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Conference Announcement Theme: Aesthetics East and West Subtitle: Philosophy, Literature, Music and Art Type: Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Academy of German-Italian Studies (ADSIT) Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie (GIP) International Association for Comparative Studies of China and the West (IACSCW) Location: Merano (Italy) Date: 30.–31.10.2015 __________________________________________________ Friday, October 30, 2015 Morning Session 9:30 Ivo De Gennaro: Opening 9:45 Hans-Christian Günther: Introduction 10:15 Harro von Senger: Chinese Criticism of Modern Art 11:00 Break 11:30 Gabriele Kiesewetter: Modern Chinese Painting Afternoon Session 14:30 Giusi Strummiello: Lo scarto dell'essere. Merleau-Ponty, l'Oriente e la filosofia 15:15 Jiang Li: Spiritual Transformation: Decoding Zhuangzi's Images 16:00 Break 16:30 Gu Zhengkun: The Basic Differences between Chinese and Western Aesthetic Tastes 17:15 Zhang Zheng: Translational Aesthetics. A Case of C-E Translation of Selected Chinese Wisdom Saturday, October 31, 2015 Morning Session 09:30 Ram Mall: Indian Aesthetics: an Intercultural Approach 10:15 Andrea A. Robiglio: The Ethical Element in Aesthetics: Confucius and the Renaissance: a Comparison 11:00 Break 11:30 Jonathan Powell: Sorabji and the East: Iranian and Indian Influences Afternoon Session 14:30 Hans-Christian Günther: Gustav Mahler and the Far East: Das Lied von der Erde 15:30 Yoon Young Serena Kim: Der koreanische Komponist Yun Isang 16:30 Break 17:00 Georg Stenger: Nature & Culture, or: Concerning the Strength of Art within the Tensions of Intercultural Understanding Free entry Participants Ivo DE GENNARO Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and Director of the Academy of German-Italian Studies GU Zhengkun Professor of Comparative Culture and Translation, Director of PKU Institute of World Literature, Peking University, IACSCW Co-President Hans-Christian GÜNTHER Professor für Klassische Philologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, IACSCW Vice-President JIANG Li Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University Gabriele KIESEWETTER Dozentin an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Gastprofessorin an der Southwest Jiaotong Universität Chengdu Yoon Young Serena KIM Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Ram Adhar MALL Professor Emeritus für Philosophie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ehrenpräsident der GIP Jonathan POWELL Pianist, composer, writer on music, Krakow Andrea A. ROBIGLIO Professor of Philosophy, KU Leuven Georg STENGER Univ.-Professor für Philosophie an der Universität Wien, Präsident der GIP Giusi STRUMIELLO Professore ordinario di Filosofia teoretica nell’Università Aldo Moro di Bari Harro VON SENGER Professor Emeritus für Sinologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ZHANG Zheng Professor, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, and Director, Center for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies, Beijing Normal University, IACSCW Secretary General Venue Accademia di Studi Italo-Tedeschi di Merano Sala delle conferenze dell’Accademia Via Innerhofer, 1 – Merano (Italy) Organization Academy of German-Italian Studies (ADSIT) www.adsit.org Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie (GIP) www.int-gip.de International Association for Comparative Studies of China and the West (IACSCW) www.chinaandthewest.org Scientific Direction Ivo De Gennaro (Akademie deutsch-italienischer Studien) Hans-Christian Günther (IACSCW) Georg Stenger (GIP) Conference website: http://www.adsit.org/en/events/item/71-en-aesthetics-east-and-west-philosophy-literature-music-and-art.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________

