Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa where she also received an M.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to coming to UHWO in Fall 2006, she held a tenure-track position at the University of Mary Washington, VA, 2001-2006. Her recent publications include the books: Confucianism and Women: A Philosophical Interpretation (SUNY Press, 2006/2007/2012), which has also been translated into simplified Chinese (2015) and Korean (2023); Confucian Feminism: A Practical Ethic for Life (Bloomsbury, 2024); the articles: “Confucian Religiosity through A Feminist Lens,” in Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion: Topics, Questions, Categories, eds. Timothy Knepper and Cody Dolinsek (Bloomsbury, forthcoming), “The Scarcity of Women’s Records in Antiquity: Where did All the Women Go?” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, special issue (forthcoming), “A Feminist Tribute to Roger T. Ames: Hybridity and Inclusivity,” in Beyond Comparisons, eds. Paul D’Ambrosio and Geir Sigurðsson (State University of New York Press, forthcoming), “Women and Gender in Ancient Chinese philosophy,” in Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, Vol. I, eds. Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz (Bloomsbury, 2024), “Confucianism and the Lives of Women,” in The Oxford Handbook of Confucianism, ed. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore (Oxford University Press, 2023), “Gender in Confucian Philosophy,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online; open access, 2023), “Confucian Authority and the Politics of Caring,” in Political Theory on Death and Dying, eds. Erin Dolgoy, Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Bruce Peabody (Routledge, 2022), “Confucianism Reimagined: A Feminist Project,” in One Corner of the Square: Essays on the Philosophy of Roger T. Ames, eds. Ian Sullivan and Joshua Mason (University of Hawaii Press, 2020), “A Revisionist History of Philosophy,” Journal of World Philosophies 5.1 (2020): 121-137. “Response to Amy K. Donahue, David Kim, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, and Kris Sealey on the Symposium: Why Historicizing the Canon?” Journal of World Philosophies 5.1 (2020): 163-167. She also publishes in refereed journals such as Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy East and West, The Philosophical Quarterly, International Studies in Philosophy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Journal of Chinese Religions, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, China Review International, International Communication of Chinese Culture, and Asian Philosophy. Lastly, she has been invited to give lectures/conduct workshops on various campuses such as Tel Aviv University, University of Oslo, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, The Citadel, Drake University, Shandong University, Peking University, East China Normal University, National Chengchi University, and National Taiwan University.
Ph.D. Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, May 2002
M.A. Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, August 1996
B.A. Political Science
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, December 1994
Fall 2012-Present: Professor of Philosophy
Fall 2008-Spring 2012: Associate Professor of Philosophy
Fall 2006–May 2008: Assistant Professor of Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu, HI
Fall 2001–Spring 2006: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, tenure track,
Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
University of Mary Washington, VA
Spring 1999-2000: Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI
Winter 1997: Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
Chaminade University, HI
- PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy – Survey of Problems (Initiated; Oral Communication)
- PHIL 102 Introduction to Philosophy – Asian Traditions (Initiated; OC)
- PHIL 210 Social and Political Philosophy (Initiated; OC)
- PHIL 211 Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (OC, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 213 Modern Western Philosophy (OC, Online hybrid, Online)
- PHIL 220 Introduction to Feminism (Initiated; OC & ETH)
- PHIL 302 Political Philosophy (OC, Online, WI)
- PHIL 309 Philosophers on Race (Initated; OC, ETH, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 310 Understanding Contemporary Philosophy
- PHIL 312 Ethical Studies (Initiated; ETH, OC, WI, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 331 On Friendship (Initiated; OC, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 401 Existentialism and the Human Condition (WI, Online hybrid, Online)
- PHIL 418 Feminist Philosophy (Initiated; Online hybrid, WI, ETH)
- PHIL 439 Philosophy and Film (OC, WI, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 435 Religious Dimension of Human Life (OC, ETH, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 470B Studies in Asian Philosophy – Confucianism (OC, Online hybrid)
- PHIL 491 Senior Project
- PHIL 499 Directed Reading
- PHIL 670 Confucianism (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Fall 2008)
- HUM 310 Writing Skills
- HUM 303 Comparative Traditions - Eastern and Western
BOOKS:
Confucian Feminism: A Practical Ethic for Life (Bloomsbury, 2024).
Confucianism and Women – A Philosophical Interpretation (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006/2007/2012).
