Ludovica GALLINARO

EDUCATION

2013 – 2020 | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Ph.D. in Philosophy, School of Humanities, Department of Philosophy
Doctoral dissertation title: “Zhou Dunyi’s Philosophy of Life: A Study Centered on the Tongshu” (《周敦颐的人生哲学：以《通书》为中心的研究》)
Supervisor: Prof. Chen Lai
Full scholarship awarded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC)

2010 – 2013 | Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Master’s Degree in Languages and Civilizations of East Asia (China)
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Master’s thesis: “The Integrity of the Lotus. A Critical Biography of Zhou Dunyi (1017–1073) between Historical Figure and Neo-Confucian Personality”

2007 – 2010 | Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Bachelor’s Degree in Language, Culture and Society of East Asia (China)
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Bachelor’s thesis: “An Introduction to the Contemporary Chinese Artist Ma Liuming” (《当代中国的艺术家马六明的引言》)

2004 – 2007 | University of Padua, Italy
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Sociology
Bachelor’s thesis: “The Meaning of the ‘Philosophical Use’ of China in the Thought of François Jullien”

PUBLICATIONS

Book Reviews:

1. Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, African Authenticity and Philosophy. The Crisis of the Muntu: Intelligence, Responsibility, Liberation, Milan: C. Marinotti Edizioni, 2007. In "Filosofie in Africa", edited by G. Leghissa, Mimesis, 2007, pp. 192–195.
2. Valentin Y. Mudimbe, The Invention of Africa, Rome: Meltemi, 2007. In "Filosofie in Africa", edited by G. Leghissa, Mimesis, 2007, pp. 202–205.

Book Chapters:

1. “La natura polisemica di cheng 誠 in Mengzi 孟子 4A12 e Xunzi 荀子3.9”, in A. Andreini (ed.), Trasmetto, non creo: percorsi tra filologia e filosofia nella letteratura cinese classica, Cafoscarina, Venezia 2012, pp. 105–134

Articles in Academic Journals:

1. “Neo-Confucianism and Zhou Dunyi’s Philosophy”, Philosophy Compass, vol. 12, no. 1, January 2017.
2. “The Formation of Zhou Dunyi’s Role in the Daoxue: A Critical Analysis of Biographical Sources”, Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques*, vol. 70, no. 3, 2016, pp. 701–730.
3. 周敦颐 作为历史人物与作为理学家之关系考察 ("An Inquiry into Zhou Dunyi as a Historical Figure and as a Neo-Confucian Thinker") in Frédéric Wang, 《道统的建立与诠释：以中韩新儒学为视域》（Construction and Interpretation on the Daotong : In the Perspective of Chinese and Korean Neo-Confucianism）, 《浙东学术》(董平主编), n° 4, 2020, pp.46-54.

Translations and Books:

1. Istruzioni per il buon governo. Antologia in 360 massime sui principi per il retto governare della Cina antica, Marsilio Editore, Venezia, 2022.
2. Da Roma a Chang’an, China Intercontinental Press, Pechino, 2021 (Co-translation Chinese–Italian).

CONFERENCES

October 11–14, 2012
47th Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP)
Organized by the SACP Committee (Prof. Douglas Berger, SIU–Carbondale; Michael Barnhart, Kingsborough Community College/CUNY; Roger Ames, University of Hawai’i)
Selected paper: “Cheng: Polysemic Translations in the Context of Mengzi IVA12”

July 1–2, 2013
International Conference: Constructing and Interpreting the Daotong (Transmission of the Way) in the Perspective of Chinese and Korean Neo-Confucianism
Organized by Équipe ASIEs (CEC, CECO), INALCO
Paris, INALCO
Paper title: “Zhou Dunyi: The Value of the Historical Figure and the Validity of His Role as a Neo-Confucian Thinker Between Daoxue 道學 and Daotong 道統”

March 25–27, 2015
International Conference: De 德 (Virtue) and Mei 美 (Beauty) in Chinese Philosophy
Organized by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Venice, Ca’ Foscari University
Paper title: “How Can We Be Happy Enough? A Comparative Study of Yan Hui’s ‘Perfect Spontaneity’ Between Zhou Dunyi and Cheng Yi”

September 24–25, 2016
First International Youth Forum on Confucianism 国际青年儒学论坛
Organized by Tsinghua’s Academy of Traditional Chinese Learning, Peking University Centre of Humanities, etc.
Zoucheng, China
Paper title: “On the Core Concept of Cheng in the Thought of Mengzi and Zhou Dunyi” (试论孟子、周敦颐思想的核心概念——‘诚’)

November 25–26, 2016
International Conference: *Diversity of Chinese Culture*
Organized by the Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture, Beijing Normal University
Beijing
Paper title: “Practical Morality in Chinese Philosophy: The Example of Zhou Dunyi”

September 14–17, 2018
Second International Youth Forum on Confucianism 国际青年儒学论坛
Organized by Tsinghua’s Academy of Traditional Chinese Learning, Peking University Centre of Humanities, etc.
Zoucheng, China
Paper title: “Focusing on the Philosophy of Life: How to Understand the Philosophical Nature of Confucianism?” (以人生哲学为中心：如何理解儒学的哲学性质？)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Philosophy of life and the concept of cheng (sincerity)
* Sinology and historical studies on the transmission of thought
* Comparative ethics and intercultural philosophy
* Classical Chinese philosophy and Neo-Confucianism