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Notice|2025 Confucian Studies Summer Institute Enrollment Guide

How can the Chinese story be told?

What exactly is Chinese culture?And what is Western culture?How can we enable foreigners to grasp the spirit of Chinese culture, and Chinese to understand Western culture better?We have held the International Confucian Studies Summer Institute for fourteen years from 2011 to 2024.Applying a comparative cultural hermeneutics, we try to shed light on the interdependent structures of meaning between China and the West.In so doing, we try to excavate uncommon assumptions and common misconceptions.At the same time, we strive to promote the common values of humanity through mutual learning.

01 Professors

Roger T.Ames

Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University

Chenshan Tian

Advisor of the International Confucian Association

Robin Wang

Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University

Yang Chaoming

Distinguished Professor at the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies at Shandong University

Hans-Georg Moeller

Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Macau

Wen Haiming

Professor of Renmin (People’s) University of China

Zhao Yanfeng

Associate Professor of the Peking University

02 Course Information

Part One: 14th of July—20th of July, 2025 (Conducted in English)

Part Two: 21st of July—26th of July, 2025 (Conducted in Chinese)

For reference only

One

Two

03 Activities

04 Accommodation

Arrangement Standards for Participants' Accommodation:

Accommodation and catering are uniformly arranged. The address of accommodation is in the city district of Danyang City, Jiangsu Province. The specific address will be provided on further notice. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all buffet service.

05 Admission Information

Target Groups and Quota:

a)Scholars in institutions of higher education who are currently or intending to engage in Chinese and Western cultural comparative studies, cross-cultural research, overseas research in Sinology and all relevant academic research.

b)Scholars or professionals engaged or aspires to engage in English translation.

c)Personnel who are currently or intending to engage in Chinese cultural communication, international cultural exchange, journalism, economics and other fields of communication.

d)Members of the community who are interested in Chinese traditional culture.

Important Dates:

Registration Deadline：1st of July 2025

Duration of Online Course：14th of July– 25th of July 2025

Opening Ceremony:14th of July 2025

Closing Ceremony: 26th of July 2025

Location

Offline: Danyang, Jiangsu Province, China

Online: Voov Meeting

Fee

Offline:

Tuition fees are free of charge for all scholars (Chinese and foreign) admitted into this programme. Chinese scholars must pay a 3000RMB fee for accommodation and catering services, payment is made on registration to the hotel (the hotel can provide an invoice if required). Accommodation and catering for foreign scholars will be covered by our sponsors (this does not include flights and train tickets).

Online:

The workshop tuition fees are free of charge (Chinese and foreign scholars).

Registration

Method of Registration: Scan to Register

You can also click "Read More" to fill in the online registration form.

Other Items

a)Textbook: A Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy, A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy. Purchased at participants' own expense.

b)Graduation requirements: Complete an essay related to the interpretive contexts of Sino-Western culture and Chinese culture. The essay must be at least 5000 words.

c)Graduation Certificates will be awarded to participants who pass evaluation.

06 Sponsors, Co-organizer