中山大学哲学系（珠海）成功举办亚洲宗教与民族主义国际研讨会
Routledge International Conference on Religion and Nationalism in Asia held by
Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), SYSU
On November 19-20 Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai) held the 2016 Routledge International Conference on Religion and Nationalism in Asia. The conference provided an opportunity for the contributors to Volume VIII of the Routledge Series of Political Theories in an East Asian Context to meet to present their works-in-progress and to finalize the details of the text prior to its publication.
The editor of the series, Professor Jun-Hyeok Kwak, began the proceedings by thanking the distinguished guests for their attendance. Department Chair, Professor Chen then provided the attendees with an introduction to Department of Philosophy(Zhuhai), and set out its goal to become a world-class, internationally oriented, research center for the study of Political Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, and Religious Studies. Professor Kwak then provided an update on the progress of the series, noting that Volumes V-VII will be published next year, and that there is the possibility of publishing up to twenty volumes in total.
The first session of the conference was focused on Theory. It featured two papers: one by the editor of the volume, Professor Giorgio Shani, on “The Nation as Political Theology: Colonialism, Religion, and Nationalism in South Asia”, and another by Professor Kwak on “Religious Nationalism with Reciprocal Non-domination: Ahn Chango’s Humanitarian Cosmopolitanism”. A response was then provided by Dr. Luis Rodrigues, a Research Fellow at Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai).
The second session was focused on Historical Appropriations and featured papers by Professor Wei Hua on “Augustine, the Donatists and Religious Nationalism: History and Reflection”, Professor Takashi Kibe on “The Irony of Secularist Nation-Building in Japanese Modernity: Inoue Kowashi and Fukuzawa Yukichi”, and Professor Atsuko Ichijo on “Political Modernity in East Asia: Religion, Nationalism, and the Subversion of Imperialism”. A response was then provided by Dr. Tim Beaumont, a Research Associate at Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai).
The third and final session focused on Empirical Questions and featured papers by Professor Zhibin Xie on “The Structural Problem of Religious Freedom in China: Towards a Confucian‐
Christian Synthesis”, Professor Chih-yu Shih on “Post-Chinese Reconnections through Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity”, and Professor Kosuke Shimizu on “Buddhism, Cosmology, and the Great East Asian Co-prosperity Area: Contradictory relations of Multiculturalism and Nationalism in the Pre-war period Japan” . A response was then provided by Shi-Chi LAN, Associate Professor of History, National Chengchi University.
One theme which dominated the discussion was the significance of each of the participants’ contributions for the questions of whether and, if so, how militant nationalism may be regulated in East Asia. By extension the participants grappled with the question of the relationship between religion, nationalism, and the appropriate normative foundation for maintaining peaceful co-existence in the region in the 21st century.
中山大学哲学系（珠海）成功举办亚洲宗教与民族主义国际研讨会
2016年11月19至20日，中山大学哲学系（珠海）举办了2016年劳特里奇亚洲宗教与民族主义国际研讨会。本次研讨会主要就亚洲宗教及民族主义的理论开展讨论，来自中、日、英等国十余位学者共聚一堂。
本次会议开幕式由哲学系（珠海）陈建洪教授主持并致辞，陈教授首先对与会嘉宾表示欢迎，并介绍了哲学系（珠海）的创建缘起及发展愿景。
本次研讨会主要为规划落实《东亚政治理论系列丛书》在世界级学术出版社——英国劳特利奇出版社的出版事宜。哲学系（珠海）郭峻赫教授作为该出版社《东亚语境中的政治理论》系列的丛书主编，统筹主持是次研讨会。
本次会议共计三场次。第一场主题为宗教与民族主义的理论问题。本书主编之一国际基督教大学的Giorgio Shani教授介绍论文“The Nation as Political Theology: Colonialism, Religion, and Nationalism in South Asia”。郭峻赫教授介绍论文为“Religious Nationalism with Reciprocal Non-domination: Ahn Chango’s Humanitarian Cosmopolitanism”。我系研究员Luis Rodrigues担任本场次评论人。
第二场主题为宗教与民族主义的历史维度，首先由华侨大学花威教授介绍“Augustine, the Donatists and Religious Nationalism: History and Reflection”、国际基督教大学Takashi Kibe教授“The Irony of Secularist Nation-Building in Japanese Modernity: Inoue Kowashi and Fukuzawa Yukichi”，以及来自英国金斯顿大学Atsuko Ichijo教授所带来的“Political Modernity in East Asia: Religion, Nationalism, and the Subversion of Imperialism”。本场次评论工作由我系副研究员Tim Beaumont负责。
第三场主题涉及宗教与民族主义的经验实证层面，所介绍文章分别为：同济大学谢志斌教授 的“The Structural Problem of Religious Freedom in China: Towards a Confucian‐
Christian Synthesis””、台湾大学石之瑜教授的“Post-Chinese Reconnections through Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity”，和龙谷大学Kosuke Shimizu教授的“Buddhism, Cosmology, and the Great East Asian Co-prosperity Area: Contradictory relations of Multiculturalism and Nationalism in the Pre-war period Japan”。来自台湾政治大学的蓝适齐副教授担任本场次评论人。
本次研讨会深入探讨了当前东亚地区的政治与宗教问题，针对区域与文化间的和平共存提出了建设性的解决方案。透过与会者的热烈参与，哲学系（珠海）的国际影响及学科专业化将获得进一步的提升。
