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Prof. Dr. Bart Dessein
Prof. Dr. Bart Dessein
bart.dessein@ugent.be
Department
Department of Languages and Cultures
Research group(s)
EACP - East Asian Culture in Perspective: Identity, Historical Consciousness, Modernity
GCBS - Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies
HICO - Centrum voor Geschiedenis van de Filosofie en Continentale Filosofie
Other institution(s)
Liaoning University, People's Republic of China (honorary professor)
Research Focus
Area studies
History
Interculturalism
Philosophy
Religion
Research Period
19th Century
20th Century
Antiquity
Contemporary
Research Region
Asia
Far East
Research Language
Chinese
Research Methodology
Language and text analysis
Additional tags
geopolitics
International relations
Political philosophy
Tabgroup
Projects
Projects as supervisor
Syncretic religion and philosophy in 18th century Vietnam. The three teachings (san jiao) in Le Quy Don’s philosophy
(
2023
-
2027
)
The development of the concept Datong in Chinese history
(
2022
-
2026
)
Study on tiantong sect in the Ming and Qing dynasties
(
2022
-
2024
)
ReConnect China. Generating independent knowledge for a resilient future with China for Europe and its citizens
(
2022
-
2026
)
Reflections on the Pre-Qin eclectics from the perspective of axiology
(
2022
-
Political authority and social justice. A philosophical study of Arthaśāstra
(
2022
-
2025
)
ReConnect China project
(
2022
-
2026
)
Between Asianism and Nationalism The Story of Liang Qichao's Translation of Strange Encounters with Beautiful Women
(
2021
-
2025
)
Narrating Sun Yat-sen: Explaining the People’s Republic of China and Republic of China’s (Taiwan) developments concerning leninism, christianity, and democracy
(
2021
-
2025
)
The notion of things and the transformation of seventeenth-century Chinese philosophy
(
2020
-
2024
)
Chinese philosophy and its religious minorities. Ethnicity, religion, and national identity in modern Chinese thought and the discipline of ethnic minority philosophies
(
2020
-
2023
)
When Chinese Buddhism Met Psychology: Pioneers of an Alternative Intellectual History (1880-1930)
(
2020
-
2024
)
Zhuangzi's Thought on Live and Death
(
2020
-
Self-actualization and self-transcendence in China. The paradoxical role of fate as an agent for spiritual and psychological wellbeing
(
2020
-
2024
)
Metaphor and Meaning: A Study of Zhuangzi’s Philosophy
(
2020
-
2024
)
A study on the Thought of "Qing" (情) in the Zhuangzi
(
2019
-
Research on the transformation of Xiong Shili's philosophical system to Zhouyi Learning
(
2018
-
The system of Mohist logic and its methodology (新原辩)
(
2018
-
Reuniting Confucianism with history. The political philosophy of Liao Ping 廖平, 1852-1932
(
2018
-
2022
)
An intellectual genealogy of islam in modern China. Categorization, modernization, secularization
(
2017
-
2021
)
A comparative study of English translations of the Chinese versions of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lian hua jing)
(
2017
-
2020
)
The good doctor in the Huangdi Neijing
(
2016
-
2020
)
The origin and evolution of the Wei-xin Jing-tu theories
(
2016
-
2018
)
Modern Chinese Buddhism
(
2016
-
2016
)
Tathagatagarbha project
(
2016
-
Literary and intellectual history of European romanticism in China (1894-1937)
(
2016
-
2018
)
China’s maritime commerce and naval activities in Northeast Asia during the Yuan-Ming rupture
(
2016
-
2016
)
State, bureaucracy, and the formation of regional monastic communities in Tang Buddhism
(
2015
-
2021
)
The Zutang ji 祖堂集. Aspects of textual history, genealogy, and intertextuality
(
2015
-
2023
)
Elements of the syncretist tradition in the CQFL’s chapters on the theory of rulership
(
2011
-
2013
)
The horizon of modernity. Observations on new Confucian philosophy in history and thought
(
2010
-
2014
)
Nande hutu 难得糊涂 and the 'Art of being muddled'
(
2008
-
2012
)
Animal symbolism in eighteenth-century Chinese fantastic literature. Yuan Mei and the writing of Zi Bu Yu
(
2006
-
2010
)
Haptoglobine polymorphism and human migration. The question of provision in Chinese expeditions
(
2002
-
2006
)
Pluralistically imagined Chineseness
Projects as co-supervisor
The three religions during the late Ming. Research in the philosophical works by Fang Yizhi 方以智
(
2019
-
2020
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Dessein, Bart.
Come and (Re)Discover China: Staunchly Patriotic, Sincerely Religious, and Eager to Further Engage with the World
. no. 371, Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, 2025.
Dessein, Bart. “The Weight of History : Competing Narratives in the Context of a Rising China.”
Narrating China and Europe in Uncertain Times
, edited by Ágota Révész et al., Bristol University Press, 2025, pp. 244–63, doi:10.51952/9781529238075.ch012.
Dessein, Bart. “Ecoles et Principes Du Bouddhisme.”
Bouddha : L’expérience Du Sensible
, edited by Lyce Jankowski and Lara Bauden, Musée Royal de Mariemont, 2024, pp. 39–43.
Dessein, Bart. “China, the Global South, and the European Union : Grasping Opportunities, Acting Pragmatically.”
Harvesting the Winds of Change : China and the Global Actors : 4th “Dialogues on China” International Academic Conference, Vol. 2
, edited by Aleksandar Mitić and Katarina Zak, Institute of International Politics and Economics, 2024, pp. 197–209, doi:10.18485/iipe_dijalozi_kina.2024.4.2.ch10.
Dessein, Bart. “The King’s Road. Diplomacy and the Remaking of the Silk Road. By Xin Wen. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023.”
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE STUDIES
, vol. 5, no. 1, 2024, pp. 287–91, doi:10.25365/jeacs.2024.5.dessein.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Modern Chinese III
Modern Chinese IV
Modern Chinese V
Xiandai Hanyu (Modern Chinese)
Gudai Hanyu (Classical Chinese)
Jingmao Hanyu (Economical Chinese)
Society and Current Affairs: China
Zhongguo wenxue (Chinese Literature)
Modern Chinese: Contemporary Chinese Literature
Modern Chinese: China in the Media
Modern Chinese I
Modern Chinese II
Oriental Literature: China
Modern Chinese VI
Method and research: South and East Asia 1
Bachelor's Essay
Dissertation Seminar
Master's Dissertation
Master's Dissertation
EU-East Asia Relations
