Apply Now for the Fudan International Summer School of Philosophy 2025
📅 Program Dates: August 8–16, 2025
📍 Location: School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
💬 Language of Instruction: English
🕐 Application Deadline: June 20, 2025 (Beijing Time)
Fudan University invites international students, graduate researchers, and emerging scholars to join the 2025 International Summer School of Philosophy, hosted by its School of Philosophy and supported by Fudan’s Graduate School.
This year’s theme, “Early Chinese Philosophy in Comparative and Contemporary Perspectives,” explores the classical foundations of Chinese thought and their global relevance today.
Participants will engage in in-depth courses focused on key classical texts including:
- Analects
- Mencius
- Xunzi
- Mozi
- Daodejing
- Zhuangzi
- Han Feizi
Through comparative analysis with Western philosophical texts, students will examine how ancient Chinese thinkers addressed universal human questions, and why their ideas still matter today.
All courses will be taught in English by leading scholars in Chinese and comparative philosophy.
👨🏫 Faculty Highlights
Meet a distinguished lineup of international philosophy scholars, including:
- Tao Jiang, Rutgers University
- Tongdong Bai, Fudan University / NYU Shanghai
- Franklin Perkins, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
- Ting-mien Lee, University of Macau
- Benoît Vermander, Fudan University
- Qinghua Cai, Fudan University
- Yong Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
These professors are internationally recognized for their work in early Chinese philosophy, comparative ethics, Confucian and Daoist traditions, and political philosophy.
📚 Courses & Modules Include:
- Classical Chinese Philosophy in Context
- Comparative Ethics: East and West
- Daoism and Contemporary Political Thought
- Language, Logic, and Meaning in Chinese Philosophy
- Early Confucianism and its Global Relevance
- Han Feizi and Legalist Thought in Global Perspective
✅ Eligibility
Open to:
- Final-year undergraduate students
- Graduate (MA & PhD) students
- Postdoctoral researchers
- Early-career academics in related disciplines
💸 Fees & Financial Support
- No tuition or program fees
- Free accommodation (shared room) for 30 selected students
- Priority is given to students traveling from outside Shanghai and international applicants
📝 Application Requirements
Applicants must submit the following:
- Scanned passport or ID + student ID
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) including academic background and research interests
- Academic transcripts
- A writing sample (e.g., published or unpublished paper)
- A letter of recommendation
📬 How to Apply
1. Email Submission:
Send all documents to: 📧 fdphilo_summer@163.com
Subject line format: “Name + Home Institution + Application 2025”
2. International Students:
Also register through Fudan’s online portal:
🌐 https://istudent.fudan.edu.cn/apply
➤ Program Code: 308724
🎓 Certification
Participants who complete the full program will receive an official Certificate of Completion issued by Fudan University’s Graduate School and School of Philosophy.
📞 Contact Information
- Mr. Yu Mingzhi
- 📞 Tel: +86-21-65648470
- 📧 Email: yumingzhi@fudan.edu.cn / fdphilo_summer@163.com
- 🌐 Website: https://philosummer.fudan.edu.cn/
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