Nanjing University a center of Confucian thought and humanistic scholarship. During this period, Nanjing University was known as the foremost "Oriental Education Centre" and recognized as an academic and cultural exchange centre for east and west. Many scholars visited and instructed there, including the American educationist Paul Monroe, W. H. Kilpatrick, E. L. Thorndike, philosopher John Dewey, British philosopher Bertrand Russell, German philosopher Hans Driesch and the Indian (also Bengali) poet Rabindranath Tagore. The university became the capital national university after Nanking was made the capital by Nationalist Government, initially renamed National Dyisyi Chungshan University (or called National Nanking Chungshan University) in
John Dewey referenced or mentioned in this article. A more complete list of his publications may be found at List of publications by John Dewey. See also Dewey's Complete Writings is available in 4 multi-volume sets (38 volumes in all) from Southern Illinois University Press: "The Collected Works of John Dewey: 1882–1953"', "The Correspondence of John Dewey 1871–1952", and "The Lectures of John Dewey" are available online via monographic purchase to academic institutions and via subscription to individuals, and also in TEI format for university servers in the "Past Masters series". (The CD-ROM has been discontinued). John Dewey John Dewey (; October