Columbus State Community College presents
When East Meets West
The Role of the State and the Role of the Citizen
The first annual “East Meets West” symposium, sponsored by the Humanities Department, will be held Friday, September 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Columbus State Conference Center Ballroom, fourth floor WD. The symposium is free and Columbus State students are invited to attend.
The symposium will explore the similarities and distinctions between Chinese and Greek philosophy regarding the role of the citizen in the state, a particularly salient topic during this election year. Through the writing of four ancient thinkers—Herodotus, Socrates, Sima Qian, and Confucius—we will try to understand the roots of the representative government that prevailed in the West and the major differences in the State in the East.
Event free and open to all. Please email Jennifer Nardone, assistant professor of Humanities, to register.
This event, organized and hosted by The Humanities Department at Columbus State Community College, and is sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.
