FOR APAC LECTURE SERIES AGORÁ
in cooperation with the Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society GSIS
“THE TIANXIA VIEWPOINT IN THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE AND THE CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE FOR MANKIND”
PROF. DR. OUYANG KANG
Director of the Institute of State Governance, Former Vice President of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Friday, 26 April 2024, 2:00-3:30 PM
Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18, 3rd floor, HS 888
Online Participation LINK
Outline of the FOR APAC Lecture Series Agorá Talk:
- The historical generation, subsequent evolution, and contemporary development of the traditional worldview；
- From the perspective of the concept of the world, modernization, globalization, and the evolution of the world pattern;
- Chinese path to modernization, new globalization and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
A Brief Introduction to Professor Ouyang Kang
Doctor of Philosophy, National Teaching Master, Dean of the Institute of National Governance at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Second level Professor of the School of Philosophy, Leading Professor of Outstanding Scholars in HUST Doctoral Supervisor, and „Changjiang Special Post Scholar“ of the Ministry of Education, Former Vice President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, member of the Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, judge of the National Social Science Foundation, member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of the Academic Style Construction Committee of the Ministry of Education, decision support Consultant of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, advisory committee member of the Hubei Provincial People’s Government, and member of the Hubei Provincial Political Consultative Conference.
He has authored more than 20 works, including „Introduction to Social Epistemology“, and published over 400 academic papers in Chinese and English in „Chinese Social Sciences“ and other journals. He has won more than 20 awards for outstanding achievements in social sciences from the national, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Province. He has led more than 20 national, provincial, and international collaborative research projects, and has gone abroad dozens of times to engage in academic exchanges and collaborative research.
Since 1992, he has been receiving special allowances from the State Council and has been selected as one of the „Cross Century Excellent Talents“ by the Ministry of Education, the „Hundred and Ten Thousand Talents Project“ by the Ministry of Human Resources, the „Teaching Master“ of the National Ten Thousand Talents Plan of the Central Organization Department, and the „Changjiang Special Post Scholar“ by the Ministry of Education. He has been teaching the „Introduction to Philosophy“ video open course in Chinese universities and the „Philosophy, Culture, and Life Wisdom“ national first-class undergraduate course. Currently, he is the chief expert of the National Social Science Fund’s major project „Big Data Driven Modernization of Local Governance“.
