Registration of Being, Thinking and Meaningfulness of Life–International Conference in Memory of Professor Vincent Shen -- June 6 to 8, 2024

Contemporary Chinese New Scholastic philosopher Professor Vincent Shen (1949-2018) made outstanding contributions to the integration of Scholastic philosophy and Chinese philosophy throughout his life. To commemorate the sixth anniversary of Professor Vincent Shen’s death, the Department will specially host the “Being, Thinking and Meaningfulness of Life - International Conference in Memory of Professor Vincent Shen on the Sixth Anniversary of His Death” at Fu Jen University’s Guoxi Building from June 6 to June 8, 2024. On the one hand, it continues Vincent Shen’s efforts to localize or indigenize Catholic Scholastic philosophy and further seeks to solve the dilemma of Chinese modernity. On the other hand, in the post-metaphysical, post-secular, and post-globalization era, it actively explores new directions for the theoretical research of Chinese New Scholastic philosophy, actively resolves interpretive conflicts in cross-cultural philosophy and religious dialogue, and in the AI era, between the self and the diverse other, about ultimate reality, being and death, natural ecology and environmental ethics, the translatability of art and aesthetics, Chinese and Western medical philosophy, care ethics, care philosophy or philosophical counseling and other philosophical practices. The co-organizers of this conference include: Fu Jen University Catholic Academic Research Institute, Fu Jen University Department of Religion, National Chengchi University Department of Philosophy, National Central University Institute of Philosophy, École des hautes études en sciences sociales /Centre de recherches sur les arts et le langage; Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Catholic University in America; Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto. The sponsoring unit is _Cardinal Yu Bin Catholic Talent Cultivation Foundation, and the supporting unit is _Candor Foundation Inc. USA.

For related information about this conference, please click on the conference website. Online registration is open from April 10, 2024, to June 1, 2024.

Please note: If you have not completed online registration in advance during the conference, the conference will not be able to provide meal service on the day.

Chinese Registration Linkhttps://forms.gle/kKFU4mSiWy5zaero8

English Registration Linkhttps://forms.gle/WbLVvcRS4kEWGCZk7