Doctor of Arts (PhD), Oslo University, Norway

Changjiang (Yangtze River) Distinguished Professor of English, Drama and Comparative Literature

Dean, School of Arts, Nanjing University

Director, the Sino-Nordic Cultural Studies Center

Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China PRC

Foreign Member, Academia Europaea (the Academy of Europe)

Email: chengzhou@nju.edu.cn;

Research areas: drama/theatre studies, critical theory, comparative and world literature, English literature, Nordic literature, Ibsen studies, gender studies

Post Address:

Prof. He Chengzhou

School of Arts

Nanjing University

22 Hankou Road

Nanjing 210093

P. R. China

Work Experience:

1992-1997, assistant professor and lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China

2002 - 2005, associate professor, School of International Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

2005 – Present, full professor, School of International Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

2008 – 2013, Deputy Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanjing University

2009 (March-April), Distinguished visiting fellow, Brown University, USA

2009 (May-July), Visiting Professor, University of Goettingen, Germany

2009 – Present, Director of Chinese Nordic Cultural Center, Nanjing U

2012 (June-August), visiting professor and teacher at the Summer Session, University of California, Davis

2012 (Sept. 1- Dec. 31), fellow, International Research Centre of Interweaving Performance Cultures, Free University of Berlin, Germany

2013.7- 2017.11, Chinese Co-Director, the John Hopkins U-Nanjing U Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, China

2017.11- Dean, School of Arts, Nanjing University

2018 (June 1- July 31), fellow, International Research Centre of Interweaving Performance Cultures, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Education, Academic and Professional Training:

1985-1989, B.A. in English, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China

1989-1992, M.A. in British Literature, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University

1997 – 2002, Doctor of Arts (PhD), Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway

Academic Positions

President of International Ibsen Committee (2009-2012)

Chairman of Jiangsu Comparative Literature Association (2016.7 - )

Deputy Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanjing University (2008-2013)

Director of Chinese-Nordic Cultural Centre, Nanjing University (2009-present)

Deputy director of European Studies Centre, Nanjing University (2006-present)

Founding director of the Ibsen Studies Network in China (2005- )

Committee Member of Chinese Association of Foreign Literature (2008- )

Chinese Co-Director, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Nanjing University (2013- 2017)

Chinese Director, Nanjing-Brown Joint Program in Gender Studies and Humanities (2008- )

Award and Honor

Ibsen Medal (2002, Norway)

Named “National Talent” by Chinese Ministry of Education (2005)

Award of “Distinguished Professional” in Jiangsu Province (2008, 2011)

Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brown University (US), 2009

Fellow, International Research Centre of Interweaving Performing Cultures, Free University of Berlin, Germany, 2012

Changjiang (Yangtze River) Distinguished Professor, Chinese Ministry of Education (2014)

Foreign Member of Academia Europaea [the Academy of Europe] (2015)

Named “Leading Scholar of Humanities and Social Sciences” by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee (2017)

Named “Famous Expert of Culture”(文化名家) by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee  (2018)

Contributing Editor-in-Chief of NewTheatre Quartler (A&HCI), and Editorial Board Member and Guest（2019）Editor-in-Chief of Orbis Litterarum (A&HCI)Key member of the Teacher of the Year Advanced Team, Nanjing University, 2019

The "2018-2019 Most Downloaded Papers" certificate by Wiley （May 2020）

"Special Allowance of the State Council" （2020）

The major project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, "Research on Post-war World Processes and Foreign Literary Processes" (sub-theme leader) won the First Prize of Excellent Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Province（2020）.

Award for Contribution to Humanities Research, Nanjing University（2020）

"Virtual Simulation Experiment on Art Exhibition Preview and Assessment" will be selected as one of the first-class undergraduate programs in China（2022）

Elected as a member of the first Steering Committee (2022-2026) of the Ministry of Education's Admission to General Colleges and Universities Specialized Examinations in the Arts (2023)

The course “Intercultural Theatre as Aesthetic Education and the Transmissive Power of Chinese Civilization” was elected as “Excellent Course for Aesthetic Education of Jiangsu Province” (2023).