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.   |