The New Mindscape

Latest Past Events

How Daoism Became American: A Tale of Translation, Conservation, Immigration, Appropriation and Impersonation

Hybrid - Room 201, May Hall, HKU and via Zoom (registration required)

How Daoism Became American: A Tale of Translation, Conservation, Immigration, Appropriation and Impersonation   Date/Time: November 17, 2025, 15:00 - 17:00 (HK time) Language: English Venue: Rm 201, May Hall, HKU & Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) Register for In-person and online participation: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/MQ_Y4LmhRX6DcgkxNGRCNg ABSTRACTDaoism is the indigenous organized religion of China, with a two-thousand-year […]

The Revelatory Imagination: Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn

Hybrid - Room 201, May Hall, HKU and via Zoom (registration required)

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

Hybrid - Room 201, May Hall, HKU and via Zoom (registration required)

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 […]