Curriculum Vitae - Tu Weiming
This is the curriculum vitae for Professor Tu Weiming. For more information, please consult the other sections of the web site on his teaching, writings, lectures, activities, and projects.
Present Position
Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute
Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Personal Details
Born: February 1940
Place of Birth: Kunming, China
Citizenship: Naturalized U.S. Citizen, 1976
Address: 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-3369
Fax: (617) 495-7798
E-mail: wtu@fas.harvard.edu
Web page: http://fas.harvard.edu/~wtu/
Education
B.A. in Chinese Studies, Tunghai University, Taiwan, 1961
M.A. in Regional Studies -- East Asia, Harvard University, 1963
Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages, Harvard University, 1968
Main Appointments
1966-1967: Lecturer in the Humanities, Tunghai University, Taiwan.
1968-1971: Assistant Professor in East Asian Studies, Princeton University.
1971-1981: Successively Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of History, University of California at Berkeley.
1981-: Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy, Harvard University.
1983-1986: Chairman, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University.
1986-1989: Chairman, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization, Harvard University.
1996-: Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute.
1999-: Honored as the Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies, Harvard University. It is the first time that a professorship is named on “Confucian Studies” in the English-speaking world.
Selected Other Appointments
1981-: Chair, Harvard Seminar in Confucian Studies.
1984-1992: Overseas Member of Board of Directors, Institute of East Asian Philosophy, Singapore.
1988-: Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1990: Visiting Professor at L'Ecole Practique des Haute Etudes, Paris.
1990-1991: Director, Institute of Culture and Communication, East-West Center, Hawaii.
1993-: Co-chair, Seminar on “The Chinese in the Global Community,” Aspen Institute
1995-: Chair, Advisory Board of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
1997-: Member of the International Advisory Panel, Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya.
1998- 2001: Member of the Advisory Committee to the Program Committee of the Eastern Section of American Philosophical Association.
1998- 2000: Member of the International Advisory Panel, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, National University of Singapore.
2000-: Member of the International Advisory Council of Toda Institute
2001: Group of Eminent Person, the United Nation
Research Interests
Confucian Humanism, Confucian Critique of Enlightenment Mentality, theories of modernity, Chinese history and philosophy, and civilizational dialogue. A major proponent of the “Third Epoch of Confucian humanism” and the idea of "Cultural China," which attempts to understand what it means to be Chinese within a world context, Dr. Tu is currently interpreting Confucian ethics as a spiritual resource for the emerging global community.
English Publications
Traditional China (editor, with James T. C. Liu), Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1970.
Neo-Confucian Thought in Action: Wang Yang-ming's Youth (Based on dissertation The Quest for Self-realization; A Study of Wang Yang-ming's Formative Years, 1472-1509, 1968), Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976; Korean translation, 1994.
Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Chung-yung, Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, 1976.
Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Confucian Religiousness (A revised and enlarged edition of Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Chung-yung), Albany: SUNY, 1989; Chinese translation, 1999 (China).
Humanity and Self-Cultivation, Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1979; Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 1998; Chinese translation, 1988 (China) & 1992 (Taiwan).
Confucian Ethics Today: The Singapore Challenge, Singapore: Federal Publications, 1984; Chinese translation, 1989 (China).
Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation, Albany: SUNY, 1985; Chinese translation, 1991 (China) & 1997 (Taiwan).
The Way, Learning and Politics in Classical Confucian Humanism, Singapore: Institute of East Asian Philosophies, 1985.
Confucianism in A Historical Perspective, Singapore: Institute of East Asian Philosophies, 1989.
The Triadic Chord: Confucian Ethics, Industrial East Asia, and Max Weber : Proceedings of the 1987 Singapore Conference on Confucian Ethics and the Modernization of Industrial East Asia (editor), Singapore: Institute of East Asian Philosophies, 1991.
Way, Learning and Politics: Essays on the Confucian Intellectual, Singapore: Federal Publications, 1989; Albany: SUNY, 1993.
The Confucian World Observed: A Contemporary Discussion of Confucian Humanism in East Asia, (editor, with Milan Hejtmanek and Alan Wachman), Honolulu: East-West Center, 1991.
The Living Tree: Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today (editor), Stanford University Press, 1994.
China in Transformation (editor), Harvard University Press, 1994.
A Confucian Perspective on Human Rights: The Inaugural Wu Teh Yao Memorial Lectures 1995, Singapore: The Centre for the Arts of National University of Singapore, 1996.
Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity: Exploring Moral Education and Economic Culture in Japan and the Four Mini-Dragons (editor), Harvard University Press, 1996.
Confucianism and Human Rights (editor, with Wm. Theodore de Bary), New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
The Humanities and the Public Intellectual (An essay prepared for Creative America, a report by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities), Washington, D.C.: President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 1998.
Confucianism Spirituality (editor, with Mary Evelyn Tucker), Volume 11 of “World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest” Series, New York: Crossroad (forthcoming in 2002).
Dr. Tu’s publications in English also include more than 100 English articles and book chapters. For a complete list of his English publications, visit http://fas.harvard.edu/~wtu/. His article “Humanities and the Public Intellectual” will be included in Creative America, an official report of the U.S. President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Major Chinese Publications
Sannian de Xu Ai (Three Years’ Cultural Reflection in America), Taipei: Zhiwen Press, 1970.
