David Der-wei Wang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
David D.W. Wang
Born (1954-11-06) 6 November 1954
Institutions National Taiwan University
Harvard University
University of Columbia
Department of East Asian Language and Civilizations, Harvard University
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of Wisconsin-Madison

David Wang Der-wei (variously David Der-wei Wang, D. D. W. Wang, etc.) is a Taiwanese-born American scholar of Chinese literature.

Academic career

David Der-wei Wang
Chinese 王德威[1]

Wang graduated from National Taiwan University in 1976 with a B.A. in foreign languages and literature, and went on to study comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving his M.A. in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1982.[1] He is on the editorial board for the Cambria Sinophone World Series (Cambria Press), headed by Victor H. Mair.

He was named as the head of Columbia University's East Asian Languages and Cultures Department in 1997. In 2000, he succeeded Irene Bloom as chair of the University Committee on Asia and the Middle East.[2] In September 2004, Harvard University named him Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures.[3]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 《王德威資料》 [Wang Der-wei profile], Taipei: Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, retrieved 2008-02-16
  2. Dunlap-Smith, Aimery (2000-01-26), "David Der-Wei Wang Will Head Core Program In Asian Studies", Columbia University News, Columbia University, retrieved 2008-02-18
  3. "Wang named professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures", Harvard University Gazette, Harvard University, 2004-09-16, retrieved 2008-02-18
  4. Williams, Philip F.; Wang, David Der-wei (April 1999), "Fin-de-siecle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911. (Review)", The Journal of the American Oriental Society, 119 (2): 371–2, doi:10.2307/606157, JSTOR 606157
  5. Vlastos, Steven (December 2005), "Book Review: Asia: David Der-wei Wang. The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China", The American Historical Review, 110 (5): 1505, doi:10.1086/ahr.110.5.1504
  6. Lu, Tonglin (2005), "Book Reviews—China—The Monster That is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China", The Journal of Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press (64): 461–3
  7. "書介:《如此繁華》", Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong, 2005-04-15, retrieved 2008-02-18

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