Wm. Theodore de Bary papers, 1934-2017, bulk 1960-2005

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Series IV: Conferences, Seminars, Symposiums, Workshops, 1955-2005

Organized chronologically, Series IV consists of administrative and program-related files from the myriad academic meetings de Bary attended in more than half a century. Materials include correspondence, conference reports, itineraries, etc. Selected folders might contain manuscripts of the papers presented, but the majority of those has been organized under Sub-Series X.4: Articles, Lectures, Speeches.

Arranged chronologically.



Box 55 Folder 6 International Council of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Paris, June 27-30, 1955, 1955


Box 55 Folder 7-9 Miscellaneous Conferences, Meetings, 1964-1970


Box 55 Folder 10 Loyola University of Chicago, Second Centennial Convocation, 1970, 1969-1970



Box 56 Folder 1 Aspen Institute/Aspen Executive Program, 1971-1973



Box 54 Folder 7 Translation Conference, Columbia University School of the Arts, 1973



Box 56 Folder 2-3 Neo-Confucian Sources of "Practical Learning" in the Ming and Early Tokugawa Periods, University of Hawaii, June 2-7, 1974, 1973-1974

East-West Center


Box 56 Folder 4 Phi Beta Kappa Speech, April 18, 1974, 1974

Neo-Confucian Concepts of Man


Box 56 Folder 5 Planning Conference on Early Ch'ing Thought, University of California, Berkeley, August 28-31, 1975, 1975


Box 56 Folder 6 A Reappraisal of Neo-Confucian Decadence, 1976 February


Box 56 Folder 7 The Ming Project and Ming Thought, 1976 March


Box 56 Folder 8 The Future of Asian Studies in American Education, 1976 April


Box 56 Folder 9 Conference on General Education, SUNY Albany, 1976 September


Box 56 Folder 10 Eisenhower College Convocation, September 20, 1977, 1977


Neo-Confucianism in Korea, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, August 3-7, 1981



Box 57 Folder 1-2 1981-1986



Box 56 Folder 11-13 Correspondence, 1979-1984



Box 57 Folder 3-6 Conference papers, 1981



Box 54 Folder 8 All-China Conference on Sung-Ming Neo-Confucianism (li-hsueh), Hangzhou, October 14-21, 1981, 1981



Box 58 Folder 1-3 International Conference on Chu Hsi/Zhu Xi, July 5-15, 1982; Publication of the conference volume, 1980-1986

Conference sponsored by Center for Asian and Pacific Studies of the University of Hawaii and the American Council of Learned Societies


Neo-Confucian Education: The Formative Stage, August 30-September 4, 1984



Box 59 Folder 1-5 Correspondence, 1983-1987



Box 58 Folder 4 Conference reports, 1984, 1988


Box 58 Folder 5 Scottsdale Conference, Arizona, 1986 January


European-American Exchanges in East Asian Studies/Joint Committee on European-American Cooperation in East Asian Studies


Box 58 Folder 6 Conference reports, 1987-1988



Box 59 Folder 6 Tanner Lecture, University of California, Berkeley, May 1988 (2 folders), 1988-1990


Box 59 Folder 7 Conference, September 8-10, 1988, 1988 August-September



Box 60 Folder 1 Reports from ICANA Congress, Toronto, 1990 January-September


Box 60 Folder 2 Steering Committee, 1990-1993


Box 60 Folder 3 Singapore Conference, 1987 January


Box 60 Folder 4-5 Colloque Franco-Americain sur les Etudes Extreme-Orientales, Paris, September 24-25, 1987, 1987 September


Box 60 Folder 6 Qufu Conference, August 30-September 4, 1987, 1987


Box 60 Folder 7 Miscellaneous Conferences, Meetings, 1988


Box 60 Folder 8 Neo-Confucianism and Human Rights, Boston?, 1988


Box 60 Folder 9 World Academic Conference, Seoul Olympics, 1988


Box 60 Folder 10 Confucian/Christian Dialogue, Hong Kong, June 8-14, 1988, 1988-1989


Box 60 Folder 11 East-West Philosophers' Conference, July 30-August 12, 1989, 1988 March-May



Box 61 Folder 1-3 Europe and the Civil Society, Conference in Castel Gandolfo, August 10-12, 1989, 1989-1991

Includes papers presented at the conference



Box 54 Folder 9 Europe and the Civil Society, Conference in Castel Gandolfo, August 10-12, 1989



Box 60 Folder 12 The Third General Assembly of Comparative Studies on Economic and Social Development and Modernization in East Asia, Tokyo, September 12-17, 1989, 1989


Box 60 Folder 13 Todai Chugoku Gakkai, Department of Chinese Philosophy, University of Tokyo, October 13, 1989, 1989


