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Center for Confucian Science |
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Resume of Thomas Kang |
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· "The Changing Nature of Korean Confucian Personality under Japanese Rule," Delivered at Korea's Response to Japan: The Colonial Period, 1910-1945, The Center for Korean Studies, West Michigan University, Nov. 1974.
· "North Korean Captured Records at the Washington National Center, Suitland, Maryland." Delivered at a Special Panel of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian Studies Held at the George Washington University, Washington, D. C. October 28-29, 1978.
· "Toegye Confucian Spiritual Cultivation (Simpeob) in the Light of Some Mental Health Movement in America Today." Delivered at the International Conference on the Toegye School of Neo-Confucianism, sponsored by the Korean Institute, Harvard University, October 10-13, 1983.
· "Toegye's Position in the Development of Sit-In-Meditation(SIM): Its Origin in China and Transmission to Japan." Delivered at the International Conference on Korean Philosophy: The Neo-Confucian Tradition and the Impact of the Do East Asian Philosophy. Sponsored by University of Hamburg, at the Auditorium of Hamburg University, September 8-11, 1984.
· "An Observation on Confucian Meditation (Quiet-Sitting) of the Toegye School and International Conference on the Toegye School of Neo-Confucianism: Sponsored by Tsukuba University, Tokyo, Japan, August 27-29, 1985.
· "A Bibliographical Survey on Confucian Studies in Western Languages: Retrospect and Prospect." Delivered at the International Conference on Confucian Studies, Shandong, People's Republic of China, August 30 - September 4, 1987.
· "T'oegye's Community Development Compared with the Concept of American Communities," Presented at the Tenth International Conference on the Commemoration of the Seoul Olympiad, September 14-21, 1988. T'oegye School of Neo-Confucianism - T'oegye Study Symposium in Commemoration of the Seoul Olympiad, September 14-21, 1988.
· "A Synthesis of Confucian and Modern Individualistic Western Institutions for the Aged," Presented at the Eleventh International Academic Conference of Toegyehak, People's University of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China, October 3-5, 1989.
· "The First Proposal for the International Cultural Exchange between Confucianism and Christianity in the 17th Century," Presented at the 12th International Conference on Modern World and Confucianism and T'oegye Studies, USSR Academy of Science, Moskva, August 27-29, l990.
· "The Confucian Paradigm for World Peace," Presented at the Global Awareness Society International First Annual Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia, April 30 - May 3, 1992.
· "Global Religions in Global Society," Presented at Global Awareness Society International, 1993 Annual Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York, N.Y. May 5-6, 1993.
· "The Thorny Road of Confucian Religion Mission to the West," Presented at Global Awareness Society International, 1994 Annual Conference, Executive Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 1994.
· "Is Confucianism a Religion?," Presented at Global Awareness Society International, 1997 Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1997.
· "The Global Model of Confucian Religion: the Universality of One God at the top and the Diversity of Religions in Practices at the Bottom," Presented at Global Awareness Society International, 2000 Annual Conference, The Regal U.N. Plaza Hotel, New York, N.Y., May 25-28, 2000.
· "A Discovery of Confucian Cultural DNA: A Comparative Analysis of Assimilations of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian Ideology into China, Japan, and Korea," Presented at Global Awareness Society International, Eleventh Annual Conference, Pacific Palisades Hotel, Vancouver, Canada, May 23-26, 2002.
· "In Defense of One Universal God with the Diverse Faiths To Save the World and Civilizations. The Clash of Civilizations: between Christianity and Islam," Presented at Global Awareness Society International, Twelfth Annual Conference, Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, May 22-25, 2003.
4. Special Lectures· "Confucianism and Oriental Society," at the Kyongbuk National University. Taegu, Korea. June 18, 1973.
· "Comparative Analysis of Confucianism in China, Japan, and Korea," delivered at the Yongnam University. Taegu, Korea, June 19, 1973.
· "Confucianism and Social Changes in Oriental Societies," delivered at the Tonga University, Pusan, Korea, June 20, 1973.
· "The Making of Confucian Societies in Tokugawa Japan and Yijo Korea: A Comparative Analysis of the Behavior Patterns in Accepting the Foreign Ideology, Neo-Confucianism," delivered at the Regional Seminar in Neo-Confucian Studies, Columbia University. October 5, 1974.
· "The Confucian Studies in the East: Retrospect and Retrospect," at the Yeongnam University, Taegu, September 19, 1988.
· "Potential Contribution of Confucianism to Western Societies," (Panel) at Plenary Session, 40th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, University of Scranton, October 19-21, 1990.
· "Confucian Ideal Society to American Community," Eastern Sociological Society, 1991 Annual Meeting, April 12-14, 1991. Omni Baltimore Hotel, Providence, RI.
· "The exerience of the Liberation of Korea from Japan, 1945," August 15, 1945. Maryland University, National Archive II.
· "Confucian Cultural Zone and cultural gene," At the Damsu Confucian Association, Pusan, February 8, 1996, Pusan, Korea.
· "A Crisis of Cultural Gene," at the Taegu Mosan Study Society, February 18, 1996. Taegu, Korea.
5. Honorary Positions· Chairman of the Panel entitled "Comparative Studies on the Acceptance Patterns of Foreign Ideologies in China, Japan, and Korea," at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Statler Hilton Hotel, Boston. April 1-3, 1974.
· Chairman of the Core Committee on Asian American Materials sponsored by the American Library Association, 1971-1973.
· Research Director for the Human Development/East, Inc., Honolulu, Seoul, Washington, D.C. 1975-1979.
· Appointed as reviewer, panalist, evaluator by the National Endowment for the Humanitie, March 3, 1979.
· Chairman of the Panel entitled "Comparative Studies on East Asian Policies and Practices in Dealing with the Problems of the Aging Population, " at the Tenth Annual Meeting of Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. October 16-18, 1979.
· Chairman for the Toegyehak and Korean Cultural Studies in Washington Areas, April 30, 1983.
· Board Director, Global Awareness Society International, Bloomsburg University, 1992.
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