儒学与女性 (Ru xue yu nü xing) – simplified Chinese translation of Confucianism and Women – trans. Jiawei Ding 丁佳伟 and Xiujuan Cao 曹秀娟 (Nanjing Shi 南京市, China: Jiangsu ren min chu ban she 江苏人民出版社, 2015).
유교와 여성 - Korean translation of Confucianism and Women (Purun Communication, 2023)
ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS:
(forthcoming) “Confucian Religiosity through A Feminist Lens,” in Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion: Topics, Questions, Categories, eds. Timothy Knepper and Cody Dolinsek. New York: Bloomsbury Publisher.
(forthcoming) “The Scarcity of Women’s Records in Antiquity: Where did All the Women Go?” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, special issue.
(forthcoming) “A Feminist Tribute to Roger T. Ames: Hybridity and Inclusivity,” in Beyond Comparisons, eds. Paul J. D’Ambrosio and Geir Sigurðsson. Albany: State University of New York Press.
(2024) “Women and Gender in Ancient Chinese philosophy,” in Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, Vol. I, eds. Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz. New York: Bloomsbury Publisher.
(2023) “Confucianism and the Lives of Women,” in The Oxford Handbook of Confucianism, ed. Jennifer Oldstone-Moore. New York: Oxford University Press.
(2023) “Gender in Confucian Philosophy,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online; open access).
(2023) “Confucian Authority and the Politics of Caring,” in Political Theory on Death and Dying, eds. Erin Dolgoy, Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Bruce Peabody. New York: Routledge.
(2021) “Confucianism Reimagined: A Feminist Project,” in One Corner of the Square: Essays on the Philosophy of Roger T. Ames, eds. Ian Sullivan and Joshua Mason. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
(2020) “A Revisionist History of Philosophy,” Journal of World Philosophies 5.1 (2020): 121-137.
(2020) “Response to Amy K. Donahue, David Kim, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, and Kris Sealey on the Symposium: Why Historicizing the Canon?” Journal of World Philosophies 5.1 (2020): 163-167.
(2017) “Ritual, Dependency Care and Confucian Political Authority,” International Communication of Chinese Culture 4:4 (2017): 493-513.
(2016) “Feminism and Multiculturalism Revisited: A Hybridized Confucian Care,” in Bloomsbury Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender Studies, ed. Ann Pang-White. New York: Bloomsbury Publisher.
(2015) “Confucian Friendship (You 友) as Spousal Relationship: A Feminist Imagination,” International Communication of Chinese Culture, 2:3 (2015): 181-203.
(2014) “Confucian Care: A Hybrid Feminist Ethics,” in Feminist-Asian Comparative Philosophy: Liberating Traditions, eds. Ashby Butnor and Jen McWeeny. New York: Columbia University Press.
(2014) “Why Care? A Feminist Re-appropriation of Confucian Xiao,” in Dao Companion to the Analects, ed. Amy Olberding. New York: Springer Press.
(2010) “A Feminist Appropriation of Confucianism,” in Confucianism in Context: Classic Philosophy and Contemporary Issues, East Asian and Beyond, eds. Wonsuk Chang and Leah Kalmanson. Albany: State University of New York Press.
(2010) “How do We Beat the Bitch?” in Beyond “Burning Bras”: Feminist Activism for Everyone, eds. Laura Finley and Emily Stringer. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publisher.
(2009) “What is the Use of Philosophy in General and Asian Philosophy in Particular to Feminism?” The American Philosophical Association (APA) Newsletter on “Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophy,” Vol 9, No.1 (Fall 2009): 3-4.
(2004) “Neiwai, Civility, and Gender Distinctions,” Asian Philosophy 14:1 (March 2004): 41- 58.
(1998) “Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics of the Self and Its Aporia,” International Studies in Philosophy 30:2 (1998): 55-67.
(1998) “What Is It about ‘Bitch’ that Makes Us Laugh?” Peace Review: A Transnational Quarterly 10:4 (Dec. 1998): 549-51.
BOOK REVIEWS:
(2020) "Review of Yinghua Lu’s Confucianism and Phenomenology (Brill, 2022)," China Review International.
(2019) “A Comparative Feminist Reflection on Race and Gender”: feature review of Bryan W. Van Norden’s Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto (Columbia University Press, 2017), Philosophy East and West, Vol. 69, No. 2 (April 2019): 627-637.
