The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) is going to organize the 3rd Macao Humanities Forum on 6 May 2021 (Thursday). The forum will provide a platform for world-renowned scholars of different research fields to share their research with us. All members of the UM community are cordially invited to this splendid event.

In this forum, we are honored to have Professor Xiangchen SUN to deliver a lecture on the topic “Back to the Family — from a philosophical perspective (何以歸家-一種哲學的視角)”. Professor SUN is Dean of the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, Shanghai. He received his BA, MA and Ph.D. degrees at Fudan University. He has been visiting scholar/visiting professor at world-class universities such as Yale University, University of Chicago, École normale supérieure Paris and Freie Universität Berlin.  He has been selected into various prestigious talents programmes, including the National Cultural Master and “Four Groups of Talents Project” (2019), Shanghai Leading Talents (2019), and Cross-Century Talents of the Ministry of Education (2009). He has also won numerous prizes as a well-regarded researcher, including the Second Prize and Third Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Book Category and the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Article Category at the Shanghai Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Award.

Details of the forum are as follows:

Date:               6 May 2021 (Thursday)

Time:               4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Venue:             E21-G035 (FAH Lecture Hall)

Language:       Mandarin (Simultaneous interpretation into English will be provided)

Title: Back to the Family — from a philosophical perspective

Abstract:When talking about 家jia (family/home), Chinese people often have a special cordial feeling, but they have also criticized fiercely the culture of jia since the May 4th New Culture Movement. In modern Chinese philosophy, on the one hand, there is not enough space to examine the issue of jia positively. On the other hand, there is an obvious “deficiency” in the western modern “individual-subjective” philosophy. That is the reason why we see a lot of discussions of the “Other” in contemporary western philosophy. The philosophy of the “Other” still has its shortcomings. The traditional Chinese idea of 親親 qinqin (relations) may provide some solutions to the problem. In other words, this philosophy of 歸家 guijia (homecoming) may open some new possibilities in building a “warmer” life-world in the future.

Please register for the forum on or before 6 May 2021 via https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6g3TeDIzF4jM8ZM

Kindly refer to the below poster for more information.