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This event is introduced and chai red by Ibrar Bhatt (Queen’s University Belfast\, U K)\, and organised by the Multilingual University Network. For more details about th e network and its activities\, please cl ick here .
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~~~~Overview~~~~
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Chinese and Islamic Philosophies for Higher Education: A Dialogue for Contemporary Times bring s together two scholars of philosophy\, Muhammad F aruque and Shuchen Xiang\, to explore the relevanc e and contributions of Chinese and Islamic philoso phical traditions to contemporary higher education . At a time when universities around the world are reflecting on the foundations of knowledge produc tion and teaching\, this dialogue considers how ph ilosophical perspectives beyond ‘Western’ framewor ks can help re-imagine the purposes and practices of higher education. The co nversation links with ongoing debates around decol onisation in higher education\, particularly the n eed to better theorise the philosophical foundatio ns that shape how educational paradigms are concep tualised\, reproduced\, and/or critiqued. Chinese and Islamic philosophical traditions represent ric h civilisational knowledge systems that predate mo dern Western academic frameworks and continue to i nform intellectual\, social\, and ethical life acr oss much of the non-Western world. Examining these traditions\, and putting them into dialogue\, off ers an opportunity to reconsider the assumptions t hat underpin contemporary university systems and h ow higher education is done.
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Through a moderated dialogue\, the t wo philosophers will reflect on key principles wit hin their respective traditions and discuss how th ese ideas might enrich higher education today. Dis cussion will encompass the aims of teaching and le arning\, institutional structures\, and broader co nceptions of knowledge and scholarship in higher e ducation. The session will begin with questions fr om the convener\, followed by a conversation betwe en the speakers as they engage each other’s philos ophical perspectives. The event will conclude with an opportunity for audience members to participat e in the discussion through questions and reflecti ons.
\n \n By bringin g Chinese and Islamic philosophies of higher educa tion into conversation\, the event highlights the importance of plural intellectual traditions in sh aping contemporary knowledge production. It aims t o open space for deeper engagement with diverse ph ilosophical foundations and to consider how more p lural and globally grounded perspectives can contr ibute to the future of higher education.
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Speaker bios
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Muhammad U. Faru que is the Inay at Malik Associate Professor and a Taft Center Fel low (AY 2023-24) at the University of Cincinnati. He also holds a Visiting Scholar position at Harva rd University. He earned his PhD (with distinction ) from the University of California\, Berkeley\, a nd served as Exchange Scholar at Harvard Universit y and as George Ames Postdoctoral Fellow at Fordha m University. He was also educated at the Universi ty of London and Tehran University. He is author o f the award-winning book Sculpting the Self (University of Michigan Press\, 2021) which addre sses what it means to be ‘human’ in a secular\, po st-Enlightenment world. His forthcoming book Th e Interconnected Universe (University of Pitts burgh Press) offers a new framework for understand ing the relationship between human beings\, the cl imate\, and the more-than-human world\, drawing on environmental humanities\, climate science\, ecol ogical economics\, and Sufi philosophy.
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Shuchen Xiang is Mount Hua Professor of Philosophy\, Xidia n University\, Xi’an\, China. She gained a BA firs t class honours from the University of Cambridge a nd PhD (summa cum laude) from Humboldt University Berlin and King’s College London. She is the autho r of A Philosophical Defense of Culture: Persp ectives from Confucianism and Cassirer (SUNY\ , 2021)\, Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea (Princeton\, 2023) which won honourable mention at the American Soci ological Association and has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. She is co-editor of Th e Islamic-Confucian Synthesis in China (Rowma n & Littlefield\, 2023) and How China Shaped t he Enlightenment: A Transcultural History of Moder n Thought (Routledge\, 2026). Her third monog raph is entitled\, Our Deepening Coexistence: A Confucian Alternative to the Liberal-Capitalist Subject. She is the translator of History of Chinese Philosophy Through Its Key Terms (Springer). She is currently working on two monogr aphs entitled The Concept of the Political in the Confucian-Legalist State and Tianxia and Decoloniality: Chinese Philosophy and the Proj ect of Global Liberation. Author of over fort y academic articles\, she has also served as peer reviewer for Oxford University Press\, University of Hawai'i Press\, Brill\, Australasian Journa l of Philosophy\, British Journal for the History of Philosophy\, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice\ , Metaphilosophy\, amongst others.
