What's humanism?
Humanism is a worldview that holds people as capable of autonomous moral growth. It seeks to make a world that is not only just, but equitable, for people regardless of age, race, gender, etc. In action, humanism seeks human solutions for issues that affect human beings. For further reading on the principles of international humanism, please read the Amsterdam Declaration.
About the Asian Humanism Conference
The Asian Humanism Conference is a meeting of humanist youth in Asia. It's goals are to help build connections between people and humanist organizations in the region as well as offer training on skills and capacity building to help make groups more effective in the work as humanists. In recent years the Asian Humanism Conference has been held in Nepal, Singapore, and the Philippines as well as other nations. This year, it will be held in Taiwan, the first time for the conference to be held in East Asia.
About the Hosts
The conference's main sponsor is the International Humanists and Ethical Youth Organization(IHEYO), the youth branch of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). IHEYO is an umbrella organization that creates links between young humanists throughout the world. The local hosts of the event are Taichung Atheists, Freethinkers, and Humanists and Taiwan Humanism Studio, and Ming-Jing Educational Association, three local humanist organizations in Taiwan.
About the Theme
The theme for this year's conference is “Old and New: Timeless solutions for modern challenges.” We will be exploring humanism both as how it has been practiced in countries and places with strong humanist societies, and how we can learn from those groups and practices to expand humanism into new regions in the future. Furthermore, we will try to combine the lesson of the past, with the best thinking of today to help us navigate through challenges that are both old and new.
Information
Dates: Aug 6-7
Location: Taipei, Taiwan - National Taiwan University Costs: Non-IHEYO Members NTD$1000 IHEYO Members NTD$900 Student(With Valid ID) - NTD$800 The fee includes 2 lunches, a notebook/program, name tag and shirt as well as admission to all of the talks and panels during the conference. Email: [email protected] Registration deadline: 7/20 |
Aug 6
09:00-10:00 Registration 10:00-10:30 Opening 10:30-12:00 Religious Past, Humanism Future 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 Weaknesses and Strengths: Strategic thinking of forces in The Art of War 14:00-14:50 Humanism and Morality: A Compass that Works 15:00-16:00 Scheherazade the Millennial: Retelling Traditional Narratives Through a Feminist Lens 16:00-17:00 Militant Atheism is Necessary for Humanism and Human Progress Aug 7 09:00-12:00 Asian Working Group Meeting 12:00-13:00 lunch 13:00-14:00 The Aborigines Awakens: Secular values in traditional beliefs 14:00-15:00 The Conflicted Humanist 15:00-16:00 closing |
Speaker |
Country |
Introduction |
Topic |
Michael Sherlock |
Australia ( live in Japan) |
Atheist author, Founder of Human Rights for Atheists, Agnostics & Secularists |
Militant Atheism is Necessary for Humanism and Human Progress |
Michael Bigelow |
USA ( live in Macau) |
Skeptic, Atheist, and Amateur Naturalist |
Humanism and Morality: A compass that works |
Peng, Chen-Hsuan |
Taiwan |
Columnist of The New Lens |
Weaknesses and Strengths: Strategic thinking of forces in The Art of War |
Feng, Chin-Wen |
Taiwan |
President of Taiwan Humanism Studio |
The Aborigines Awakens: Secular values in traditional beliefs |
Tattsi Tan |
Singapore |
President of Humanist Society Singapore |
Religious past, Humanism future |
Danielle Hill |
Philippines |
Internal Secretary, Director for Youth Affairs - Humanist Alliance Philippines International |
Scheherazade the Millennial: Retelling Traditional Narratives Through a Feminist Lens |
Jason Sylvester |
Canada (live in Hong Kong) |
Featured author in Time Out Hong Kong, Contributing writer to The Australian Atheist |
The Conflicted Humanist |
Wade Kaardal |
Taiwan |
Chairman of IHEYO in Asia, founder of Taichung Skeptics in the Pub & Atheists, Freethinkers, and Humanists |
More skeptical, More Humanistic |