Julia Ching
Julia Ching , CM ( Chinese 秦家懿 , Pinyin Qín Jiāyì ; born October 15, 1934 in Shanghai , Republic of China ; † October 26, 2001 in Toronto , Canada ) was a Canadian sinologist of Chinese origin and professor of religion , philosophy and East Asian studies at the university Toronto .
Ching fled China during World War II . After graduating from high school in Hong Kong , she studied at New Rochelle College and then served as an Urulin nun for twenty years . Ching graduated from the Catholic University of America , Washington, DC with a Masters degree and a PhD in Asian Studies from the Australian National University in Canberra . She taught at Columbia University and Yale University before joining Toronto University in 1978.
Ching received worldwide recognition as an expert on neoconfucianism and the religion of the Song and Ming dynasties from the tenth to the 17th centuries. She is the author and editor of 15 books that highlight her publications on the great New Confucianists Wang Shouren and Zu Xi .
For her academic achievements, she has been made a Fellow (member) of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Scientific Council of the Library of Congress . In 1994 she was appointed university professor. Together with her colleague and husband Willard Oxtoby , professor of religion and South Asian studies , Ching became co-president and chief organizer of an international congress that brought over a thousand students to the University of Toronto in 1990.
In her memoir The Butterfly Healing: A Life Between East and West , she first wrote about her personal fears and feelings. She shared her impressions as an Asian woman in male-dominated Western science and the meaning of life as a survivor of three cancers.
Ching's interests went beyond the humanities. She took part in movements that worked for global collaboration, such as the InterAction Council . She also served as a commentator on news about China for the Canadian media. In response to the protests in Tian'anmen Square and the related Tian'anmen massacre in 1989, she published Probing China's Soul , a book about protest and dissent in China.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Julia Ching in the Project Muse directory , accessed May 4, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ching, Julia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 秦家懿 (Chinese); Qín Jiāyì (Pinyin Romanization) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian sinologist of Chinese origin, professor of religion, philosophy and East Asian studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai , Republic of China |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 2001 |
| Place of death | Toronto , Canada |