(2018) Review of Mathew Foust and Sor-Hoon Tan’s Feminist Encounters with Confucius (Brill, 2016), Hypatia Reviews Online (Oct. 2018) (digital journal).
(2016) Review of Henry Rosemont Jr.’s Against Individualism: A Confucian Rethinking of the Foundations of Morality, Politics, Family, and Religion (Lexington Books, 2015), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (Feb 2, 2016) (digital journal).
(2014) Review of Oppression and Moral Agency: Essays in Honor of Claudia Card [Special Issue of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Vol.24, No.1, Winter 2009], Journal of Chinese Philosophy 41:1-2 (March-June 2014):199-206.
(2012) Review of Femininity and Feminism: Chinese and Contemporary [A Special Issue of the Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Vol. 36, No.2, June 2009], Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 27.2 (Spring 2012):449-455.
(2010) Review of Lijun Yuan’s Reconceiving Women’s Equality in China: A Critical Examination of Models of Sex Equality (Lexington Books, 2005), China Review International 17.2 (2010): 288-294.
(2008) Review of Joanne D. Birdwhistell’s Mencius and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking (State University of New York, 2007), Journal of Chinese Religions, vol. 36 (2008): 127-29.
(2008) Review of Virginia Held’s The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global (Oxford University Press, 2006), Philosophy East and West 58:3 (July 2008): 403-7.
(2005) Review of Robin Wang’s Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period through the Song Dynasty (Hackett, 2003), Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 5:1 (Winter 2005):192-95.
(2004) Review of Bret Hinsch’s Women in Early Imperial China (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), China Review International 11.1 (Spring 2004): 112-14.
(2003) Review of Bryan van Norden’s Confucius and the Analects: New Essays (Oxford University Press, 2002), The Philosophical Quarterly 53:213 (October 2003): 609-13.
(2003) Review of James E. Tiles’ Moral Measures: An Introduction to Ethics West and East (Routledge, 2000), Philosophy East and West 53: 3 (July 2003): 425-30.
(2002) Review of Charles E. Reagan’s Paul Ricoeur: His Life and His Work (University of Chicago, 1996), International Studies in Philosophy 34:4 (2002): 184-85.
(2001) Review of Chenyang Li’s The Sage and the Second Sex: Confucianism, Ethics and Gender (Open Court, 2000), Philosophy East & West 51:3 (July 2001): 429-34.
(2000) Review of Lisa Raphals’ Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China (State University of New York Press, 1998), Philosophy East & West 50:1 (Jan. 2000): 149-53.
ONLINE NEWSLETTER:
“What is the Use of Philosophy in General and Asian Philosophy in Particular to Feminism?” The American Philosophical Association (APA) Newsletter on “Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophy,” 9:1 (Fall 2009).
(2006-present) Budge and Resources Committee Conference Travel Fund: University of Hawaii – West Oahu campus grant, $2200, Fall 2023; $2000, Spring 2023; $2080, Spring 2022; $620, Fall 2021; $2000, Spring 2020; $2000, Spring 2019; $4000, Spring 2018; $2000, Fall 2016; $2000, Spring 2016; $1,500, Spring 2015; $1,500, Spring 2014; $1,125, Spring 2013; $1,400, Fall 2011; $1,500, Spring 2010; $650, Spring 2009; $1,400, Summer 2007; $1034.78, Fall 2006.
(2020-2022) "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students" project: invited to serve as a consultant to the project organized by the Global Critical Philosophy of Religion group and supported by the Wabash Center grant, which provides grant support for the group to develop teaching pedagogy and to attend the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 20-23, 2021 with honorarium, Fall 2020-Fall 2021 as well as to attend the Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion: Topics, Questions, Categories Conference, co-funded by National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) and Wabash Center, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, March 18-20, 2022.
(2018) Diversity and Equity Initiative Grant: $1500, principal investigator, University of Hawaii system-wide grant to fund the lecture series “On Friendship,” four guest lectures planned to facilitate intercultural dialogue so as to lay ground for cross-cultural friendship, Spring 2018
(2014) Diversity and Equity Initiative Grant: $1200, principal investigator, University of Hawaii system-wide grant to fund the “Feminist Philosophers Lecture Series,” four guest lectures planned to highlight local and international feminist philosophers as a recruitment and retention effort to increase female philosophy majors, Fall 2014.
