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Kirill Ole Thompson does Chinese philosophy and is specialized in Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and the Song-Ming Neo-Confucian masters. He is interested in the problems of translation. His broader interests include Greek philosophy, Modern philosophy, including Kant, early Analytic philosophy, Existentialism, and especially Sartre, Russell, and Wittgenstein. He has published articles, book chapters, reviews, and encyclopedia entries on Zhu Xi, the Four Books, Zhuangzi, Laozi, Gongsun Long, traditional Chinese humanism, Thomas Gray, Thorstein Veblen, Samuel Beckett, ethics, agricultural ethics, food ethics, sustainability, etc. Recently retired from National Taiwan University, he served as Associate Dean for the Humanities of NTU’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Thompson has been involved with several research groups on Confucian Cultures, East Asian Confucianisms, Translating China, Humanities for the Environment, Sustainable Traditional Agricultural in Southeast Asia and East Asia, Cultural Change since Late Qing: East Asian Perspectives. Recent presentations: 1) Laozi’s aesthetics, traditional Japanese design, and Frank Lloyd Wright, 2) Daoist and Zen views of the experience and reality of Time, and 3) Yan Fu: Between Tradition and Modernity. Recent and publications: ‘Reflections on the “Happy Fish” Anecdote’ (Philosophy East and West, 2016), “Zhu Xi’s completion of Confucius’ humanistic ethics” (International Communication of Chinese Culture, 2016), and “Relational Self in Classical Confucianism: Lessons from Confucius' Analects” (Philosophy East and West, 2017), and “Lessons from Zhu Xi’s Views on Inquiry and Learning for Contemporary Advanced Humanities Education and Research” (Azijske študije/Asian Studies).
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