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CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

• “Wees liefdevol en kleed je goed, dat is confucianisme in een notedop,” Trouw (3 August 2020): 26-27, written interview by Laura Molenaar, URL=https://www.trouw.nl/religie-filosofie/wees-liefdevol-en-kleed-je-goed-dat-is-confucianisme-in-een-notedop~b0eefd7f/.

• John Altmann and Bryan W. Van Norden, “Was This Ancient Taoist the First Philosopher of Disability,” The Stone, The New York Times, 8 July 2020, URL=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opinion/disability-philosophy-zhuangzi.html.

• “Better Know Confucius with Bryan Van Norden,” Embrace the Void, 27 December 2019, audio interview, URL=https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2019/12/27/ev-122-better-know-confucius-with-bryan-van-norden.

• “Philosophy in the Wake of Empire, Part 1: The White Way to Think,” interviewed by David Rutledge for The Philosopher’s Zone on ABC News Radio (Australia), 3 November 2019, https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/the-white-way-to-think/11658458.

• “A Multicultural Manifesto,” interview by Philosophy Bakes Bread, uploaded 8 September 2018, https://www.philosophersinamerica.com/2018/09/08/a-multicultural-manifesto/.

• "The Best Books on World Philosophy," Five Books (9 July 2018), https://fivebooks.com/best-books/world-philosophy-bryan-van-norden/. Chinese translation by吴万伟: 世界哲学五大最佳图书, http://www.aisixiang.com/data/111065.html.

• “Conversation: Dr. Bryan W. Van Norden,” Nanyang Philosophical Review (7 February 2018): https://nyphilosophyreview.wordpress.com/2018/02/07/conversation-dr-bryan-w-van-norden/

• Interview: Bryan Van Norden on His Book Taking Back Philosophy on Rorotoko (11 December 2017), http://rorotoko.com/interview/20171211_van_norden_bryan_on_book_taking_back_philosophy_multicultural

• "Interview: A Multicultural Manifesto," with Dan Kaufman on Meaningoflife.tv, 11 December 2017, https://youtu.be/LvE3gDRCbC0

• “Western Philosophy Is Racist,” Aeon (31 October 2017), https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-western-philosophical-canon-is-xenophobic-and-racist. Chinese translation by吴万伟: 西方哲学的种族主义色彩, http://www.aisixiang.com/data/106721.html. Farsi translation by Ali Barzegar, آیا فلسفۀ غرب ذاتاً نژادپرست است؟ published in Tarjomaan, (16 February 2018), http://tarjomaan.com/neveshtar/8860/. Arabic translation, عنصرية الفلسفة الغربية published in Hekmah (7 October 2018), http://hekmah.org/?p=22144. Slightly modified version published in Public Seminar (30 January 2018), http://www.publicseminar.org/2018/01/taking-back-philosophy-a-multicultural-manifesto/. Slightly modified version published in Blog of the American Philosophical Association (26 November 2018), https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/11/26/an-excerpt-from-taking-back-philosophy-a-multicultural-manifesto/.

• “The Confucian Roots of Xi Jinping’s Policies,” The Straits Times (15 November 2017), http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-confucian-roots-of-xi-jinpings-policies. Chinese version:《习近平思想的儒家根源》(translated by吴万伟)，联合早报，vol. 44 (15 November 2017): 22. Reprinted in Aisixiang (16 November 2017), http://www.aisixiang.com/data/106911.html and Rujiawang (17 November 2017), http://www.rujiazg.com/article/id/12806/.

• “Interview: The US Doesn’t Understand Chinese Thought,” The Matt Townsend Show, 19 August 2017, http://www.byuradio.org/episode/a8c9e933-d2cf-4f84-8dd4-76aaac8edfde/the-matt-townsend-show-chinese-thought-process-kids-with-anxiety-screen-cleaning?playhead=1165&autoplay=true

• “Interview: Here’s Why China’s President Is Big on Confucianism Right Now,” Top of Mind with Julie Rose, 10 August 2017.

• "Why the US Doesn't Understand Chinese Thought--And Must," The Conversation, uploaded 20 July 2017. Chinese paraphrase at 汉学家万百安：为何美国需要理解中国哲学, http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/17/7/20/n9445698.htm.

