Chen Xujing

Chen Xujing (陈序经，1903–1967) was a leading Chinese sociologist.

Chen Xujing was born in Hainan. He was schooled in Singapore and at Lingnan Middle School, at which he enrolled in 1920. He graduated from Fudan University in 1925.^[1]. After receiving a PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois in 1928, he published his thesis on theories of sovereignty in the following year. While holding a sociology post at Lingnan University, he travelled to study in Germany. He became a professor at Nankai University, heading the Economic Research Institute and School of Politics and Economics, and serving as Vice President of the university. After serving as Vice President of Zhongshan University, he became President of Lingnan University in 1948, and subsequently President of Jinan University in Guangzhou.^[2]

Works

• Recent theories of sovereignty, 1929 
• China and Southeastern Asia, 1944 

References

1. ^ Lingnan Chronicle
2. ^ Wang Gungwu (2004), "Chinese political culture and scholarship about the Malay world", in Benton, Gregor; Hong Liu, Diasporic Chinese Ventures: the life and work of Wang Gungwu, Routledge, ISBN 0415331420 , p. 101

External links

• Works by or about Chen Xujing in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Name	Chen, Xujing
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Date of birth	1903
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Date of death	1967
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