SCRANTON — A book by Ann A. Pang-White, Ph.D., philosophy professor and director of Asian Studies Program at The University of Scranton was published recently.
“The Confucian Four Books for Women,” published by Oxford University Press and translated with introductions, annotations, and notes by Dr. Pang-White, South Abington Township, is the first complete English translation of the Nü Shishu and the commentary of Wang Xiang. The 16th century book is a female counterpart to the Sishu (Four Books) compiled by Zhu Xi. It includes four books by five women authors over a span of 1,600 years and provides a look at the history and evolution of Chinese women’s writing, education, identity, and philosophical discourse.
This is Dr. Pang-White’s second book. Her first book, “The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender,” was published in 2016. She has published numerous articles in scholarly journals related to her research interests in interdisciplinary aspects of Chinese philosophy and Western theories on metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, and women. She serves as the deputy director of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy.
Dr. Pang-White joined the faculty at Scranton in 1997. She was awarded the University’s 2010 and 2017 Provost Award for Excellence in Advancing Global Learning. In 2011, she guided the Asian Studies Program in receiving the Bringing the World to Pennsylvania: K-16 Collaborative Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Council for International Education.
Dr. Pang-White earned her bachelor’s degree from Tung-Hai University in Taiwan, her master’s degree from the University of South Carolina–Columbia and her doctorate from Marquette University.
