Day One, Jan. 13 2023
All Sessions are held at: Don Myers Technology and Innovation Building (DMTIB) Room 217
9:10-9:20 Arrival
9:20-9:30 Opening remarks, Jin Y. Park (American University)
Session I: Moderator: Eyal Aviv (George Washington University)
12:30-1:30 Lunch
Session 2: Moderator: Pascal Sooil Kim (American University)
6:30 Dinner
9:10-9:20 Arrival
9:20-9:30 Opening remarks, Jin Y. Park (American University)
Session I: Moderator: Eyal Aviv (George Washington University)
- 9:30-10:20 Juhn Ahn (University of Michigan), “Buddhism's Dark and Mysterious Ways”
- 10:35-11:25 Jung-yeup Kim (Kent State University), “Chinese/Korean neo-Confucian Philosophical Encounters with Buddhist Emptiness”
- 11:40-12:30 Hyo-dong Lee (Drew University), “Everyone Can Be a Sage-Ruler: Toegye, Nongmun, and the Idea of Political Equality”
12:30-1:30 Lunch
Session 2: Moderator: Pascal Sooil Kim (American University)
- 1:30-2:20 Suk Gabriel Choi (Towson University), “A Reflection on Korean Traditional Music from Confucian and Buddhist Perspectives”
- 2:35-3:25 Joseph Harroff (American University), “Growing Intelligence by Appreciating Things: On Zhu Xi's Commentary and Emendation of the Expansive Learning, 體用Ti-Yong Dialectics and Confucian Pragmatic Democracy”
- 3:40-4:30 Jing Hu (Concordia University), “Shame and Moral Contamination in Early Confucian Philosophy”
- 4:45-5:35 Doil Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, “Confucian Humility in Neo-Confucian Thought: with a focus on the ideas, “having something without dwelling in it” and no-self”
6:30 Dinner
Day Two, Jan. 14 2023
9:00-9:10 Arrival and opening remarks
Session 3: Keynote Speech, Moderator and Translator: Yun Woo Song (American University)
Session 4: Moderator: Yun Woo Song (American University)
12:20-1:20 Lunch
Session 5: Moderator: Jea Sophia Oh (West Chester University)
Session 6: Roundtable
6:00 Closing Dinner
Session 3: Keynote Speech, Moderator and Translator: Yun Woo Song (American University)
- 9:10-10:10: Youngho Lee (Sungkyunkwan University), “An Aspect of Interchange between Confucianism and Buddhism based on the Exegetical Tradition of the Analects”
Session 4: Moderator: Yun Woo Song (American University)
- 10:25-11:15 Leah Kalmanson (University of North Texas), "'Let Us Give up Our Meditation Cushions!': A Confucian-Buddhist Conversation on the Power of Mental Cultivation”
- 11:30-12:20 Steven Heine (Florida International University), “Key Aspects of Chan/Zen Moral Discourse Impacted by Confucianism”
12:20-1:20 Lunch
Session 5: Moderator: Jea Sophia Oh (West Chester University)
- 1:20-2:10 Albert Walter (University of Arizona), “An Investigation into the Parameters of Buddhism in China: Hanhua 漢化 (Han ways transforming the barbarians) vs. Huahan 化漢 (Barbarian ways transforming the Han) and the Distinction between Han and Yi (Han Yi zhi bian 漢夷之辨)”
- 2:25-3:15 Hwansoo Kim (Yale University), “Family Affairs in Buddhist Monasticism: A Reconsideration of the Buddha’s First Monastic Community”
Session 6: Roundtable
- 3:30-4:30 Round table discussion: Moderated by Seung Uk Kim (Columbia University)
- 4:30-5:00 Wrap up and moving forward: moderated by Doil Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) & Jin Y. Park (American University)
6:00 Closing Dinner
