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Conference Announcement Theme: A Meeting of Traditions Type: 1st UAEU Global Philosophy Symposium Institution: Philosophy Department, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Location: Al Ain City (United Arab Emirates) Date: 8.–9.4.2018 __________________________________________________ Overview Supported by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and organized by the Philosophy Department of United Arab Emirates University in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing), the first UAEU Global Philosophy Symposium represents a meeting of Western (ancient Greek, Analytic, Continental), Middle-Eastern (Arabic, Islamic, Persian), and Eastern (Indian, Chinese, Japanese) philosophical traditions. The symposium focusses on a historical process that Prof. Jonardon Ganeri has effectively described: “the world of academic philosophy is now entering a new age”, characterized by the “appreciation of the value of world philosophies”, and “philosophical pluralism”. As a result, philosophy is leaving “behind a centre-periphery mode of production” and is “becoming again polycentric: the philosophical world is returning to a plural and diverse network of productive sites”. In an age of migration of peoples and traditions, globalization of ideas, and de-colonization of the intellectual discourse, having already developed awareness, but not fear, of the challenges posed by cultural relativism and the collapse of grand narratives, philosophy must embrace its rich diversity. Our meeting aims to begin an exploration of this new polycentric scenario, to cartography the methodological and speculative options offered by different comparative and cosmopolitan approaches, emphasizing their autonomy and specific modes of authenticity. The symposium will include two panel discussions about: - Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism in the Arab world. The global mission of the UAE and the role of philosophy. - Happiness and the good life in Western, Middle-eastern, and Eastern philosophical traditions. Program Sunday 8th April Opening session 3.30pm - 6.30pm 3.30pm-3.40pm William McDonald (UAE University) Welcome message and introductory remarks 3.40pm-4.40pm Jonardon Ganeri (NYU Abu Dhabi) Beyond the East-West Dichotomy. The Future of Philosophy 4.40pm-4.50pm Break 4.50pm-5.50pm Yihong Liu (CASS Beijing) The Comparative Philosophical Perspective and Cultural Coexistence: Chinese Islamic Thought and Chinese Islamic Art Studies 5.50pm-6.30pm Open discussion: Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism in the Arab world. The global mission of the UAE and the role of philosophy Monday 9th April Morning session 10.00am - 1.20pm 10.00am-11.00am Chen Xia (CASS Beijing) A Daoist View of Ecology: Dao and Beings, Nature and People 11.00am-11.10am Break 11.10am-12.10pm Marco Di Branco (Università degli Studi di Padova) The Greeks and their Philosophers in the Arabic Historical Sources 12.10pm-12.20pm Break 12.20pm-1.20pm Phillip Meadows (UAE University) Absences, many absences, and causation 1.20pm-2.30pm Lunch break Afternoon session 2.30pm - 6.00pm 2.30pm-3.30pm Jay Hetrick (University of Sharjah) Gilles Deleuze and Japanese Aesthetics 3.30pm-3.40pm Break 3.40pm-4.40pm William McDonald (UAE University) Nietzsche's Reception of Indian Buddhism 4.40pm-4.50pm Break 4.50pm-5.50pm Roundtable: Happiness in Western, Middle-eastern, and Asian philosophical traditions 5.50pm-6.00pm Conclusive remarks and end of symposium Location United Arab Emirates University D3-0028A, Crescent Building Business Centre Al Ain United Arab Emirates For registration and information, contact Dr. Max Cappuccio: [email protected] Contact: Dr. Max Cappuccio, Associate Professor Department of Philosophy College of Humanities and Social Sciences United Arab Emirates University P.O. Box 15551 Al Ain United Arab Emirates Email: [email protected] Web: https://chss.uaeu.ac.ae/en/symposium/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
