Peimin
Ni
Professor

Mackinac Hall B-3 210
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403

Office
B-3 210 Mackinac Hall
Tel.: (616) 331-3529
Fax: (616) 331-2601
Email: nip@gvsu.edu

Peimin Ni earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. He also holds an M.A. and a B.A. from Fudan University.

His main interests are Chinese and comparative philosophy, modern European philosophy, and philosophy of causation. He is the author of On Confucius (Wadsworth, 2002) and On Reid (Wadsworth, 2002). His other publications include: Wandering - Brush and Pen in Philosophical Reflection (co-authored with Stephen Rowe, Oriental Publication Center in Shanghai and Art Media Resources in Chicago, 2002), and around fifty journal articles and book chapters.

Professor Ni is a founder and former president (1997-1999) of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA). He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the ACPA book series on "Chinese and Comparative Philosophy," and Vice-President of the Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP). He is also the founder and the director of GVSU's faculty-led study abroad program "Summer School in China," and a winner of numerous academic awards, including an outstanding teaching award, an outstanding faculty award, early tenure, early promotion, and an Honorary Professor title from East China University of Science and Technology. He also served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii and the University of Hong Kong.

Peimin Ni is also an accomplished Chinese calligraphy artist. He had a Chinese calligraphy exhibition at GVSU. His video production (with GRTV), "The Art of Chinese Calligraphy," was featured at the show, and at the exhibition "Land of the Dragon - 600 Years of Chinese Art" at Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan (March - September, 2002). Some of his works are part of the permanent collection of GVSU, and can be seen in the library and various other locations at the Allendale campus as well as in the DeVos Center at the Grand Rapids campus. The book he co-authored with Stephen Rowe (Wandering) is a dialogue between his calligraphy and Rowe's philosophical verses.

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