosophy. Fields of contribution: Continental European philosophy and Asian philosophy (mainly Chinese, Buddhist, Hindu). Editor: Dr. Erlendur Jónsson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iceland; forthcoming.

Edited works: Austur, vestur og aftur heim: greinar Jóhanns Páls Árnasonar um samfélög og siðmenningargreiningu. Co-edited with Ágúst Þór Árnason. Reykjavík: JPV, 2021. Beyond Comparison. Albany: State University of New York Press, forthcoming. Hugur – tímarit um heimspeki 20 (2008) (Hugur – Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society), Theme: “Chinese Philosophy”. Hugur – tímarit um heimspeki 19 (2007) (Hugur – Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society), Theme: “Philosophy of Education”. Broddflugur - Siðfræðilegar ádeilur og samfélagsgagnrýni (Gadflies - Ethical Disputations and Social Criticism). Including “Introduction” (pp. 9-25). Collected papers of Dr. Vilhjálmur Árnason, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iceland. Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 1997.

Biographical introductions: “Hans Henny Jahnn”, in Milli mála (2020). “Who was Sunzi and what sort of military treatise did he write?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=9391 (2020). 12

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“Who was Lao Tse and did he really exist?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/?id=59301 (2011) “Who was Confucius and what is Confucianism?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/?id=6140 (2006) “On the philosopher Francis Bacon,” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/svar.asp?id=5570 (2006) “Who was St. Thomas of Aquinas?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/svar.asp?id=5563 (2006) “Karl Jaspers (1883-1969)”, in Hvað er heimspeki? Tíu greinar frá tuttugustu öld (What is Philosophy? Ten Twentieth Century Articles), ed. Róbert Jack and Ármann Halldórsson, Reykjavík: Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2001: 83-84. “Ernst Bloch (1886-1977)”, in Hvað er heimspeki? Tíu greinar frá tuttugustu öld (What is Philosophy? Ten Twentieth Century Essays), ed. Róbert Jack and Ármann Halldórsson, Reykjavík: Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2001: 211-212. “Hans Henny Jahnn (1894-1959)”, in Hans Henny Jahnn, Blýnótt (Die Nacht aus Blei), translated by Geir Sigurðsson and Björn Thorsteinsson. Reykjavík: Tekknólamb/Forlagid, 2000: 125-137.

Translations: “Ragna og Níls”. Icelandic translation of “Ragna und Nils”, a short story in German by Hans Henny Jahnn. Milli mála (2020). Hernaðarlist Sunzi. Icelandic translation of Sunzi bingfa with an introduction and annotations. Reykjavik: Stofnun Vigdísar Finnbogadóttur and Háskólaútgáfan, 2019 (forthcoming). “Chilly Hope”. Icelandic translation of 冷酷的希望, a poem by Bei Dao 北道. Jón á Bægisá – Tímarit um þýðingar (Journal of translation), no. 15 (2016): 112-116. “To Memories” and “Tomorrow, No”. Icelandic translations of 致记忆 and 明天，不, two poems by Bei Dao 北道. Milli mála (2011): 193-195. “Erindi Konfúsíusar við samtímann. Geir Sigurðsson ræðir við Henry Rosemont Jr.” (“Confucius’s Relevance Today. Geir Sigurðsson interviews Henry Rosemont Jr.”). Hugur – Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 20 (2008): 8-24. Ames, Roger T., “Heimhvörf hnattvæðingar og uppstreymi menninga. Kínverskri heimspeki tekið á eigin forsendum.” (English: “Indigenizing Globalization and the Hydraulics of Culture: Taking Chinese Philosophy on its own Terms”). Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 20 (2008): 24-35. Co-translated with Böðvar Yngvi Jakobsson. Zhu Li og Ding Yan, Kínverskur menningararfur í Wuhan (Chinese: 中国武汉文物特展), ed. Guðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir (Kópavogur: Gerðarsafn, 2007) Karl Jaspers, “Heimspekin í heiminum” (German: “Die Philosophie in der Welt”), in Hvað er heimspeki? Tíu greinar frá tuttugustu öld (What is Philosophy? Ten Twentieth Century Essays), ed. Róbert Jack and Ármann Halldórsson. Reykjavík: Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2001: 85-95. Ernst Bloch, “Hvað er heimspeki, sem leitandi og freistandi” (German: Was ist Philosophie, als suchend und versucherisch?”), in Hvað er heimspeki? Tíu greinar frá tuttugustu öld (What is Philosophy? Ten Twentieth Century Essays), ed. Róbert Jack and Ármann Halldórsson. Reykjavík: Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2001: 213-219. Hans Henny Jahnn, Blýnótt (German: Die Nacht aus Blei), co-translated with Bjorn Thorsteinsson. Reykjavik: Tekknólamb/Forlagid, 2000. Giacomo Leopardi, “Saga mannsins” (Italian: “Storia del genere umano”). Skírnir, Journal of the Icelandic Literary Society 170 (autumn 1996): 413-26.

