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Conference Announcement "Expressions of Traditional Wisdom" International Symposium The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences The Royal Museum for Central Africa The Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels (Belgium) 28 September 2007 __________________________________________________ The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences, the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the Royal Museums of Art and History are organizing the International Symposium "Expressions of Traditional Wisdom". This meeting will take place on Friday 28 September 2007 in Brussels (Belgium). Venue: Palais des Académies Paleis der Academiën rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat 1 1000 BRUSSELS Programme: 9.00 Opening Session Christian STURTEWAGEN, President of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Welcome Address Wim VAN BINSBERGEN, Professor, Erasmus University (The Netherlands) African Wisdom Today: Appropriative Reification or Global Resource? 9.30 Session 1. Chairman: Urbain VERMEULEN Emer. Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) & Universiteit Gent (Belgium) and Member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Main Conferences Michel TANRET, Professor, Universiteit Gent (Belgium) When Walking about, Keep your Feet on the Ground! Traditional Wisdom from Mesopotamia Gino SCHALLENBERGH, Researcher, Universiteit Gent (Belgium) Transmission of Sufi Wisdom from Sheikh to Novice: A Contested Tradition Communication Filipe VERDE, Professor, University of Lisbon (Portugal) A Comparative View of Ethical Naturalism: The Bororo, Spinoza and Freud Discussion 11.00 Session 2. Chairman: Anne-Marie BOUTTIAUX Head of Department, Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium) Main Conferences Christian CANNUYER, Professor, Université Catholique de Lille (France) Les sagesses égyptiennes et léminente dignité de lhomme Winand CALLEWAERT, Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) The Upanishads and the New Age Literature Communications Marc SEIFERT, Professor, Universität zu Köln (Germany) Traditional Wisdom and Ideas about History in Bantu Oral Traditions of Namibia and Angola Thabo MANETSI, South-African Heritage Resources Agency (South Africa) Indigenous Knowledge: A Grounding Tool for African Wisdom Discussion 13.45 Session 3. Chairman: Francis VAN NOTEN Hon. Director, Royal Museums of Art and History (Belgium) and Member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Main Conferences Patrick COLLARD, Professor, Universiteit Gent (Belgium) and Member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences La sagesse libératrice de Mackandal (à propos de la première partie du Royaume de ce Monde dAlejo Carpentier) Laurence CUELENAERE, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley (USA) Roads We Live by: Walking on the Bolivian Altiplano Communications Denis BUKURU, Chargé de cours, Université du Burundi (Burundi) Les connaissances traditionnelles des Barundi et leur rôle dans la structuration des institutions de la royauté sacrée Ndu Life NJOKU, Senior Lecturer, Imo State University (Nigeria) Amamihe? The Wisdom behind the Phenomenon of the Evil Forest in Traditional Igboland, Nigeria Yewande NTEKIM-REX, Assistant Lecturer, University of Lagos (Nigeria) Proverbs as Vehicle of Traditional Wisdom in Yoruba Culture Discussion 15.45 Session 4. Chairman: Charles WILLEMEN Professor, Universiteit Gent (Belgium) and Member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Main Conference Françoise LAUWAERT, Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) La sagesse chinoise: une notion à remettre sur le métier Communications Abiodun ADENIJI, Lecturer, University of Lagos (Nigeria) Traditional Wisdom as Literary Artefact: The Example of D. O. Fagunwas Prose Narratives Hilde LINK, Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany) 5 + 5 = 9. Numeric Classification Systems in Southern India and Eastern Indonesia as Part of Mans World View Mei-Yen LEE, Professor, National Pingtung University of Education (Taiwan, Republic of China) The Role of Sentiments in Liang Chi-Chaos and Tsai Yuen-Peis Aesthetical Thoughts Observing the Transition from Traditional Confucianism to Modern Aesthetics Leonidas KOUTSOUMPOS, Researcher, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) & Yue ZHUANG, Lecturer, School of Architecture, Tianjin University (Peoples Republic of China) The Way of Phronesis: Revisiting Traditional Wisdom in Architecture Discussion 17.00 Closing Session Niels WEIDTMANN, Scientific Leader, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany) Traditional Wisdom in Sub-Saharan Africa: An African Origin of Philosophy Christian STURTEWAGEN, President of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Conclusions Registration is free and can be faxed (00 32 2 539 23 53), e-mailed ([email protected]) or sent to the Academy (Prof. Danielle Swinne, Defacqzstreet 1/3, 1000 Brussels) Deadline: 21 September, 2007 Contact: Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (Contact person: Mrs Patricia Bulanza) Defacqzstraat 1/3 rue Defacqz 1/3 B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel.: +32 (2) 538 02 11 & 538 47 72 Fax: +32 (2) 539 23 53 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.kaowarsom.be __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
