"Is Dao or Torah translatable? – Translations as a way of inter-traditional dialogue between Chinese and Jewish traditions," Tel Aviv University, Dec. 2016

Conference Announcement: "Is Dao or Torah translatable? – Translations as a way of inter-traditional dialogue between Chinese and Jewish traditions," Tel Aviv University, 14-15 December 2016. The conference is open to the public.

Theme: 36 scholars participated in the conference, where 31 papers were presented in 8 panels on various subjects. The presented papers covered a wide range of the subject, including the translation and reception of Jewish and Chinese classics, literature, historical and scientific works, philosophy of translation, and modern technology of translation. It was the first conference dealing with the translation of Chinese and Jewish classics in the framework of inter-traditional dialogue between Chinese and Jewish traditions. The keynote dialogue between Jossph Agassi and Chunying Cheng was the first encounter between a Chinese philosopher and his Jewish counterpart, in the sense of that both represented or was greatly influenced by their own traditions. The papers and the presentations are of high academic quality and many of them presented original and creative insights.

Tel Aviv University, December 14-15, 2016, organized by Zhang Ping.

 

 

"The History of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Asia," Tel Aviv University, June 2017

Conference Announcement: "The History of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Asia," Tel Aviv University, June 4-5, 2017. The conference is open to the public.

Theme: This workshop, sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies’ Yad HaNadiv grant and the Confucius institute, gathered together leading economic and intellectual historians from around the globe who presented on various issues concerning economic thought, economic practice, and public finance in China, Japan, Korea and the Middle East. The presentations generated discussion on comparative aspects of economic behavior across cultures and throughout periods.

Tel Aviv University, June 4-5, 2017, organized by Noa Grass.

 

 

 "Asian Spaces: Border-Crossing Dialogues," Tel Aviv University, May 2017

Conference Announcement: "Asian Spaces: Border-Crossing Dialogues," Tel Aviv University, 16-18 May 2017. The conference is open to the public.

Theme: The aim of our conference is to examine, in the Asian context, questions related to the interaction between humans and the physical space in which they exist; how they construct, produce, and invest physical space with meaning; and how they conceptualize and imagine the physical space that lies around, between, and beyond them. In particular, we are interested in the reciprocal or dialectical processes through which humans and space affect each other, as well as in the role of extra-human agents (such as gods, ghosts, and objects) in all of the above. Themes related to how spaces are bounded, the liminal zones around and in-between them, the divisions between what is regarded, understood, and constructed as “inside” or “outside” such spaces, are also part and parcel of our inquiry. 

Tel Aviv University, May 16-18 2017, organized by Asaf Golschmidt, Ori Sela, Udi Halperin and Liora Sarfati.

 

 

"Rethinking Time in Modern China: A Sinological Intervention," Tel Aviv University, May 2017

Conference Announcement: "Rethinking Time in Modern China: A Sinological Intervention," Tel Aviv University, 14-16 May 2017. The conference is open to the public.

Theme: Our purpose in the conference is to examine ways in which Sinology can shed new light on Modern Chinese history. We hope to do so by considering specific case studies, chosen by the participants, that focus either on specific events/issues from the modern era (past century or so), examined through the Sinological prism (of classical language, longer perspective, relevance of historical legacy etc.); or studies that focus on events/issues from earlier periods, yet used as a prism for new understanding of modern China.

Tel Aviv University, May 14-16 2017, organized by Ori Sela.