Speaker: Dr. Lin Yanping

Moderator: Professor Luo Weidong  

Time: 19:00-21:00, Monday, September 27, 2010

Venue: Rm. 138, Zijingang Int’l Conference Center

Sponsor: “Approaching the Public” Fund, ZJU  

   Research Institute of Social Sciences, ZJU

   Dept. of Philosophy, School of Humanities, ZJU  

   Zhejiang University Press

About the speaker:

    Lin Yanping, a Chinese-Canadian born in Nanjing, got his doctoral degree of sciences and engineering from McGill University of Canada. He was once away from the city to settle in Taihang Mountain for 4 years and was among the first group admitted to the college after the restoration of the college entrance exams. Mr. Lin showed great interest in ancient Greek philosophy and civilization and Chinese history and civilization, and his wide reading and travelling strengthened his understanding of these two civilizations. His works include Illuminations of Olympics—Looking Back on Chinese and Western Civilizations, The Starry Night above Us.