4 Dec: Student Presentations of Research Papers (1) Dana Griffin - Traditional Chinese Medicine and ADHD
(2) Tiffany Thompson - filial piety in Confucianism
6 Dec: Student Presentations of Research Papers (1) Becky Hoerr -acupuncture
(2) Amy Westheimer - Daoist art
(3) Maura Binder - fengshui
11 Dec: Student Presentations of Research Papers (1) Michael Jonagan - Confucianism and American Republican Philosophy
(2) Dan Gilner - Confucian, Buddhist, and Jewish Perspectives on Poverty
(3) Patrick Brennan - Confucianism and Buddhism on the death penalty
Venue: Schiff Family Conference Center, Cintas Center, Xavier University
(NB: The Town Hall Meeting on Thursday evening is open to the public)
Organized by Xavier University's Brueggeman Center for Dialogue.
Sponsored by the University of Hawaii's East-West Center and the Freeman Foundation.
13 Dec: Conclusion. Review & Student Feedback.
Humorous student evaluations at a foreign (non-U.S.) university... Enjoy!!!
子曰:「學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆。」
The
Master [Confucius] says:
"Learning without thinking is a waste of time,
Thinking without learning is dangerous" (Analects 2:15).
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