During the initial 3-month secondment phase of the project, a comprehensive collection of materials highlighting the absence of a conceptual human rights framework was undertaken. This phase, conducted at Ca’ Foscari University, also included extensive research on the Aristotelian component of the project.The work on the Aristotelian component continued during the outgoing phase at Harvard University, in alignment with the project’s timeline. During this period, Dr. Baka also compiled a selective and comprehensive bibliography on Confucian and Neo-Confucian philosophy. Special attention was given to the methodologies of cultural comparison and the history of ideas, drawing heavily from the European continental philosophical tradition. During the outgoing phase, substantial progress was made toward achieving the overall objective of developing a conceptual human rights framework based on Aristotelianism and (Neo)Confucianism, which is intended to enhance the political dialogue between the EU and China. The conceptual analysis of key philosophical texts has been finalized, clearly indicating that the combined framework should incorporate the Neo-Confucian works of Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, as well as the pre-modern philosophy of Xunzi. For the Aristotelian foundations, the critical texts have been identified primarily within Politics, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Poetics, highlighting their relevance to the framework.The project has also produced, during the outgoing phase, nine (9) dissemination deliverables, which include acceptance for publication of a monograph; an invited lecture; four (4) conference papers; the organization of an international conference organized at Harvard’s EALC Department; the proposal of a collective volume under the researcher's editorship, which is currently under discussion as well as an online course. During the outgoing phase, the project has also successfully conducted four (4) public engagement activities, including the project’s website; a dedicated Departmental post at Harvard University; a blog post on the American Philosophical Association’s blog; a series of social media posts by the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions’ Facebook page.The exploitation strategy has so far paved the way to the channelling of the research results into four (4) intellectual products: a contracted monograph; a website; an educational module and an edited volume currently under discussion with a renowned Publisher.
