CRCS hosts visiting scholars (faculty or Ph.D. candidates) interested in the social scientific study of religion. The visiting scholar is expected to audit some courses at Purdue University, engage in scholarly research and writing, give one or more lectures at Purdue, and seek opportunities to exchange with other scholars in the study of religion and/or participate in the annual meetings of the Association for the Sociology of Religion and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. For application information...
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Huawei LI (Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010)
lihuawei66@126.com
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Ying LIU (Aug. 2009-Aug. 2010)
lliuying_915@126.com
Ph.D. Candidate, College of Philosophy and Sociology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Specialization：cultural philosophy, values and cultural problems
Ying Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Philosophy and Sociology, Beijing Normal University, China. She got M.A. in philosophy and B.A in education at Beijing Normal University. She is interested in the spiritual world of human being as well as values and cultural problems. Now her research interest focuses on the role believes play in different people’s life.
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Xiaodong LI (Feb. 2008-Feb. 2009)
lixiaodongbnu@yahoo.com.cn
Professor, College of Philosophy and Sociology & the Research Center on Value and Culture, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy; Values & Cultural Problems; Moral Education.
Xiaodong Li is associate professor of Philosophy at Beijing Normal University of China. His research mainly focuses on Social and Political Philosophy, Values & Cultural Problems in China, and Moral Education. He has published Globalization and Cultural Integration(2003), How Many Faces Philosophy Have(2004) and How Does Philosophy Come Out(2007) and some articles in journals. As a visiting scholar at Purdue in February 2008-February 2009, he continues his research in Social and Political theories.
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Xiaoqun WU (Feb. –July, 2008)
wxqhm99@hotmail.com
Professor, Department of Folkloric, Henan University, KaiFeng, China
Specialization: Folk Religion
Xiaoqun Wu is professor of Folklorics at Henan University and a post-doctoral fellow in the College of Chinese Medicine of China. He specializes in folk religions. He has published two books: Miaofeng Shan: The Historical Changes of the Folk Society in Beijing(2006), and Into the Symbolism of the Forbidden City--A Cultural Study of the Miaofeng Shan in Beijing (2007).
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Liping LIANG (March-July, 2008)
liang.lp@sohu.com
Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
Specialization: Sociology of Religion, and the Interaction between Religion and Politics
Liping Liang is professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Shanxi University. Professor Liang’s research focuses on the Sociology of Religion, and the interaction between religion and politics. She has published more than ten articles in prestigious journals, and the book The Religious Psychology of the Chinese People: the Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Study of Religious Conversions.
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Qingxiang GUO (Aug. 2007-Aug. 2008)
guoqingxiang@ruc.edu.cn
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Renmin University, Beijing, China
Specialization: Traditional Ethics in China, Comparative Ethics, and Religious Ethics
Qingxiang Guo is professor of Philosophy at Renmin University of China. Her research mainly focuses on Traditional Ethics in China, Comparative Ethics, and Religious Ethics. She published The Comparative Study of Christian and Confucian Ethics – The Conflict and Merging of Christianity and Confucianism in the period of Republic of China. As a visiting scholar at Purdue in August 2007-August 2008, she continues her research in the comparative study of Christian and Confucian Ethics.
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Haitao LIU ( Jan.-May, 2006)
haitaol2003@yahoo.com.cn
Editor, Minzu Press, Beijing, China
Haitao Liu was a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies at Central University of Nationalities, Beijing. She earned M.A. in International Relations and B.A. in Politics at Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang. In 1997-2003 she taught Religious Studies at Hebei Normal University. She was a visiting scholar at Purdue University from January to May, 2006.
She is an editor at Minzu Press, Beijing.
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