Box 60 Folder 14 SAMLA (Souoth Atlantic Modern Language Association) Convention, Atlanta, November 9-10, 1989, 1989


Box 60 Folder 15 Conference on science and religion, Arden House Conference Center, Harriman, New York/Columbia University, January 19-21, 1990, 1989-1990



Box 61 Folder 4-5 Freedom of Learning and Discussion in Asia and the West, Columbia University, March 9-10, 1990, 1990 January-March



Box 60 Folder 16 Jesuit Humanism and Western Culture, Fordham University, October 5-7, 1990, 1990 January-November


2540th Anniversary of Confucius' Birthday and the Academic Symposium, October 7-10, 1989, 1989



Box 61 Folder 6 1988-1989


Box 61 Folder 7 The Confucian Tradition of Public Discussion, 1989 June-July



Box 60 Folder 17 Randolph-Macon College, lecture, Spring 1990, 1989-1990


Box 60 Folder 18 Hooker Visiting Professor, McMaster University, 1990



Box 61 Folder 8 AAUP-NEA Conference on Minority Meeting, June 17-18, 1990, 1990 April


Box 61 Folder 9 AAS Annual Meeting, April 6-7, 1990/Conference on Christianity and Confucianism, July 6-10, 1991, 1990-1991


Box 61 Folder 10 Confucianism and its Historic Role, The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School, April 11, 1991, 1990-1991


Box 61 Folder 11 European-American Symposium, State vs Society in Traditional East Asia, Paris, May 29-31, 1991, 1990-1991


Box 61 Folder 12 Symposium on Vietnamese History, SEASSI, Cornell University, July 19-21, 1991, 1991


Box 61 Folder 13 Neo-Confucianism Meetings, 1991-1998



Box 62 Folder 1 The Fundamentalism Project, Fundamentalisms Compared: A Public Conference, November 4-6, 1991, 1991-1993

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS); Draft of "Neo-Confucian Fundamentalism"


Box 62 Folder 2-3 Symposium on Civil Society in East Asia, Montreal, October 23-25, 1992, 1992



Box 54 Folder 10 Symposium on Civil Society in East Asia, Montreal, October 23-25, 1992, 1992



Box 62 Folder 4 Chinese Intellectual, October 31-November 1, 1992, 1992



Box 63 Folder 1 Donald Keene Retirement Letter, 1992


Box 63 Folder 2 For the Federalist Paper, 1992 November



Box 62 Folder 5 Symposium on the Chinese Rites Controversy, 1992 November


Box 62 Folder 6 Conference on Confucianism and Contemporary Culture, National Central Library, December 19-21, 1992, 1992 March-December


Box 62 Folder 7 State and Society in East Asia, Copenhagen, March 1993, 1993 February-March


Box 62 Folder 8 Traditional/Modern Conference, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 20-22, 1993, 1991-1993


Box 62 Folder 9-10 34th International Congress on Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS) Conference, Hong Kong, August 21-26, 1993, 1992-1993


Box 62 Folder 11 Meiji Studies Conference, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University, May 6-8, 1994, 1993-1994


Box 62 Folder 12 8th International Conference on Korean Studies, Academy of Korean Studies, June 24-26, 1994, 1994 January-June



Box 64 Folder 11 International Conference on Traditional Culture in East Asia, Fukuoka, Japan, April 8-10, 1994, 1993-1994


Box 64 Folder 1 The Aspen Institute, Society of Fellows Winter Symposium, March 16-19, 1994, 1994 March


Box 64 Folder 2 2454th Anniversary of Confucius' Birthday & Conference inaugurating the International Confucian Association, October 5, 1994, 1994 March-September


Joint European American Committee on East Asian Studies, Paris, September 1994


Box 64 Folder 3-4 1993-1995


Box 64 Folder 5 Fair redemptions, 1994-1995

Ritual and Society?


Box 64 Folder 6 Conference on Confucianism and Human Rights, East-West Center, August 1995, 1995


Box 64 Folder 7 International Conference on General Education in the Universities: Ideal and Reality, May 24-26, 1995, Taipei, 1995



Box 63 Folder 3 The Doctrine of Filial Piety and Future Society, Korea, May 15-17, 1995, 1995



Box 64 Folder 8 Confucianism Meetings, Hunan & Sichuan, China, 1996

Includes a group photograph taken at Hunan University



Box 63 Folder 4 The Third Global Future Generations Kyoto Forum/國際陽明學京都會議, 1997 August

Includes photographs of de Bary and with attendees



Box 64 Folder 9 World Classics Conferences, Columbia, 2001-2008


Box 64 Folder 10 Lecture & Seminar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005

Lecture posters