(2013) Distinguished Visiting Scholar Grant: $4,850, principal investigator, University of Hawaii – West Oahu campus grant, invited visiting scholar Dr. Ashby Butnor, Metropolitan State University of Denver, conference keynote speaker, The 3rd Annual Hawaii Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, UHWO, Kapolei, HI, Feb. 23, 2013.
(2009-2011) Biennial Charles Wei-Hsun Fu Foundation Essay Contest in Asian Philosophy: $3000, awardee, first place in the Senior Scholar category, essay title “Confucian Care: Beyond the Colonial Politics of Feminism,” 2009-2011.
(2010) National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Summer Institute: $3900, participant, five-week seminar “The Silk Roads: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural Identities,” East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, May 24 – June 25, 2010.
(2009-2010) Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Research: $3,235, University of Hawaii system-wide research grant, HI.
(2006-2008) University Research Council (URC) Conference Travel Fund: University of Hawaii system-wide grant, $1,500, Fall 2008; $1,543, Spring 2008; $1,600, Fall 2006.
(2005-2006) Teaching Innovation Program Travel Grant: University of Mary Washington campus grant, $250, Spring 2006; $500, Fall 2005; $350, Spring 2005, VA.
(2003-2006) Faculty Development Supplemental Grant: University of Mary Washington campus conference travel grant, $1,022, Spring 2006; $1,236, Fall 2005; $1,187, Summer 2005; $1,043, Spring 2005; $991, Summer 2004; $1006, Spring 2003, Frederiksberg, VA.
(2003-2004) Faculty Development Grant: $3000, University of Mary Washington system-wide research grant, Frederiksberg, VA.
(2002-2003) Faculty Development Grant: $3800, University of Mary Washington system-wide research grant, Frederiksberg, VA.
Feminist Philosophy, Ethics, and Chinese Philosophy.
(2024) “A 19th Century Colonial Production of Knowledge: Confucianism as a Religion”: paper presenter, East-West Philosophers’ Conference (EWPC), East and West Center and University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI, May 24-31, 2024.
(2023) “Revisiting the History of Illusion: Confucianism as a World Religion”: paper presenter, American Academy of Religion (AAR) annual conference, San Antonio, TX Nov. 18-21, 2023.
(2023) “The Singular Genealogy of Philosophy”: paper presenter, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) annual conference, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 9-11, 2023.
(2023) “Women and Gender in Ancient Chinese Philosophy”: paper presenter, The International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) annual conference, UC Riverside campus, Riverside, CA, June 20-23, 2023.
(2023) “Where did All the Women Go?”: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association (APA) annual conference, Pacific Division, San Francisco, April 5-8, 2023.
(2023) “Re-imagine the Philosophical Canon: the Precious Records of Women”: paper presenter, Hawaii International Conference on Chinese Studies (HICCS), UH-Manoa, Jan. 4-6, 2023.
(2022) “Using Gender as a Category of Analysis to Interrogate Confucianism”: invited conference speaker with travel grant and honorarium, Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion: Topics, Questions, Categories Conference, funded by National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) and Wabash Center, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, March 18-20, 2022.
(2022) “Constructing a Practical Confucian-Feminist Ethic”: paper presenter, Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) annual conference, San Diego, CA, March 3-5, 2022.
(2021) "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students” round-table discussion: invited discussant with travel grant and honorarium, American Academy of Religion (AAR) annual conference, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 20-23, 2021.
(2019) “Confucianism and the Lives of Women”: invited conference speaker with airfare, meals and lodging, Yenching Global Symposium (YGS), Peking University, Beijing, China, March 29-31, 2019.
(2019) “The Wellbeing of the Discipline of Philosophy: Rethinking the intersectionality of Kant, Race and the European Enlightenment”: paper presenter, Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) conference, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, March 7-9, 2019.
(2018) “Confucianism Reimagined: A Feminist Tribute to Roger T. Ames”: invited conference speaker with airfare, meals and lodging, Beyond Comparisons: Chinese Philosophy Today conference, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, August 7-11, 2018.
(2018) “Gender, Race and Comparative Philosophy: An Intersectional Feminist Consciousness”: invited keynote speaker, Conference on Interactivity, Language and Cognition (CILC), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, August 1-5, 2018.
(2018) “A Comparative Reflection on Kant and Race”: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association (APA) conference, Pacific Division, San Diego, CA, March 28-April 1, 2018.