DESCRIPTION:SRHE Members must log-in to access member registra tion rates\n \n \n \n This event is introduced and chaired by Ibrar Bhatt (Queen’s University Belfas t\, UK)\, and organised by the Multilingual Univer sity Network. For more details about the network a nd its activities\, please click here. \n \n \n \n Overview\n \n \n \n Chinese and Islamic Philosoph ies for Higher Education: A Dialogue for Contempor ary Times brings together two scholars of philosop hy\, Muhammad Faruque and Shuchen Xiang\, to explo re the relevance and contributions of Chinese and Islamic philosophical traditions to contemporary h igher education. At a time when universities aroun d the world are reflecting on the foundations of k nowledge production and teaching\, this dialogue c onsiders how philosophical perspectives beyond ‘We stern’ frameworks can help re-imagine the purposes and practices of higher education. The conversati on links with ongoing debates around decolonisatio n in higher education\, particularly the need to b etter theorise the philosophical foundations that shape how educational paradigms are conceptualised \, reproduced\, and/or critiqued. Chinese and Isla mic philosophical traditions represent rich civili sational knowledge systems that predate modern Wes tern academic frameworks and continue to inform in tellectual\, social\, and ethical life across much of the non-Western world. Examining these traditi ons\, and putting them into dialogue\, offers an o pportunity to reconsider the assumptions that unde rpin contemporary university systems and how highe r education is done.\n \n \n \n Through a moderate d dialogue\, the two philosophers will reflect on key principles within their respective traditions and discuss how these ideas might enrich higher ed ucation today. Discussion will encompass the aims of teaching and learning\, institutional structure s\, and broader conceptions of knowledge and schol arship in higher education. The session will begin with questions from the convener\, followed by a conversation between the speakers as they engage e ach other’s philosophical perspectives. The event will conclude with an opportunity for audience mem bers to participate in the discussion through ques tions and reflections.\n \n \n \n By bringing Chin ese and Islamic philosophies of higher education i nto conversation\, the event highlights the import ance of plural intellectual traditions in shaping contemporary knowledge production. It aims to open space for deeper engagement with diverse philosop hical foundations and to consider how more plural and globally grounded perspectives can contribute to the future of higher education.\n \n \n \n Spea ker bios\n \n \n \n Muhammad U. Faruque is the Ina yat Malik Associate Professor and a Taft Center Fe llow (AY 2023-24) at the University of Cincinnati. He also holds a Visiting Scholar position at Harv ard University. He earned his PhD (with distinctio n) from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and served as Exchange Scholar at Harvard Universi ty and as George Ames Postdoctoral Fellow at Fordh am University. He was also educated at the Univers ity of London and Tehran University. He is author of the award-winning book Sculpting the Self (Univ ersity of Michigan Press\, 2021) which addresses w hat it means to be ‘human’ in a secular\, post-Enl ightenment world. His forthcoming book The Interco nnected Universe (University of Pittsburgh Press) offers a new framework for understanding the relat ionship between human beings\, the climate\, and t he more-than-human world\, drawing on environmenta l humanities\, climate science\, ecological econom ics\, and Sufi philosophy.\n \n \n \n Shuchen Xian g is Mount Hua Professor of Philosophy\, Xidian Un iversity\, Xi’an\, China. She gained a BA first cl ass honours from the University of Cambridge and P hD (summa cum laude) from Humboldt University Berl in and King’s College London. She is the author of A Philosophical Defense of Culture: Perspectives from Confucianism and Cassirer (SUNY\, 2021)\, Chi nese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy o f an Idea (Princeton\, 2023) which won honourable mention at the American Sociological Association a nd has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese . She is co-editor of The Islamic-Confucian Synthe sis in China (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2023) and How China Shaped the Enlightenment: A Transcultural H istory of Modern Thought (Routledge\, 2026). Her t hird monograph is entitled\, Our Deepening Coexist ence: A Confucian Alternative to the Liberal-Capit alist Subject. She is the translator of History of Chinese Philosophy Through Its Key Terms (Springe r). She is currently working on two monographs ent itled The Concept of the Political in the Confucia n-Legalist State and Tianxia and Decoloniality: Ch inese Philosophy and the Project of Global Liberat ion. Author of over forty academic articles\, she has also served as peer reviewer for Oxford Univer sity Press\, University of Hawai'i Press\, Brill\, Australasian Journal of Philosophy\, British Jour nal for the History of Philosophy\, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice\, Metaphilosophy\, amongst oth ers.\n \n CATEGORIES:Conference CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T160000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T173000 LOCATION:Online event - link will be provided\n United King dom\n URL:https://srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=797 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR