“Hehe Ideo-political Education · Famous Scholars’ Academic Lounge” Lecture One of 2025 was delivered on the afternoon of February 6th. The lecture was themed on the application for National Social Science Fund projects. The lecture was given by Professor Chen Jian from Shandong University. Professor Zhang Tianhua, the dean of School of Marxism, TU, hosted the event. Teachers and doctors from the school attended the lecture.
Professor Chen Jian talks with participating teachers
Based on his extensive research experience, Professor Chen elaborated on the new requirements and changes in the application for National Social Science Fund projects in recent years. He talked with participating teachers on topics such as precise topic selection from academic frontiers, research framework design, and application writing skills. He also provided one-on-one precise guidance on the National Social Science Fund project texts submitted by teachers, who reported significant gains and plans for subsequent improvements.
It is learned that, to study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches on ideo-political courses, the School of Marxism will continue to launch the series of “Hehe Ideo-political Education · Famous Scholars’ Academic Lounge” lectures in 2025. The goal is to enhance the theoretical literacy of ideo-political course teachers, improve the quality of teaching, and build a team of outstanding ideo-political course teachers who are politically strong, deeply passionate, innovatively thinking, broadly visioned, strictly self-disciplined, and morally upright. The school means to cultivate students majoring in ideo-political education into talent who are well-rounded in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor, and have firm Marxist beliefs and a firm faith in socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Expert Profile:
Chen Jian, a native of Linhai, Zhejiang, is the deputy dean of the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Shandong University, director of the Department of Religious Studies, professor, and doctoral supervisor. He serves as the deputy director of the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Shandong University Center for the Study of Judaism and Inter-religious Dialogue, and director of the Center for Buddhist Studies at Shandong University. He is a graduate supervisor for Tiantai Buddhism at the China Buddhist Academy Putuoshan College and an adjunct professor at Shandong Zhanshan Buddhist Academy. His research focuses on basic Buddhist theories, Chinese Buddhism, Tiantai Buddhism, comparative studies of Chinese and Western religions, and Chinese philosophy. He has published monographs such as “Unity of the Three and Return to the One and Manifestation of the True Teaching by Abandoning the Provisional: Studies on Tiantai Buddhism,” “Applied Buddhism: The Influence of Buddhism on the Lifestyle of Chinese Society,” “Differentiation Without Separation: Buddhism from the Perspective of Comparative Religion,” “Understanding and Transforming the Lotus Sutra: A Study on the Interpretation of the Lotus Sutra by Zhiyi,” “The Nature of Ignorance is the Dharma Nature: A Study on the Meditation Thought of Tiantai Buddhism,” and “Affliction is Enlightenment: A Study on the ‘Evil Nature’ Thought of Tiantai Buddhism.”
