Wang Der-wei

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

David D.W. Wang
Born	6 November 1954 (1954-11-06) (age 57)
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 scholar of Chinese literature.

Academic career

Wang Der-wei
Chinese	王德威[1]
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Déwēi - Wade–Giles Wang2 Dê2 -wei1

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

• Wang, David Der-wei (1997), Fin-de-Siecle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911, Stanford: Stanford University Press, ISBN 0804728453 . The first full-length English language survey of late Qing Dynasty fiction, it has been praised as a major contribution to scholarship on the fiction of the era.^[4]
• Wang, David Der-wei (2004), The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, ISBN 0520238737 . Reflections on violence in Chinese fiction and real-world history, covering famous writers such as Lu Xun and Mao Dun as well as less-well-known ones from mainland China and Taiwan.^[5][6]
• Wang, Der-wei (2005) (in Chinese), 《如此繁華：王德威自選集》 [Urban Splendor: Selected Writings of Wang Der-wei], Hong Kong: Cosmos Books, ISBN 9882111408 . A collection of essays discussing the history of modern literary creation in three cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Taipei.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 《王德威資料》 [Wang Der-wei profile], Taipei: Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, http://www.litphil.sinica.edu.tw/HOME/staff/res34.htm, 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), http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/00/01/wang.html, retrieved 2008-02-18 
3. ^ "Wang named professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures", Harvard University Gazette (Harvard University), 2004-09-16, http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.16/03-appointments.html, 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, http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/110.5/br_31.html 
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, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=854004 
7. ^ "書介：《如此繁華》", Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong), 2005-04-15, http://paper.wenweipo.com/2005/04/15/OT0504150003.htm, retrieved 2008-02-18 

External links

• List of recent publications (hosted by the Academia Sinica)

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