Educational material: “What kind of markets are ‘wet markets’ in China?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=79238 (2020) 13

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“What good did Mao Zedong do for his nation?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=77118 (2019) “Why did Britain give Hong Kong back to China?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=77930 (2019) “How did North Korea become so corrupt?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=71967 (2019) “What were the causes of the Korean War?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=66340 (2019) “Why is Korea divided in north and south?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=13661 (2019) “What is the Silk Road and where did it lead? on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=58723 (2017) “What were China’s main inventions in earlier times?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=71373 (2016) “What difference was there between scientific thinking in China and the West in ancient times?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=71364 (2016) “What is Daoism?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/?id=10145 (2014) “How did the human being come into existence according to Chinese religion?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/?id=7392 (2014) “What Reasons are there to assume that China will become a Major Power in the 21st Century?” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.is/?id=21886 (2009) “On the March Riots in Tibet and the ‘Tibet Situation’,” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/?id=31955 (2008) “What was Rousseau’s theory of the fall of man”, on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=6531 (2007) “On the Condition of Women in Ancient China,” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/?id=6137 (2006) “On Chinese Society,” on Vísindavefurinn (Icelandic science website), University of Iceland, http://visindavefur.hi.is/?id=6153 (2006) Philosophers Before and Now. A history of Western philosophy (Icelandic). Five sections, 111 pages. http://www.skolavefurinn.is/_opid/islenska/bokmenntir/heimspeki/ (2005)

Works in progress: Broadening the Way. A Collection of Articles on Chinese Philosophy. (Icelandic) Chinese Philosophical Views of Ageing – monograph.

Academic service, administration and organization: From 2020: Expert Reviewer for Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium. From 2019: External Reviewer for Irish Research Council. From 2019: Board member, Vigdís International Centre, University of Iceland. From September 2019: Board member, European Association of Chinese Philosophy. From January 2018: University of Iceland’s member of Nordic Centre Fudan Board. From April 2017: Research Evaluation Committee member, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. From October 2014: Board member, International Confucian Association. From 2007: Board member, Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS). September 2018: Chair of External Academic Review Panel, Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme, University of Macau.

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July 2015-June 2017: Head of Faculty of Languages and Cultures, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. March 2015-January 2018: International Society of Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) liaison to the American Philosophical Association. 2014-2017: University of Iceland’s board member of Nordic Centre in India (NCI). 14-17 May 2015: local co-organizer of 10th Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle Meeting, University of Iceland. March 2015: Disciplinary reviewer, Research Quality Review, Department of Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland. May 2014: External opponent to Vytis Silius’ doctoral defense, Philosophy Department, Vilnius University, Lithuania. July 2013-June 2015: Chair of Department of Asian and Russian Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics, School of Humanities, University of Iceland July 2012-June 2015: Vice head of Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. 2011-2014: Research and PhD Grant Committee Member, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. 7-8 September 2013: Main organizer of “Contemporary Confucianism and Chinese Modernization”, co-organized by Northern Lights Confucius Institute and Chinese Studies Section, University of Iceland. 22-24 August 2011: Main organizer of “Third EurAsia Network Symposium: Mapping the two corners of EurAsia. Harmony as a Historical, Philosophical and Socio-political Theme”, co- organized by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) and Northern Lights Confucius Institute, University of Iceland 26 March 2011: Main organizer of “What China Thinks: Philosophical Passages to China”, an international academic panel within Congress of Humanities, presented by Northern Lights Confucius Institute and Chinese studies programme, University of Iceland. 3-5 June 2009: Main organizer of “China’s Economy, Environment and Education”, joint 9th Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS) and 4th Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) conference, University of Iceland. 2006-2013: full board member of Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS). 2007-2014: deputy representative of University of Iceland on board of Nordic Centre in India (NCI). 2008-2010: on editorial board of 欧洲语言文化研究 – Chinese Journal of European Languages and Cultures IV, publ. Beijing Foreign Studies University. 2008-2009: chairman of Nordic NIAS Council (NNC). 2007- 2009: secretary of Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS). 2007-2010: board member of Chinese Icelandic Culture Society (KÍM). 2007-2008: Editor of Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophy Society. 1-4 June 2007: Main organizer of “Gendered Modernity and Vulnerabilities in Asia”, 2nd Gendering Asia Network conference, University of Akureyri. 18 April 2007: Main organizer of “China: Opportunities in Business in Iceland”, symposium of Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies and University of Akureyri, Hotel KEA, Akureyri. 11 November 2006: Main organizer of “Iceland International Conference on the Mao Zedong Era”, international conference of Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies and Chinese Icelandic Culture Society (KÍM). 2006-2007: Member of Equal Rights Committee of University of Akureyri.

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Member of the Icelandic Philosophical Society, Reykjavík, Iceland. Member of Chinese Icelandic Cultural Society (KÍM)

Language study and certification: July-August 2018: University of Klaipeda, Lithuania: elementary course in Lithuanian, Diploma A2.2 level. January-April 2007: University of Akureyri, Department of Continuing Education: Italian III. 2001-2003: Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), Beijing, P.R. China: courses in Chinese language and philosophy. January-March 1996: Alliance Française, Cork, Ireland: beginner’s level course in French. December 1995: University of Cambridge: Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE). May-June 1994: Istituto Dante Alighieri, Rome, Italy: Intensive courses in Italian. March 1994: Freie Universität, Berlin: Prüfung zum Nachweis deutscher Sprachkenntnisse Certificate (PNdS). August 1993: Goethe Institut, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany: Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache.

Languages: Icelandic: native. English: fluent. German: fluent. Danish: very good. Mandarin Chinese: good. Classical Chinese: good. Italian: fair. Lithuanian: elementary (A2). Norwegian, Swedish, French, Spanish: reading comprehension.

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