University of Macau

Founder & Director

Dimitra Amarantidou teaches Chinese and comparative philosophy at the University of Macau. Her research explores irony, humour, and paradox in early Chinese thought. She is translator of contemporary Chinese philosophical works, Editor for the English edition of Wenshizhe 文史哲 (Journal of Chinese Humanities), and Book Reviews Editor for Philosophy East and West.

Harvard University | Ca' Foscari University

Founder & Director

Anna Irene Baka is a Greek jurist and legal scholar, currently a Marie Curie Global Fellow at Harvard University and Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Her research focuses on comparative law, legal history, and international conflicts, with a particular interest in Eastern philosophies and the Chinese perspective on international law.

Eurasian Partners | Eurasia Publications

Advisor & Collaborator

Phaedon Kidoniatis is a book publisher with a multidisciplinary background in Philosophy, Business Administration, and European Studies. With a longstanding career in higher education, he has held various roles, contributing to the development of educational programs and institutions. Phaedon is also the founder of several companies primarily within the creative industries. He currently serves as an advisor to international organizations.

Sinologist & Translator

Honorary Member

Sotiris Chalikias is the pioneering and most prolific translator of classical Chinese texts into Modern Greek. His foundational work includes the first Greek translations of the Sishu 四书 (Four Books), the Zhuangzi 庄子, the Liezi 列子, and the Daodejing 道德经. He has also translated modern authors like Lu Xun 鲁迅 and authored works, such as Oute Ellinas, Oute Xenos (Neither a Greek, Nor a Foreigner), Paradosi kai Neoterikotita skin Kina (Tradition and Modernity in China).

Capital Normal University

Fellow

ZHU Huiling is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Capital Normal University in Beijing. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Tsinghua University and specializes in ethics and contemporary political philosophy. She is a prominent translator of Western political thought, having translated M. Sandel's Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? and Public Philosophy, R. Kirk's The Conservative Mind, T. M. Scanlon's Moral Dimensions, and M. Nussbaum's Frontiers of Justice.

University of Cambridge

Fellow

Yumi Suzuki is Lloyd-Dan David Research Fellow at the Needham Research Institute and Darwin College, Cambridge. She works on Sino-Hellenic comparative philosophy and history, with a particular focus on ethics and political philosophy, logic and definition, epistemology and scientific reasoning (especially in biology, ecology, cosmology, and cosmogony).

Jinan University

Fellow

GAO Shankui is a Professor of Western Philosophy at Jinan University in Guangdong. His research covers metaphysics and political philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato and Aristotle. Additionally, he explores topics in the philosophy of science, existentialism, and ethics.

University of Macerata

Fellow

Selusi Ambrogio is an Associate Professor of Chinese Philosophy and Literature at the University of Macerata (Italy). Former President of the European Association of Chinese Philosophy (EACP, 2021-2025) and member of the editorial board of Asian Studies (University of Ljubljana). He publishes on topics such as intercultural historiography of philosophy, Neo-Confucianism, and the philosophy of nature and environment.

College of William & Mary

Fellow

John Lombardini is an Associate Professor of Government and Affiliate Faculty of Classical Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, USA. His research focuses on ancient political thought in Greece, Rome, and China.

Harvard University

Fellow

Seth Robertson is a Lecturer in Philosophy and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on moral psychology, history of ethics, early Chinese ethics, and metaethics. He co-founded The Deviant Philosopher, a web resource for expanding philosophy curricula beyond traditional canons.

University of Leeds

Fellow

Alba Curry is a Lecturer in the School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at the University of Leeds. She specializes in early Greek and Chinese philosophy and focuses on the value of anger and its relevance to contemporary society. She also works on the intersection between emotion, ethics, and AI.

Shanghai Normal University

Fellow

HAO Chunpeng is an Associate Professor of Western Philosophy at Shanghai Normal University, where he has been teaching since 2014. His research interests primarily focus on the philosophy of history, Western political philosophy, and French philosophy.

Wuhan University

Fellow

Gina Lebkuecher is an International Research Fellow in the Philosophy Department at Wuhan University. Her research interests include ethics (especially comparative and applied) and classical Chinese philosophy.

University of Crete

Fellow

Yorgos Moraitis is a Lecturer in the Political Science Department at the University of Crete. He teaches late 19th- and early 20th-century Chinese history, focusing on challenging Eurocentric perceptions of China and its global interactions. He is a Marie Curie Fellow, specialising in China’s early engagement with Western international law.

Academia Sinica

Fellow

LIU Hsinning is an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Her research focuses on utilizing excavated legal and administrative documents from the Qin and Han dynasties to examine the interplay between law and society. Specific areas of focus include inheritance, marriage, contracts, household registers, litigation, and collective punishment.

University of Macau

Fellow

Rory O’Neill is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Philosophy at the University of Macau. His research focuses on pre-Qin Daoist and Legalist Philosophy. His courses encourage reflective engagement with methodological approaches, including intercultural and interdisciplinary challenges.

Duke University

Fellow

LIU Wenjin is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Her research explores the darker aspects of human nature, focusing on ignorance, individual moral failings, and systemic political vices through analysis of the Platonic Corpus. She also examines analogous concepts of ethical and social pathology in classical Chinese philosophy.

Wuhan University

Fellow

Rudi Capra is currently a Research Fellow at Wuhan University. He works on Chan 禪, Chinese philosophy, Greek philosophy, and Aesthetics. His research interests revolve around the concept of identity and its dissolution, addressing topics such as travel, irony, play, alienation, desire, and wellbeing. Rudi is also a film critic.

East China Normal University

Communications Coordinator

Anastasia Meimaridi is a PhD candidate in Chinese philosophy at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Her research focuses on curiosity in early Chinese thought.