All sessions will be held at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.
Day 1
9.00 a.m.–9.20 a.m.
9.20 a.m.–9.30 a.m.
9.30 a.m.–10.50 a.m.
Chair
Roy K-H Tseng｜Academia Sinica
Presenters
Ryu Susato｜Keio University
Hume, Radical Writers, and Imperial Decline in 1776
Elena Yi-Jia Zeng｜University of London
Humean Skepticism and the Nature of Pluralist Politics
Koichiro Matsuda｜Rikkyo University
David Hume and Meiji Japan
11.10 a.m.–12.50 p.m.
Chair
Ming-Jen Lin｜National Taiwan University
Presenters
Hsiang-Ke Chao｜National Tsing Hua University
Adam Smith in Republican China
Ruey-Hua Liu｜National Tsing Hua University
Ying Lei｜National Tsing Hua University
It Was Born This Way: The Origin of Identity Economics in The Wealth of Nations
Jeng-guo Chen｜Academia Sinica
An Agrarian Smith?: Adam Smith on Agriculture in the progress of society
Weidong Luo｜Zhejiang University [Online]
TBA
2.10 p.m.–4.40 p.m.
Chair
Kevin K. M. Chang｜Academia Sinica
Discussant
Ke-Chin Hsia｜Indiana University
Presenters
Erica Charters｜University of Oxford
Mapping Global Manpower in 1776: Knowledge in the British and French Empires
Guy Chet｜University of North Carolina
The American Revolutionary War through Foreign Eyes
Tasi-Yeh Wang｜Fu Jen Catholic University
From Corruption to Conscience:
Richard Price and the Moral Transformation of Republican Liberty in 1776
Cho-Chien Feng｜Fu Jen Catholic University
An Alternative Spirit of 76: The Response of Loyalists and Moderates to Paine’s Common Sense
Day 2
9.30 a.m.–10.40 a.m.
Chair
Charles C-H Lee｜Academia Sinica
Presenters
Chia-Ming Chen｜Academia Sinica
Commercial Republicanism at Sea:
The American Revolution, the Barbary Powers, and Mediterranean Order
Chien-Yuen Chen｜National Taiwan Normal University
TBA
11.00 a.m.–12.10 p.m.
Chair
Carl K.Y. Shaw｜Academia Sinica
Presenters
Alvin Chen｜Academia Sinica [Online]
TBA
Chia-Yu Chou｜National Chengchi University
Revisiting Locke in America
1.10 p.m.–3.20 p.m.
Chair
Chu-Yang Wei｜National Chung Cheng University
Discussant
Jia-Hau Liu｜National Taipei University
Presenters
Chien-Kang Chen｜National Chengchi University
Yu-Min Lin｜Academia Sinica
Freedom, Adaptation, and the Making of the Modern Citizen:
Evolutionary Liberalism in Liang Qichao and Herbert Spencer
Chia-Hao Hsu｜National Sun Yat-sen University
TBA
Li Chen｜Fudan University [Online]
John Stuart Mill on Literary Education as a Remedy for the Evils of Mass-Democratic Civilization: Classical Literature and Modern Poetry
3.40 p.m.–4.40 p.m.
Keynote Speech
Of Kings and Presidents: Monarchy and the Framing of the Constitution
Eric Nelson｜Harvard University
Chair: Jeng-Guo Chen｜Academia Sinica
4.50 p.m.–5.20 p.m.
5.30 p.m.