Keynotes

Stephen C. Angle, Ph.D, serves at Wesleyan University as the Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies, as Professor of Philosophy, and as Director of the Fries Center for Global Studies. He has published extensively on human rights, political philosophy, ethics, and Chinese philosophy. He has made significant contributions to contemporary Confucian philosophy, including his development of a “progressive Confucian” perspective. His books include Progressive Confucianism and Its Critics: Dialogues from the Confucian Heartland (New York: Routledge, 2025), Growing Moral: A Confucian Guide to Life (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022), Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy: Toward Progressive Confucianism (Oxford: Polity Press, 2012), Sagehood: The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian Philosophy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009; Paperback edition, 2012), and Human Rights and Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002).