Professor Tu has given lectures at many conferences, forums, institutes, and universities. This list highlights some of the major lectures and speeches that he has given, sorted by title or year. The full text of a few selected lectures are also available in the Lectures section of this web site.
The Annual Freeman Lectureship, Wesleyan University, 1982.
Keynote Speaker, The Academy of Chinese Culture, Beijing, 1985.
Fulbright Lecturer, Peking University, 1985.
(Tenth) Ch'ien Mu Lecturer, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988.
(First) L. Cha Lecturer, Hong Kong University, 1988.
The Commencement Speaker, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1990.
GET Lecturer on Technology and Ethics, Ball State University, 1991.
Paul Desjardins Memorial Lecturer, Haverford College, 1992.
William Oliver Martin Memorial Lecturer, Rhode Island University, 1993.
Baccalaureate Speaker, Swarthmore College, 1993.
Distinguished Lecturer, North Carolina State University, 1993.
The Wood Lecturer, Vassar College, 1994.
Chuan Lyu Lecturer, University of Cambridge, 1994.
Keynote Speaker at the Plenary Session, Seventh East-West Philosophers' Conference, Honolulu, January 1995.
Keynote Speaker, Islamic-Confucian Dialogue, University of Malaya, March 1995.
Invited Guest Speaker, the Social Policy and Social Progress: United Nations' Social Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, March 6-12, 1995.
Inaugural Lecture in Memorial of Wu Teh Yao, Singapore National University, March 1995.
Inaugural Lecture in Memorial of Wu Teh Yao, Tunghai University (Taiwan), March 21, 1995.
National Lecturer, sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research; delivered 16 lectures under the general rubric of "A Confucian Critique of the Enlightenment Mentality"; lectures were given at New Delhi, Madras, Santineketan, Lucknow, and Vanarasi, November 24-December 14, 1995.
Reischauer Lecturer, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, April, 1996.
Foerster Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, September 17-19, 1996.
Duval Lecturer, New Mexico State University, December 5, 1996.
Green Visiting Professorship, University of British Columbia, March 1997.
Eugene Burke Lecturer, University of California at San Diego, April 1997.
Wing-tsit Chan Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Honolulu, January 23, 1998.
Keynote Speaker at the Plenary Session, World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August, 1998.
Inaugural Lecture of Yuelu Academy Lecture series, October 17, 1999.
Inaugural Lecture of Henry Y. H. Fong Lecture in Chinese Studies, University of Victoria, October 20, 1999.
The Fengqi Lectures in East China Normal University, October 2001.
The Tasan Lectures, Korea, November 2001.
