Professor Wang Fan-sen
Professor Wang Fan-sen (王汎森, b. 1958) is a Taiwanese historian specializing in China’s cultural and intellectual history from the late Ming to early Republican periods. He earned his Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from Princeton University and has held key positions at Academia Sinica, including Director of the Institute of History and Philology and Vice President. Since 2022, he serves as President of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System. Wang’s influential publications include Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics and The Genealogy of Modern Chinese Thought. He is an Academician of Academia Sinica and a Humboldt Research Award recipient.
