Email

roneill@um.edu.mo

Tel

(853) 8822 4246

Office

E21-4103

Consultation Hours

Tuesdays, 14:00–15:00

Thursdays, 9:00–10:00

Rory Edmund O’NEILL

Introduction

Prof Rory O’Neill is a scholar of early Chinese thought dedicated to integrating Chinese- and English-language traditions. His courses encourage reflective engagement with methodological approaches, including intercultural and interdisciplinary challenges. Drawing on his experience living, studying, and teaching in China, he helps students explore philosophy in ways that connect different languages, cultures, and ways of thinking.

Research Interests

Pre-Qin Philosophy, Daoist Philosophy, Chinese Legalism, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Professional Experience

2024–2025      Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

Education

PhD in Philosophy, East China Normal University

MA in Philosophy, East China Normal University

BA in Chinese Studies and Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland

Courses Taught

Political Philosophy

Daoist Philosophy

Introduction to Asian Philosophy

Professional Affiliations

2025–present   European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP)

2022–present   International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP)

2020–present   Comparative Philosophy Research Initiative (CPRI)

  1. Balancing Digital Discourses: Daoist Philosophy and Social Media. In Dialogues with Classical Chinese Philosophy, Aleksandar Stamatov (ed.), 92–107. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 10.4324/9781003605706-6
  2. ‘Public-mindedness’ (gong公) as an epistemic virtue in the political philosophies of the Shenzi慎子 and the Xunzi 荀子. Asian Philosophy. 10.1080/09552367.2025.2493452
  1. Publicness as Backdrop for the Shanghai Museum ‘Shenzi’ Fragments. Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 24: 285–308. 10.1007/s11712-025-09990-x

 

  1. On Roger Ames’s ‘The Confucian Concept of the Political and “Family Feeling” (xiao) as its Minimalist Morality’ (with Zheng Heyang). Chinese Literature and Thought Today. 54 (3–4): 143–145, 10.1080/27683524.2023.2264699
  2. Daoist Economic Ethics (with Hans-Georg Moeller). In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics, Al Barrera & Roy Amore (eds.), 128–144. New York: Oxford University Press. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192894328.013.7
  3. A Philosophy of Moderation: The ‘Center’ as an Interpretive Key to the Lao–Zhuang Texts (with Riccardo Peruzzi). Religions14, no. 10: 1320. 10.3390/rel14101320
  1. Navigating Comparative Space: Longobardo’s Reading of SHAO Yong and the ‘Ten Thousand Things – One Body’ Axiom (with Mateusz Janik). Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 22: 457–472. 10.1007/s11712-023-09895-7
  1. Review of A Study in Huang-Lao Thought from Warring States to Early Han, by Gao Xinhua. Philosophy East and West, vol. 73 no. 4: 1–5. 10.1353/pew.2023.a909979
  2. The King of the Blues: First-Hand Religious Experience at Sing Sing Prison. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. 36 (1): 47–61. 10.3138/jrpc.2022-0021
  1. Expert vs. influencer: Philosophy presented under conditions of second-order observation (with Hans-Georg Moeller & Fai Chiang Hio). Human Affairs 31.4: 470–478. 10.1515/humaff-2021-0041
  1. Combatting Student Alienation: Community Building in the Academic Philosophy Café (with Wang Huiling). Journal of Humanities Therapy. 12 (1): 7–25. 10.33252/jht.2021.06.12.1.7
  1. The Role of Second Language Learning in Practical Philosophy Education (with Wang Huiling). Philosophical Practice and Counseling. 10: 35–55. 10.51395/KSPP.2020.10.35

2024–2025      “Super Postdoc” (超級博士後), Fudan University

2020–2024      “New Sinology” Fellowship (新漢學計畫獎學金), Confucius Institute

2020                “Outstanding MA Thesis” Award, East China Normal University

2010–2011      “Scholar of the Year,” College of Arts and Social Sciences, University College Cork