The Revelatory Imagination:Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn   Date/Time: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 15:00 – 16:30 (HK time) Language: English Venue: Rm 201, May Hall, HKU & Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) ABSTRACTThis talk explores the imagination as a mode of divine revelation and argues that thought experiments – commonly associated with the natural sciences – […]

Joker: The Flip Side of Ancient Chinese Cosmology and Science in Hecun   Date: April 28 (Mon), 2025 Time: 12:30 - 13:45 (HK Time) Language: English Venue: Hybrid @ ZOOM & Rm 201, May Hall, HKU (Registration is required.) Register for In-person participation: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9yjCPquwFMkuajA Register for online participation: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/hqokJ73PQaS1-S8NBJaAEg ABSTRACTDrawing on 16 months of fieldwork and […]

Human Nature and Religious Diversity: Does Religious Diversity Have a Common Anthropological Basis?   Date/Time: March 18 (TUE), 2025, 14:30 - 15:45 (HK time) Language: English Venue: Hybrid @ ZOOM & Rm 201, May Hall, HKU (Registration is required.) Register for In-person participation: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eLPjW447lQn0Yse Register for online participation: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/6LJbU_-IQ0SfTSljgfZ4sA ABSTRACTIn a world that is growing […]