Programme

Welcome

Lu Zhangshen, Director, National Museum of China

Michael Schwarz, Director Centre for International Affairs, Stiftung Mercator

Speeches

Professor Gan Yang, Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, Sun Yat-sen University, his topic is “Enlightenment and Superstition”.

Professor Wolf Lepenies, Former Director, Institute for Advanced Study Berlin, Cultural Sociology and Historical Anthropology, Freie University Berlin (video), his topic is “The Enlightenment – Critique and Enthusiasm.

 

Panel discussion

Professor Gan Yang, Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, Sun Yat-sen University, his topic is “Enlightenment and Superstition”.

 

Professor Hans-Jurgen Lusebrink, Chair of Romance Cultural Studies and Intercultural Communication, University of Saarbrucken.

 

Professor Hans Feger, Institute for Philosophy and Institute for German and Dutch Philology, Freie University Berlin.

 

Professor Zhao Tingyang, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Professor Huang Ping, Director, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

 

Chair:

Chen Lusheng, Vice Director, National Museum of China

Michael Kahn-Ackermann, Former Regional Director Goethe-Institut China, Senior Advisor to the Confucius Institute