'Key Texts' Conference
Details
“Key Texts in Modern Chinese Political Thought: Late Qing to Republican China”
September 27th - 28th, 2019
Location
University of Connecticut, Hartford
Hartford Times Building, Room 216, 10 Prospect Street, Hartford, CT 06103
This conference focuses on selected “key texts” in Chinese political thought from roughly the first half of the twentieth century. Conference papers analyze texts in terms of their sources and argumentation, their position in the discursive field, and their contribution to political theory. The conference as a whole ask what counts as political theory, what political theorists might learn from China, and how to construct a larger list of key texts from China. As well, paper-givers will be asked to contribute to a discussion on what might constitute a list of such key texts.
Schedule
Day 1 - Friday, September 27th
8:30 – 8:40 AM
Welcome
8:40 – 9:00 AM
Introduction: Peter Zarrow & Thomas Fröhlich
9:00 – 9:50 AM
Duan Lian (段炼): Kang Youwei, “Esoteric and exoteric essays of Master Kang”（康有為，《康子内外篇》）
Discussant: Stephen Angle9:50 – 10:40 AM
Pablo Blitstein: Kang Youwei, “On how matter can save the nation ”（康有為，〈物質救國論〉）
Discussant: Jane Gordon10:40 – 11:00 AM
Morning Refreshment Break
11:00 - 11:50 AM
Wang Fansen (王汎森): Kang Youwei, Great Commonweal（康有為，《大同書》）
Discussant: Peter Zarrow11:50 AM - 12:40 PM
Gao Bo (高波): Zhang Zhidong, Exhortation to Learning（張之洞，《勸學篇》）
Discussant: Alexus McLeod12:40 - 2:10 PM
Lunch Break
2:10 - 3:00 PM
Carl K.Y. Shaw (蕭高彥): Liang Qichao, The new citizen（梁啟超，《新民說》）
Discussant: Stephen Angle3:00 – 3:50 PM
Wen Yu (于文): Zhang Taiyan, Book written in oppression（章太炎，《訄書》）
Discussant: Alexus McLeod3:50 - 4:10 PM
Afternoon Refreshments Break
4:10 - 5:00 PM
Yue Du (杜樂): Yang Du, “On the Difference between Statism and Familism”（楊度，〈論國家主義與家族主義之區別〉）
Discussant: Fred Lee6:00 PM
Dinner (Conference Participants Only)
Day 2 - Saturday, September 28th
8:30 - 9:20 AM
Gu Hongliang (顾红亮): Liang Shuming, The final awakening of the Chinese nation’s self-salvation movement（梁漱溟，《中國民族自救運動之最後覺悟》）
Discussant: Stephen Angle9:20 – 10:10 AM
Axel Schneider (施耐德): Liang Qichao, Research methods in Chinese history （梁啟超，《中國歷史研究法》、《中國歷史研究法補編》）
Discussant: Fred Lee10:10 – 10:30 AM
Morning Refreshment Break
10:30 – 11:20 AM
Peter Zarrow: Chen Duxiu, “The basis of democratic practice”（陳獨秀，〈實行民治的基礎〉
Thomas Fröhlich: Luo Longji, On human rights（羅隆基，《論人權》）
Discussant: Jane Gordon11:20 AM – 12:10 PM
Tani Barlow: Ding Ling, “Thoughts on March 8th”（丁玲，〈三八節有感〉）
Discussant: Jane Gordon12:10 – 1:20 PM
Lunch Break
1:20 – 2:10 PM
Shellen Wu: Ding Shan, Geography and the Rise and Fall of Chinese Civilization（丁山，《地理與中華民族之盛衰》）
Discussant: Fred Lee2:10 – 3:00 PM
Li Yongjin (李永进): Mao Zedong, “On New Democracy”（毛澤東，〈新民主主義論〉）
Discussant: Thomas Fröhlich3:00 – 3:20 PM
Afternoon Refreshments Break
3:20 – 4:10 PM
Timothy Cheek: Liu Shaoqi, On the Party（劉少奇，《論黨》）
Discussant: Alexus McLeod4:10 – 5:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion and General Discussion: Jane Gordon, Fred Lee, Alexus McLeod, Stephen Angle
6:00 PM
Dinner (Conference Participants Only)
****Oral presentations of papers are limited to 15 minutes; discussants’ remarks are limited to 15 minutes. Papers and presentations may be in either English or Chinese.****
Sponsored by:
The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
&
The University of Connecticut