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Master Class in Chinese Philosophy

12 August 2026
10.00am – 4.00pm AEST
UNSW Kensington & Online

The School of Humanities & Languages and Philosophy at UNSW invite you to a Master Class in Chinese Philosophy, open to Postgraduate candidates in Philosophy and related disciplines at UNSW and other Universities.
 



WHO
Professor Yong Huang, Fudan Distinguished Chair Professor at the School of Philosophy of Fudan University. Prior to his coming to Fudan University, he was a professor of philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013-2025) and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (1996-2013). With training in both Western and Chinese philosophical traditions, his research focus has been on moral (both ethical and political) issues from a comparative perspective. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Dao: A Journal of Comparative philosophy, the most prominent journal in English in non-Western philosophy.

WHAT
A close reading and discussion of two texts from A Source Book of Chinese Philosophy (Wing-tsit Chan, Princeton University Press*): 

  1. Chapter 8, "The Mystical Way of Chuang Tzu"
  2. Chapter 35, "Dynamic Idealism in Wang Yangming" 
    *contact the Organiser for pdf’s

WHEN
Wednesday 12 August 2026
10:00am-4:00pm
Lunch Included

WHERE
UNSW Kensington / Morven Brown Building (C20) 209 
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CONTACT
For all enquiries, please email t.oleary@unsw.edu.au

Speakers
Yong Huang

Yong Huang

Fudan Distinguished Chair Professor at the School of Philosophy of Fudan University

Professor Yong Huang, Fudan Distinguished Chair Professor at the School of Philosophy of Fudan University. Prior to his coming to Fudan University, he was a professor of philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013-2025) and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (1996-2013). With training in both Western and Chinese philosophical traditions, his research focus has been on moral (both ethical and political) issues from a comparative perspective. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Dao: A Journal of Comparative philosophy, the most prominent journal in English in non-Western philosophy.