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CPS China Project Activities 2020

International Symposium on “Covid-19 and Process Philosophy”, August 23, 2020(Online meeting) Theme: What Process Thought Can Do in Post-Covid-19 Times? Participants from the US are: Philip Clayton, Andrew Schwartz, Kevin Clark, Bonnie, John Becker, Meijun Fan and Zhihe Wang

 

2020 China Chongqing (Wulong) International Forum on Green Development Practice, Wulong, Chongqing, August26-28,2020

Theme: Exploring New Practical Approaches to Create Ecological Civilization

Participants from the process community are: Dr. Cobb, Paul Bube, Attila Grandpierre , Meijun Fan

Dr. Cobb delivered  a keynote speech

 

Taihe Civilization Forum, Sep.6-10, 2020 (online meeting)

Theme: “Science Culture · Future Ethics · Common Values”

Participants from the process community in the West are: Dr. Cobb, Andrew Schwartz, Arran Gare, David Schwerin, Susan Jain, and Zhihe Wang

Dr.Cobb will delivered a keynote speech

 

World Rural Revitalization Conference, Taiyuan, Shanxi, Sep.21-22, 2020

Theme: The Fate and Way out of World Countryside in the Context of Covid-19

Participants from the US process community are: Dr. Cobb, Carol Johnston, Attila Grandpierre, Yunjeong Han, Zhihe Wang

Dr. Cobb as co-honorary chairs (with Tiejun Wen, a recipient of Cobb Common Good Award) delivered a keynote speech

 

Indigenous Seeds Conservation Forum, Taigu, Shanxi, Sep.23-24

Theme: Indigenous Seeds Conservation and Rural Revitalization

Participants from the US process community are: Cliff Cobb and Zhihe Wang

Cliff Cobb delivered a keynote speech

International Summit on Life Education, Beijing, Oct.1-7, 2020

Theme: How to Deal with the conflicts in Life

Speakers from the US process community are: Dr.Cobb, Meijun Fan, and Zhihe Wang

Link here: 2020 Second International Life Education Forum·Growth of Life

 

Why Is Process Philosophy Important to Post-Covid China? Oct 6, at 10 a.m. PDT.

Prof. Xiuhua Zhang, director of Beijing Center for Process Marxism, Chinese University of Political Science and Law, will share her thoughts with John Cobb and Friends on Tuesday, Oct 6, at 10 a.m. PDT.  She was one of the lecturers in August for the International Symposium on “Covid-19 and Process Philosophy,” co-sponsored by the China Process Society, the Center for Process Studies, the Institute for Postmodern Development of China, and the Harbin Center for Process Education.  

About the Author(s)

Meijun Fan

Dr. Meijun Fan serves as the Co-Director of the China Project and is primarily responsible for overseeing Cultural Communication, the newspaper publication of the project. Additionally, she manages the Chinese visiting scholar program, conference program, and publicity efforts. Previously, Fan held the position of Vice-Chair and Professor at Beijing Normal University’s Philosophy Department. She completed her doctoral studies in Chinese traditional aesthetics and aesthetic education at the same university. Fan has authored six books and co-authored seven, including the notable work Cobb and China: An Intensive Study of Cobb’s Postmodern Ecological Civilization Thoughts. Her book Contemporary Interpretation of Chinese Traditional Aesthetic received the “Excellence Award in Philosophy and Social Science” in China in 1997. She has also published over 100 academic articles in Chinese and English.