Introduction
Master Class was first concretized in the form of a three-week Master Class on a chosen theme of phenomenology during the summer break in 2007. It is organized under the auspices of the Edwin Cheng Foundation Asian Centre for Phenomenology, thanks to the generous donation of Dr. Edwin Cheng.
Two internationally renowned scholars in phenomenology will be invited to give four three-hour lectures on related topics within two weeks. The audience (app. 15-20) will be young faculties, post-doctoral fellows or advanced post-graduate students from universities of Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and other areas in the Asia Pacific region. At the end of their two-week stay, a symposium on the topics discussed in the lectures will be organized and each participant is required to take part in paper presentation followed by discussion.
It is hoped that the Symposia Phaenomenologica Asiatica can play the role of the cradle of the future generations of Asian phenomenologists, and through this can be continued our common cause: P.E.A.CE. (Phenomenology for East-Asian CircLE).
Invited Scholars
2013
David Carr
Emory University, U.S.A.
Nicolas de Warren
KU Leuven, Belgium
2012
Prof. Bernhard Waldenfels
University of Bochum, Germany
Prof. Rudolf Bernet
University of Leuven, Belgium
2011
Prof. Dan Zahavi
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. László Tengelyi †
University of Wuppertal, Germany
2010
Prof. Dermot Moran
University College Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Mauro Carbone
University of Lyon III, France
2009
Prof. Hans-Rainer Sepp
Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Ronald Bruzina
University of Kentucky, USA
2008
Prof. John Drummond
Fordham University, USA
Prof. Renaud Barbaras
University Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2007
Prof. Thomas Nenon
University of Memphis, USA
Prof. Steven Crowell
Rice University, USA
Participants' Feedback
Song GAO ,
Sun Yat-Sen University,
P. R. C.
"It helps my Ph.D. dissertation which I am working now, especially on the relationship between Husserl and Heidegger."
Hui-won KIM ,
Sungkyunkwan University,
South Korea
"It was an amazing experience for me, and I cannot forget all the collections in CUHK libraries. I will recommend this program to all of my colleagues."
Yichun HAO ,
Institute of Humanities, Guangdong University of Business Studies,
P. R. C.
"Thanks for everything you and your colleagues did to each member of the Master Class in CUHK! I really enjoyed the wonderful experience there..."
(student of year 2008)
"It is helpful for me to reflect on a philosophical development and major theoretical problem in contemporary phenomenology."
(student of year 2009)
"The very broad scope and the very different approach by both lecturers are very inspiring to the students."
(student of year 2009)
"Very inspiring, exchange of ideas and culture."