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Prof. Tu Weiming, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University, Research Professor at Harvard University and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is invited by the New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to host the New Asia Lecture on Confucianism in mid-November 2013. Professor Tu will deliver three public lectures on New Asia Spirit and Confucian Spirit during his visit. The lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. All are welcome. Free Admission. 

Professor Tu received his B.A. from Tunghai University in Taiwan, M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard University from 1981 to 2010 and has also taught Chinese intellectual history, philosophies of China, and Confucian humanism at various institutions including Tunghai University, Princeton University, University of California at Berkeley and Peking University. His renowned publications include ‘Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation’, ‘Way, Learning, and Politics: Essays on the Confucian Intellectual’ and the ‘Global Significance of Concrete Humanity: Essays on the Confucian Discourse in Cultural China’. 

New Asia College has long been recognized as the leader in the study of Confucianism in the 20th Century.  Influence of its founders, Ch’ien Mu, Tang chun-i, Mou Tsungsan and Xu Fuguan, has spread beyond the Chinese academia to the world. As renowned scholars in Confucianism, they have expressed great concern on the development of contemporary Chinese society as well as the relation of China to the rest of the world. 

Confucianism has been the core value of Chinese society and one of the most significant influences in eastern cultures for centuries. Confucianism has faced challenges during different time periods in history, especially in contemporary China. With the rapid growth in economy and abundance of resources, there has been a growing interest in understanding our traditional culture for the purpose of personal cultivation. In response to this demand, the New Asia College, with the generous support from Moonchu Foundation, has established the ‘New Asia Lectures on Confucianism’ in 2013. 

Moonchu Foundation has been supporting and co-organizing various cultural education activities, such as seminar and cultural exchange programme. 

Details of the New Asia Lecture on Confucianism 2013 are as follows: 

1^st Lecture
My Embodied Understanding of the New Asia Spirit

2^nd Lecture
The Significance of the Confucian Humanistic Spirit

3^rd Lecture
The Confucian Critical Spirit – The Meaning of Intellectual Inquiry

Enquiries:
Ms. Michelle Lam (Tel: 3943-9680 Email: michellelam@cuhk.edu.hk)
Ms. Carmen Lam (Tel: 3943-8615 Email: carmenlam@cuhk.edu.hk)