Renwen Xinling de Zhendang (Cultivation of the Heart-and-Mind) Taipei: Shibao Publishing Company, 1976.
Ruxue di Sanqi Fazhan de Qianjing Wenti (The “Third Epoch” of Confucian Humanism), Taipei: Lianjing Press, 1989.
Rujia Ziwo Yishi de Fansi (Reflection on Confucian Consciousness), Taipei: Lianjing Press, 1990.
Rujia Chuantong de Xiandai Zhuanhua (Modern Transformation of Confucian Tradition), ed. Yue Hua, Beijing: Zhongguo Guangbo Dianshi Press, 1992.
Wenhua Zhongguo yu Rujia Chuantong (Cultural China and Confucian Tradition), Singapore: National Singapore University Press, 1996.
Xiandai Jingsheng yu Rujia Chuantong (Modernity and Confucian Tradition), Taipei: Lianjing Press, 1996; Beijing: Sanlian Publishers, 1997
Yiyang Laifu (An Anthology of Tu Weiming), ed. Chen Yinchi, Shanghai: Shanghai Wenyi Press, 1997.
Ruxue Fazhan de Hongguan Toushi (Essays on the Development of Confucianism), editor, Taipei: Zhengzhong Press, 1997.
Bainian Zhongguo Zhexue Jingdian (20th Century Chinese Philosophy), editor (with Tang Yijie), Shenzhen: Haitian Press, 1998.
Du Weiming Xueshu Wenhua Suibi (Anthology of Tu Weiming), ed. Cheng Man-lung, Beijing: Zhongguo Qingnian Press, 1999.
Wenhua Zhongguo de Renzhi yu Guanhuai (Cultural China: Issues and Concerns), Taichung: Tunghai University Center for General Education, 1999.
Shinian Jiyuan Dai Ruxue (East Asian Values and Confucianism), Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1999
Du Weiming Wenji (The Collective Works of Du Weiming, eds. Guo Qiyong & Zheng Wenlong, 5 Volumes), Wuhan: Wuhan Publishing House, 2002.
Dr. Tu’s publications in Chinese include four monographs (translated from English) and more than 100 articles. Dr. Tu is widely anthologized as one of the leading exponents of New Confucianism in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Selected Lectures
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.
Selected Articles
“The Context of Dialogue: Globalization and Diversity” in Crossing the Divide: Dialogue among Civilizations (New Jersey: Seton Hall University, 2001)
Confucianism Spirituality (editor, with Mary Evelyn Tucker), Volume 11 of “World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest” Series, New York: Crossroad (forthcoming in 2002).
Foreword to Ultimate Realities, Robert C. Neville (Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2001).
Forward to Harvard-Yenching Library Rare Books Collection (August 2001)
Tu Weiming jiaoshou fangtanlu (An interview with Professor Tu Weiming, compiled by Xu Jianxin) in Zhongwai wenhua yu wenlun (Vol. 8, pp.54-87, Chengdu: Sichuan Education Publishing House, 2001)
Tu Weiming xueshu zhuanti fangtanlu: the Spirit of Zongzhou Philosophy and the future of Confucian culture (Dongfangsuo and Tu Weiming, Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 2001)
“Confucian Humanism and Dialogue among Civilizations” in Collection of Speeches in Chinese Universities (Vol. 2, Kewen Publishing House, 2001)
“Humanism and Global Ethics” in Collection of Speeches in Chinese Universities (Vol. 3, Kewen Publishing House, 2001)
Foreword to Mairu ershiyi shiji de zhuzi xue (The Zhuxi Studies in the twentieth-first Century) (Shanghai: East China Normal University, 2001)
“The Global Significance of Local Knowledge: New Perspective on Confucian Humanism” in Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (Vol. 1, No. 1, August 2001)
“Yi T’oegye’s Intellectual Self-definition: An exploration” in T’oegye’s Life and Thought, and the World and the Future: the 17th International Conference on T’oegye Studies (The International Toegyehak Society, 2001)
“The Ecological Turn in New Confucian Humanism: Implication for China and the World” in Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fall 2001)
“Confucianism and Liberalism” in Dao: A Journal of Comparative Literature (Vol. II, No. 1, Winter 2002), pp. 1-20.
“The Implication of Local Knowledge for Global Ethics (Bentu zhishi de pushi yiyi)” in Dialogue among Civilizations: Global implication of local knowledge (Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2002, pp. 7-10).
Confucianism Spirituality (editor, with Mary Evelyn Tucker), Volume 11 of “World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest” Series, New York: Crossroad (forthcoming in 2003).
“Confucianism and Civilization” in Dialogue of Civilizations: A New Peace Agenda for a New Millinnium (eds. Majid Tehranian and David W. Chappell (London: I.B Tauris, 2002, pp. 83-90)
“Dialogue among Civilizations: the message of China’s rise to the world” in Dongyin qiusuo (Search in Japan) (Beijing: Social Sciences Document Publication House, 2003)
“On the Transition of Chinese Traditional Culture” in The Nankai Journal (Tianjin: Nankai University, Vol. 3, 2002), pp. 1-13.
“Globalization and the Dialogue among Civilizations” in Open Times (Guangzhou: Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, 2002), pp. 123-131.
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