Yinyang: The Way of Ways
Tuesday, 04 March, 2014
To celebrate the International Women's Day, on March 4 (Tuesday) at 7:30 PM at TDC 401 (Moskovitz Theater) Asian Studies and the Jane Kopas Women's Center will co-present a lecture, free and open to the public, by Dr. Robin R. Wang, "Yinyang: The Way of Ways." Based on her recent book by Cambridge University Press, Dr. Wang will give a nuanced discussion of the yinyang concepts and its application to gender dynamic and other aspects of life. For more information, please see the attached flyer.
Dr. Robin R. Wang is Daum Professor of Philosophy and Director of Asian Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University. She has published extensively in areas of Chinese philosophy, comparative philosophy, and philosophy of women, including: Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese Thought and Culture (Cambridge UP, 2012), Internal Alchemy: Self, Society and the Quest for Immortality, edted with Livia Kohn (2008), Chinese Philosophy in an Era of Globalization (SUNY, 2004), Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period to the Song Dynasty (Hackett, 2003). She was also a credited cultural consultant for several venues, including the movie Karate Kid (2010).