[098] Belmont's Littlejohn to Present Sept. 20 MTSU Honors Lecture

Release date: Sept. 16, 2010

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Belmont’s Littlejohn to Present Sept. 20 MTSU Honors Lecture


(MURFREESBORO) — Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn, chair of the Department of Philosophy and director of Asian Studies at Nashville’s Belmont University, will present the third of nine presentations in the fall 2010 Honors Lecture Series at MTSU.
Littlejohn’s topic will be “New Confucian Political Theory.” The nearly one-hour lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in Room 106 (amphitheatre) in the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building.
The fall series is titled “China: The Middle Kingdom in the Modern World.”
According to the Belmont philosophy department website, Littlejohn’s current work is in comparative philosophy, especially classical Confucianism and Daoism. He has many teaching awards to his credit, including the Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching presented by the International Conference on Teaching and Learning in 2003.
The Confucius Institute at MTSU cosponsors this fall’s Honors Lecture Series.
For more information about the lecture series or the University Honors College, call 615-898-2152 or visit mtsu.edu/honors/ online.

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