Professor ZHU is a renowned scholar in Chinese linguistics. He is currently a Chair Professor of Chinese Language, and has been the Head of the Department of Chinese, now Department of Chinse language Studies since January 2009. He previously worked as a full-time professor in Chinese linguistics at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and was the Dean of Yuanpei College, Peking University. Professor ZHU obtained his B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Northwest Normal University in 1982, his M.A. in History from Middle China Normal University in 1986, and his Ph.D. in History of Chinese Language from Sichuan University in 1990. He won scholarships from the Sino-Indian Culture Exchange Program to study Sanskrit and Buddhism in Delhi University in 1992 to 1993 and from the Committee on Scholarly Communication with China (CSCC) in the United States to conduct research in the University of Pennsylvania from 1994 to 1995. Professor ZHU has taught more than 10 different courses to BA, MA, and PhD students in several Universities from 1982, including at Sichuan University from 1990 to 1998 and at Peking University from 1998 to 2008. He has published more than 60 books and papers in the field of historical Chinese linguistics and literature, and has won the national academic awards twice. |