(2018) “Dependency Care and Political Authority: A Confucian Proposal”: paper presenter, Asian Studies and Development Program (ASDP) conference, Washington D.C., March 1-3, 2018.
(2017) “Preliminary Remarks on Kant and Race: A Comparative Reflection”: paper presenter, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) conference, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, Nov. 10-12, 2017.
(2017) “Confucian Political Authority, Social Cohesion, and Dependency Care”: invited conference speaker with airfare, meals, and lodging, Minority and Philosophy - Penn Non-western Philosophy Conference: Global Feminisms, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 24-25, 2017.
(2016) “A Feminist Encounter with Confucianism”: invited lecture with reception, East Asian Lunch Seminars lecture series, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Sep 8, 2016
(2016) “On Confucianism and Women”: invited lecture with honorarium, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Summer Institute on Confucian Asia: Traditions and Transformations, June 13-July 15, 2016, East and West Center, Honolulu, HI, July 8, 2016.
(2016) “Imagine a World without Individualism: A Reflection on Henry Rosemont’s Against Individualism: A Confucian rethinking of the Foundations of Morality, Politics, Family and Religion (2015)”: paper presenter, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP), East and West Center and University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, June 2-5, 2016.
(2016) “The Place of Friendship in Spousal Relationship: You 友 and Philia”: paper presenter, East-West Philosophers’ Conference (EWPC), East and West Center and University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, May 25-31, 2016.
(2016) “A Feminist Re-imagination of Confucianism: A Practical Ethic for Life”: invited speaker with airfare, meals and lodging, Asia on its Own Terms International Workshop: Endangered Bodies - Asian Formations, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May 22-23, 2016.
(2016) “From Greek Philia to Confucian You: A Hybrid Friendship as Spousal Relationship: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association (APA), Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, March 30-April 2, 2016.
(2015) “A Comparative Reflection on Hypatia’s 2009 Special Issue in Honor of Claudia Card”: paper presenter, Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), Branson, MO, March 19-21, 2015.
(2014) “Confucianism and Daoism: A Cultural Introduction”: invited speaker with honorarium, Wabash-DePauw Seminar on Chinese Culture and Society, Mellon Foundation, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, June 30-July 11, 2014.
(2014) “When Kittay’s Love’s Labor Meets Confucian Xiao: A Hybrid Ethic of Care”: paper presenter, invited to participate in a special round-table discussion in honor of Roger T. Ames, Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), Houston, TX, March 13-15, 2014.
(2012) “What is the Use of Confucian Xiao to Feminism in Taiwan?”: invited speaker with reception, Population and Gender Studies Center (PGSC), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 13, 2012.
(2012) “Confucian Xiao and Feminist Care Ethics: An Intergenerational Labor of Love”: invited speaker with meals and lodging, Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies, Shandong University, Shandong, China, Sept. 4-7, 2012.
(2011) “Why Care? Making a Case for Confucian Xiao”: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association Annual Conference (APA), Eastern Division, Washington D.C., Dec. 27-30, 2011.
(2011) “The Entangled Relationship between Feminism and Chinese Canonical Texts”: paper presenter, Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, May 25t-28, 2011.
(2011) “Hybrid Feminist-Confucian Relational Ethics”: paper presenter, East-West Philosophers’ Conference, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, May 16-24, 2011.
(2011) “Bidirectionality of Confucianism and Care Ethics: A Feminist Response”: paper presenter, Mid-West Conference on Chinese Thought, North Central College, Naperville, IL, May 6-7, 2011.
(2010) “Intersectionality of Canonical Texts and Modernity: Confucianism as a Case Study”: paper presenter, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, Nov. 13-14, 2010.
(2010) “Political Authority and Care-giving in Confucianism”: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association (APA), Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, March 31-April 4, 2010.
(2009) “Confucian Care: Beyond the Colonial Politics of Feminism”: invited speaker, International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP), Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, July 7-15, 2009.
(2009) “Feminism, Care Ethics and Confucianism”: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association (APA), Central Division, Chicago, IL, February 18-21, 2009.
(2008) “The Middle Kingdom and its Barbarians”: paper presenter, Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), Portland, OR, September 11-14, 2008.
(2008) “Rethinking Confucian Ethics and Maternal Thinking”: paper presenter, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference (AAS), Atlanta, GA, April 3-6, 2008.