• "The Influential Chinese Philosopher You've Never Heard Of," Aeon Magazine, uploaded 31 October 2016. Persian translation in Tarjomaan, پرنفوذترین فیلسوف چینی که احتمالاً چیزی دربارۀ او نشنیدهاید, http://tarjomaan.com/vdci.ravct1ap5bc2t.html.

• “Chinese philosophy is missing from U.S. philosophy departments. Should we care?” The Conversation, uploaded 18 May 2016.

• “Chinese Philosophy in the English-Speaking World: Interview with Bryan Van Norden,” Blog of the APA, uploaded 17 May 2016.

• “If Philosophy Won’t Diversify, Let’s Call It What It Really Is” (co-author Jay Garfield), The Stone, New York Times Online, uploaded 11 May 2016.

• "Confucius on Gay Marriage," The Diplomat.

• "Five Colossal Events that Changed China Forever," The National Interest.

PUBLIC POLICY

• “Who Is Cancelling Aristotle?” Medium (21 July 2020), https://medium.com/@bryanvannorden_14478/i-am-puzzled-by-agnes-callards-article-should-we-cancel-aristotle-92a08a4ec6de.

• “The Ignorant Do Not Have a Right to an Audience,” The Stone, New York Times Online (25 June 2018), https://nyti.ms/2lyyr2c. Chinese translation by 吴万伟：无知者无权要求他人必须听, http://www.aisixiang.com/data/110788.html.

• “10 Reasons Conservatives Should Vote against Trump and the Republicans Who Support Him,” Hippo Reads (2018), http://hipporeads.com/top-ten-reasons-conservatives-should-vote-against-trump-and-the-republicans-who-support-him-in-2018-and-2020/.

• "Thank You, General Kelly," Huffington Post, 21 October 2017, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thank-you-general-kelly_us_59eb0b8fe4b034105edd4ecd.

• "What's with Nazis and Knights?" Huffington Post, 19 September 2017, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/whats-with-nazis-and-knights_us_59c0b469e4b082fd4205b98d. Chinese translation by 万百安: 纳粹和骑士是怎么回事？, http://www.aisixiang.com/data/106041.html.

• “Trump’s Confederate Fallacies,” Huffington Post, 19 August 2017, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5997c55fe4b03b5e472cefc5. Chinese translation by 吴万伟: 特朗普的南方联邦谬误, http://www.aisixiang.com/data/105613.html.

• "Does China Have a Secret Solution for North Korea?" The American Conservative, uploaded 26 April 2017. Chinese translations published in 儒家网, http://www.rujiazg.com/article/id/11075/ and 爱思想, http://www.aisixiang.com/data/104126.html.

• "Why the Berkeley Riot Was Wrong (and Foolish)," Hippo Reads, uploaded 13 January 2017.

• "Three Simple Ways to Improve Future Presidential Debates," Hippo Reads.

• "What I Told My Freshmen about Voting," Hippo Reads

• “What Happened to the Party of Lincoln?” Hippo Reads, uploaded 22 March 2016.

EDUCATION

• “The Global Fight for the Humanities: Why a Liberal Arts College in Singapore Matters,” Blog of the APA (4 October 2021), https://blog.apaonline.org/2021/10/04/the-global-fight-for-the-humanities-why-a-liberal-arts-college-in-singapore-matters/.

• “The McDonalds-ification of Higher Education,” Hippo Reads, uploaded 15 February 2016.

• "My College Is Being Blackmailed," Hippo Reads.

POLITICAL SATIRE

• “Kasich Is Right: Teachers Are the Problem,” Hippo Reads, uploaded 6 April 2016.

• “Republican Majority Leader Explains Refusal to Consider Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee,” Hippo Reads, uploaded 28 March 2016.

ELECTION 2016

• “The Dilemma Trump Presents for the GOP,” Hippo Reads, uploaded 14 March 2016.

• Chinese translation of "The Dilemma Trump Presents for the GOP," “特朗普令共和党陷入两难困境,” 《爱思想》(uploaded 29 March 2016).

• "In Defense of Ben Carson," uploaded 9 November 2015.

• "Should the Ethics of Presidential Candidates Matter?" uploaded 12 June 2015.