Prof. Chan Wing Ching Elton
Affiliation
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lingnan University
Area of Specialization
Political Philosophy Confucianism Comparative Philosophy
Education
Ph.D , The University of Hong Kong Political Philosophy, Nov 2014
Title: From Sagekings to Confucian Republic: the political theories of 'Jiaohua'
Supervisor: Joseph Chan
Language
English (fluent in speaking and writing)
Chinese (fluent in writing)
Classical Chinese (proficient)
Mandarin Chinese (moderate in speaking)
Awards
Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award, Lingnan University 2022
An award in recognition of research achievement and grant application
Charles Wei-hsun Fu Foundation Essay Award in 2013 ISCP Essay Contest in Asian Philosophy with the essay "Ritual propriety as discipline—a Foucauldian reading," 2013
The contest was jointly held by Charles Wei-hsun Fu Foundation and International Society for Chinese Philosophy.
One of the two recipients of the award in a global contest open to PhD candidates.
Grant and Funding
Research Grant Council - Early Career Scheme (ECS), 2022
The research project, entitled Realist Confucianism: From Dirty Hands to Political Virtues, is fully funded
Presentations & Publications
Published Work
Book
- Chan, Elton, Toward Confucian Republicanism: Democracy as Virtue Politics. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Journal Article
- Chan, Elton, “Rejecting Dirty Hands: Confucian Political Realism in Wang Fuzhi’s commentary on history.” Philosophy East and West. (Revision for Resubmit)
- Chan, Elton, “Confucian virtues for democratic leadership.” Dao: a Comparative Journal of Philosophy. (Revision for Resubmit)
- Chan, Elton, “Defending Political Equality: A Confucian Democratic Response to Bai Tong Dong’s proposal of hybrid-regime.” China Review International, 26 (3), 2021
- Chan, Elton. "Reconciling Confucianism with Rule of Law: Confucianisation or Self-restraint?" Asian Philosophy 30, no. 4 (2020): 275-94.
- Chan, Elton, “The Indispensability of Moral Cultivation in Confucian Politics.” Dao: a Comparative Journal of Philosophy, 18 (2), 2019.
- Chan, Elton, “Huang Zongxi as a Republican: A Theory of Governance for Confucian Democracy.” Dao: a Comparative Journal of Philosophy, 17 (2), 2018.
Book Chapter
- Chan, Elton, “Virtuous Confucians in a world of power struggles: a case of Huang
Zongxi for overcoming vicious actors in politics.” In Dao Companion to Confucian Applied Ethics. Springer, (under review) - Joseph Chan and Elton Chan, "Confucianism and Political Leadership." In The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership. Edited by R. A. W. Rhodes and Paul't Hart. Oxford University Press, May 2014
Research Experience
Assistant Professor, Lingnan University, January 2021 to present
Assistant Professor, Yale-NUS College, July 2015 to December 2020
Honorary Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, 2014-2015
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Lingnan University, January 2021 to present
Course instructor and tutor for courses: “Chinese Political Philosophy: Confucianism and its rivals,” “Men and Heaven in Chinese Philosophy,” “The Philosophy of Mozi,” and “Final-Year Research Seminar”
Supervisor for Final Year Project students each year
Member of Committee for Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Global Development and Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Yale-NUS College, 2015-present
Course instructor and tutor for courses: “Philosophy and Political Thought 1 & 2” and “Chinese Political Philosophy: Confucianism and its rivals.”
Supervisors for capstone students each year
Committee member of Chinese Study Council
Honorary Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, 2014-2015
Course instructor and tutor for politics course: “Making Sense of Politics” and “Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention.”
Instructor, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Feb, 2013
Conducted workshops for public speaking skills for 120 students.
Duties include: offering three hours of lectures on public speaking skills, designing training sessions, organizing and adjudicating speech days for students.