(2007) “A Confucian Reflection on Feminist Care Ethics”: paper presenter and respondent to commentator, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Conference (SACP), Pacific Grove, CA, June 10-13, 2007.
(2006) “A Confucian Response to Virginia Held’s The Ethics of Care”: paper presenter and respondent to commentator, The American Philosophical Association Annual Conference (APA), Eastern Division, Washington D.C., Dec. 27-30, 2006.
(2006) “Didactic Texts for Women and the Subversion of Nei”: invited speaker with airfare, meals and lodging, Southeast Early China Round-table, The Citadel, SC, Nov. 3-5, 2006.
(2006) “Confucianism and Women: Gender, Ritual, and Religion”: invited speaker with airfare, meals, lodging, and stipend, South Carolina International Education Consortium Conference, Greenville, SC, March 17-19, 2006.
(2006) “East Asian Religions: Confucianism and Daoism”: invited speaker with stipend, Teaching About World Religions for Social Studies Teachers, Fairfax County Public School, Fairfax, VA, March 8, 2006.
(2005) “Human Rights and Human Nature, East and West: A Philosophical Reflection”: paper presenter, Peace Conference, Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, November 4-6, 2005.
(2005) “Rectifying Nei-Wai: Friendship as Spousal Relation”: paper presenter, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Conference (SACP), Pacific Grove, CA, October 20-23, 2005.
(2005) “Hybrid Feminism: Rectifying Confucianism”: invited speaker with stipend, Institute on Infusing Eastern Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum, East-West Center, and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, August 9, 2005.
(2005) “Hybrid Feminist Theory: Confucian Feminism”: paper presenter, American Philosophical Association Annual Conference (APA), Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, March 22-27, 2005.
(2005) “Emotion, Harmony and Human Reality in Chinese Philosophy”: commentator for the three-paper panel, American Philosophical Association Annual Conference (APA), Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, March 22-27, 2005.
(2005) “A Discourse of Human Rights in a Confucian Context”: paper presenter, The Uses and Abuses of Power Public Lecture Series, Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, Jan. 27, 2005.
(2004) “Confucian Feminism – A Feminist Ethic in the Making”: invited speaker with stipend, Institute on Infusing Eastern Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum, East-West Center and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, August 2, 2004.
(2003) “Gender, Ritual Boundaries, and Civility”: paper presenter, The Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington D.C., October 24-26, 2003.
(2003) “Neiwai, Civility, and Gender Distinctions”: paper presenter, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Conference (SACP), Pacific Grove, CA, May 27-30, 2003.
(2003) “Confucianism, Theology, and Gendered Virtue Ethics”: invited speaker with airfare, meals, lodging and stipend, Conference on the Lunyu (The Analects), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, March 7-9, 2003.
(2002) “The Correlativity of Neiwai and the Womanly Sphere”: paper presenter, Civil Society: East and West Conference, Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, April 4-7, 2002.
(2002) “The Chinese Rites Controversy of the 16th –18th Centuries”: paper presenter, Religion and Freedom Public Lecture Series, Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion, University of Mary Washington, VA, April 02, 2002.
(2001) Author Meets Critics: A Panel Discussion on Moral Measures by James E. Tiles: invited book critic, Philosophy Department Colloquium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, February 16, 2001.
(1999) “Chinese Sexism and Confucianism”: paper presenter, The University of South Florida Feminist Ethics Revisited Conference, University of South Florida, Clearwater, FL, Oct. 1-3, 1999.
(1999) “Chinese Sexism and the Confucian Virtue of Familial Continuity”: invited to present the prize-winning essay, The Eleventh International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, the International Society of Chinese Philosophy (ISCP), Chinese Philosophical Association and et.al., at National Chengchi University, Taipei, and Foguang University, Chiayi, Taiwan, July 25-29, 1999.
(1998) “Gender in East Asia”: invited speaker with stipend, Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum, the East-West Center and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, August 11, 1998.
(1998) “Feminism and Chinese Philosophy”: paper presenter, The Eighth Annual Women and Society Conference, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 05-07, 1998.
(1997) “The Intermingling of Politics and Religion in Pre-modern China: The Chinese Rites Controversy in
Historical Perspective”: paper presenter, The Ninth Annual Graduate Student Conference, the School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, April 07-11, 1997.
- American Philosophical Association (APA)
- Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP)
- International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP)
- International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy (ISCWP)
- Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP)
- University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA)