Invitation to attend the Liberal Education Seminar – February 23, 2019

13/02/2019

INVITATION

Dear Students and Teachers,

The Department of Liberal Arts Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hoa Sen University respectfully introduces to our distinguished scholars, and teachers information about the Liberal Education Seminar, a scheduled academic activity in terms of the Department, in the spirit of serving students, serving academics, and serving the community.

The Department of Education and Training cordially invites scholars, teachers, and students to attend the third academic activity of the Seminar in Education and Training.

Topic: Hannah Arendt: Labor, Work, Action (Hannah Arendt: Labor, creation, action)

Speaker: PhD. Lisa Stenmark, San Jose State University

Translator: MSc. Nguyen Thi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education

Time:  2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturday, February 23, 2019

Location:  Room 407, Hoa Sen University, No. 8 Nguyen Van Trang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Register to attend here

We are very pleased to welcome you!

Organizing Committee of Seminar GDKP

Speakers

Dr. Lisa Stenmark teaches humanities studies and comparative religious studies at San Jose State University. She is the author of Religion, Science, and Democracy: A Disputation of Friendship, a book about the power of science and religion in public life, and she has also written many articles on the relationship between religion and science. Her recent work has focused on how cultural narratives, whether intentionally or not, transmit the destructive practices of science, technology, and religion across cultures, especially in the context of Vietnam, where she has regularly worked since 2000. Dr. Stenmark is active in the American Academy of Religion and Arendt Circle organizations and was a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam in 2017. She received a master’s degree in theology from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary/the Graduate Theological Union, and a doctorate in religious studies from Vanderbilt University. In her free time, she runs marathons, practices Aikido, and reads many science fiction works.

Seminar topic

Hannah Arendt was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th century. She is best known for challenging the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition, especially for pointing out many of its shortcomings. it when faced with the lives and experiences of modern people. In Western thought, what we do with our bodies, how we create the world, and how we live and function together – political activity! – is not important, unless it supports thinking and philosophical activities! Arendt questioned this idea, based on a concept contrary to Marx’s thoughts on the nature of labor, Arendt further divided active life into labor, manufacturing labor (artifacts), and action. dynamic. In addition, she also argues that reflection and action must be considered together and that mental life is intended to serve our lives together. After describing Arendt’s categories and her understanding of thought and action, the talk will conclude by suggesting why it is important to divide active life into the three categories of labor, making, and doing. East, still plays an important role today.

Interpreters

Nguyen Thi Minh is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Literature, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. Her main interests are comparative literature, cinema, subject studies, and semiotics. She wrote many articles on literary research, semiotics, philosophical translation, and film studies. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Oregon, USA in 2018. She also participated in organizing and presenting reports at many domestic and international conferences.

INVITATION

Dear Scholars, Students, and friends of the Hoa Sen University community,

Dr. Lisa Stenmark will give a lecture on  Arendt’s philosophy,  in the framework of the Seminar Series on Liberal Education, a periodic academic activity organized by the Department of Liberal Education, Faculty of Social Sciences. The seminar series is being conducted free of charge, in the spirit of serving students, the academic circle, and the community.

We would like to invite you to participate in Stenmark’s lecture. 

Subject: Hannah Arendt: Labor, Work, Action

Speaker: Dr. Lisa Stenmark, San Jose State University

Interpreter: Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education.

Time: 14h – 17h, Saturday, February 23, 2019

Place: Room 407, Hoa Sen University, 8 Nguyen Van Trang Street, District 1, HCMC

REGISTRATION: please fill in this form.

We hope to see you there!

Organizing Committee of Seminar Series on Liberal Education

Speaker

Lisa Stenmark teaches Humanities and Comparative Religious Studies at San Jose State University. She is the author of Religion, Science, and Democracy: A Disputation of Friendship, on scientific and religious authority in public life, and has written numerous articles on the relationship between religion and science. Her more recent work looks at the ways cultural narratives perpetuate—intentionally or otherwise—destructive practices of science, technology, and religion cross-culturally, particularly in the context of Viet Nam, where she has been traveling regularly since 2000. Dr Stenmark is active in the American Academy of Religion and the Arendt Circle and was a Fulbright Scholar in Viet Nam in 2017. She earned an MDiv/MA from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary/ the Graduate Theological Union, and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Vanderbilt University. In her spare time, she runs ½ Marathons, practices Aikido, and reads way too much science fiction.

Seminar Topic

Hannah Arendt was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th Century. Best known for her challenge to the foundations of Western Philosophical tradition, particularly in light of its failures in the face of modern life and experiences. Using Arendt’s short essay “Labor, Work and Action” as a starting point, this lecture will explore one of her key criticisms, which concerns the way Western Philosophy privileges the life of the mind over the active life.  In Western thought, what we do with our bodies, how we construct the world, and how we live and act together —politics!—is irrelevant, except when it supports the activity of thinking – philosophy! Arendt challenged this idea, building on Marx’s reversal, and his insights on the nature of labor, Arendt further divides the active life between labor, productive labor (work), and action.  In addition, she also argues that thinking and acting must be considered together and that the life of the mind is meant to serve our life together.  After describing Arendt’s categories, and her understanding of the relationship between thinking and acting, this lecture will conclude by suggesting why these distinctions remain important.

Interpreter

Nguyen Thi Minh is currently a lecturer in the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. Her main concerns are studying comparisons of literature, cinema; subjectivity research, and semiotics. She wrote many articles on literary study, semiotics; translated philosophical, and film study works. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Oregon, USA in 2018. She has participated in organizing and presenting reports at many workshops and conferences at home and abroad.