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Assistant Professor

Dr. ZHANG, Ellen Y

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Email : eyzhang@hkbu.edu.hk

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 I. Education

  • Ph.D in Philosophy of Religion (Rice University, U.S.A. 1995)

  • M. A. in Chinese Literature (Renmin University, P. R. China, 1987)

  • B.A. in English Literature (Beijing Normal University, P. R. China, 1984)

 II. Academic Experience

    1. Subjects Taught:

  • Nature and Human Beings in Chinese and Western Cultures

  • Philosophy of Life in Laozi and Zhuangzi
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    2. Research Interests:

  • Comparative Philosophy and Religion

  • Lao-Zhuang Philosophy

  • Buddhist Philosophy

  • Hermeneutics
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    3. Position:

  • Assistant Professor, Religion and philosophy Department, Hong Kong Baptist University 

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 III. Publications

    1. Articles:
  • "Review: Contrast and Compatibility between the Chinese and Western Philosophies" (¡§Tao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy¡¨ Sept. 2005) 

  • ¡§The Chan Mind: Transmission or Mission-Of-Translation?¡¨ (¡§Tao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy¡¨ Dec. 2004) 

  • ¡§Ji-Zang¡¦s Sunyata-Speech: Derridean Dénégation with Buddhist Negations¡¨ (Buddhism and Deconstructions (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004) 

  • Review on The Moral Philosophy of Mengzi" ("Journal of Chinese Philosophy", 2003)

  • ¡§Female Sexuality in the Sunujing¡¨ (Image of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture (Hackett Publishing, 2003)

  • "Love, Life and Death: The Dionysian Spirit of Juan Chi and Neo-Taoists" ("Journal of Chinese Philosophy", June 1999)

  • "The Neo-Confucian Concept of Body and Its Ethical sensibilities" (Confucian Bioethics (Kluwer Publishers, 1999)

  • "Icon Without Logos, Theology Without Ontology" (Cross Currents, 1993) 
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    2. Editing and Translations:

  • Marriage: A Cultural Comparison (Devry Publisher, 1995)

  • The Act of Reading (in cooperation with others, Hunan Wenyi Chubanshe, 1991)

  • Epics (in cooperation with Jin Huimin, Beiyue Chubanshe, 1987)

  • "On Symbolism" (Renmin University Press, 1990)
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    3. Conference Paper Presentations:

  • "Ch'an Mind and Ch'an Philosophy - A Response To Dale Wright's Interpretation of Ch'an Buddhism" (the annual conference of the American Philosophical Association, Philadelphia, 2003)

  • "Daoism in the West: Issues on Cross-cultural interpretations " (the annual conference of the American Academe of Religion, 2002)

  • "The Confucian Hermeneutics" (the annual conference of the American Academe of Religion, Boston, 2001)

  • "The Negation in San-Lun Buddhism" (the annual conference of the American Philosophical Association, Philadelphia, 2000)

  • "Orality and Literacy: The Ch'an Ko'an" (the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, 2000) 

  • The Incarnated Rhetoric of Female Virtue in the Ming/Qing Confucianism" (the annual conference of the American Academe of Religion, Florida, 1998)

  • "Grammacentrism and the Transformation of Rhetoric" (the International Conference for Comparative Religion, 1998)

  • "Forgetfulness and Memory: Subjectivity in Ch'an Buddhism and Augustine (the 4th conference of the International Association of Asian Philosophy and Religion, Los Angelos, 1997)
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    4. Invited Speeches

  • "The Beauty of the Strokes: The Aesthetic Sensibility of Chinese Calligraphy" West Chester University, P.A., U.S.A. 2004)

  • "The Yin and Yang of the "Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon" (Rowan University, N.J., U.S.A. 2003)

  • "The Confucian Studies in North America - In Memory of Professor Julia Ching" (Toronto, Canada, 2003)

  • "Buddhism and Deconstruction" (Trinity College, NY, U.S.A., 1999)

  • "Life and Death in Traditional Chinese Thought" (The Institute of Life-and-Death Studies, Foguang University, Taiwan, China, 1998)

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 IV. Other Professional Activities

    1. Serving on editorial Boards:

  • ¡§Chinese & International Philosophy of Medicine Quarterly¡¨ (a professional journal in Chinese published in Hong Kong by Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers)

  • ¡§Journal for Cultural & Religious Theory¡¨ (an on-line journal devoted to both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship of a cutting-edge nature that deals broadly with the phenomenon of religion and cultural theory)

  • ¡§Tao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy." (A Quarterly Journal sponsored by the APCA)
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    2. Book Reviewing:

  • Reviewing articles and book manuscripts for several publishers including SUNY and Oxford University Press
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    3. Association:

  • Member of American Academy of Religion

  • Member of the American Philosophical Association

  • Member of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America  

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