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Conferences
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June 5-8, 1998
Welcome and Opening Remarks -
Lawrence Sullivan, Director, CSWR
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Bucknell University, Conference Series Coordinators
Norman Girardot, Lehigh University and Livia Kohn, Boston University, co-conveners for the Taoism Conference
Keynote address -
Kristofer Schipper, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, and University of Leiden
Taoist Ecology: The Inner Transformation. A Study of the Precepts of the Early Taoist Ecclesia - ABSTRACT
Beginning Orientations: Questions and Answers
Chair - Norman Girardot
Jordan Paper, York University
"Taoism" and "Deep Ecology:" Fantasy and Potentiality - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Julian Pas, University of Saskatchewan
Michael LaFargue, University of Massachusetts, Boston
"Nature" As Part of the Human-Cultural World in Taoist Thought - ABSTRACT
David Hall, University of Texas, El Paso
From Reference to Deference: Taoism and the Natural World - ABSTRACT
Read by: Roger Ames, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Respondent - Russell Goodman, University of New Mexico
Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Historical Context, I
Chair - Livia Kohn
Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia
"Life," "Nature," and "Responsible (Non-)Action:" Perspectives from the Neiye, Zhuangzi, and Taode Jing - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Lisa Raphals, Bard College
Liu Xiaogan, National University of Singapore
Non-action (Wuwei) and the Environment Today: Conceptual and Applied Study of Laozi's Philosophy - ABSTRACT
Respondent - James Miller, Boston University
Robert F. Campany, Indiana University
Ingesting the Marvelous: The Taoist's Relationship to Nature According to Ge Hong, 283-343 C.E. - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Edward Davis, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Roundtable Discussion on Taoism and Ecology by Taoist Practitioners
Moderator- Livia Kohn, Boston University
Participants - Charles Belyea, Orthodox Taoism in America
Vincent Chu, Gin Soon T'ai Chi Club
Weidong Lu, New England School of Acupuncture
Rene Navarro, International Healing Tao Center
Dan Seitz, New England School of Acupuncture
Linda Varone, Dragon and Phoenix Feng Shui
Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Historical Context, II
Chair - Norman Girardot, Lehigh University
Lai Chi-tim, Chinese University of Hong Kong
A Study of the Concept of Zhong-he, Central Harmony in the Taiping Jing: Human Responsibility for the Maladies of Nature - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Richard Wang, University of Chicago
Toshiaki Yamada, Toyo University, Tokyo
Pantheism and the Respect for Natural Beauty in Taoism - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Franciscus Verellen, Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, Paris
Thomas Hahn, University of Heidelberg
Wild Thoughts: On Taoist Notions of Wilderness - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Terry Kleeman, College of William and Mary
Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Cultural Context
Chair - Livia Kohn, Boston University
Jeffrey Meyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Taoist Chinese Gardens as Ecological Texts - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Robert Weller, Boston University
Chu Ron Guey, Academia Sinica, Taipei
Chinese Geomancy in Environmental Perspective - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Peter Nickerson, Duke University
E. N. Anderson, University of California, Riverside
Flowering Apricot: Environmental Practice, Folk Religion, and Taoism - ABSTRACT
Respondent - John Patterson, Massey University, New Zealand
Plenary Session: A Taoist and Confucian Dialogue about Ecology
Moderator - Mary Evelyn Tucker, Bucknell University
Kristofer Schipper, University of Leiden, in conversation with Tu Weiming, Harvard University
Chair - Norman Girardot, Lehigh University
Anne Birdwhistell, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
The Ecology Question in Taoism: Can Ancient Texts Speak to Contemporary Issues? - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Michael Puett, Harvard University
Roger Ames, University of Hawaii, Manoa
The Local and Focal in Realizing a Taoist World - ABSTRACT
Respondent - Paul Kjellberg, Whittier College
Jonathan Herman, Georgia State University
Taoist Environmentalism in the West: Ursula Le Guin's Transmission of Taoism - ABSTRACT
Respondents - J. P. Seaton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Ursula Le Guin, Portland, Oregon
