Prof. Chen Zhi

President and Chair Professor, BNBU

Prof. Chen Zhi is an internationally renowned scholar in Chinese literature, history, and sinology. He received his Bachelor's degree in History from Peking University, a Master's degree in Classical Literature from Nanjing University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has held academic positions at the National University of Singapore and the University of Wisconsin. From 2000 ...

Prof. Gong Pengcheng

Professor, Peking University

Prof. Gong Pengcheng obtained his Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of Chinese Literature at National Taiwan Normal University. He has served as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Tamkang University, the founding President of both Nan Hua University and Fo Guang University in Taiwan, and the President of Eurasia University in the United States.His research interests cover literary theory, aesthetics,...

Hans van Ess

Prof. Hans van Ess is a distinguished German sinologist and Professor of Sinology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He studied Sinology, Turkology, and Philosophy in Hamburg and Shanghai. His publications include 101 of the Most Important Questions: China.

​Karl Gerth

Karl Gerth is a Professor of History and Chair Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University in 2000. He has previously taught at the University of South Carolina and the University of Oxford. His research focuses on consumerism and consumer culture in contemporary China. His notable works include As China Goes, So ...

Prof. Leung Yuen-sang

Prof. Leung Yuen-sang holds a Master's degree in Philosophy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Director of the Contemporary Chinese Culture Research Center, and Chair Professor of History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research ...

Prof. Ma Jianfei

Prof. Ma Jianfei received his Bachelor's degree in Literature from Beijing Normal University, a Master's degree in Literature from Beijing Language and Culture University, and a Ph.D. from the same institution. He is currently the Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Deputy Director of the Office of Chinese Language Council International, and a Professor. He ...

Roel Sterckx

Prof. Roel Sterckx has taught at the University of Arizona and the University of Cambridge. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2013. His major publications include Food, Sacrifice, and Sagehood in Early China and Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics, and Religion in Traditional China.

Prof. Eugene Wang

Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art History, Harvard University

Prof. Eugene Wang has received prestigious awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lyman Award from the American Association of University Professors. He has also been awarded the Harvard University Teaching Prize. His book Constructing the Sutra of the Lotus: Visual Culture of Medieval Chinese Buddhism won the Takemitsu Academic Award. He has served as a consultant for the National Gallery ...