Tong Shijun
Tong Shijun | |
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童世骏 | |
2nd Chancellor of New York University Shanghai | |
Assumed office June 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Yu Lizhong |
Tong Shijun (
Early life and education
Tong spent the first six years of his life in a village of Xiaoshan District,
He received both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from ECNU in 1982 and 1984 respectively.[2] In 1988, Tong traveled to the University of Bergen in Norway as a visiting scholar.[4] He ultimately earned a PhD in philosophy from the university in 1994,[2] studying under Norwegian philosopher Gunnar Skirbekk.[4]
Career and Scholarship
Tong began teaching in ECNU’s Philosophy Department as a lecturer in 1984, becoming associate professor in 1991 and full professor in 1994.
Tong joined the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) in 2004 as a researcher and as deputy party secretary, becoming the director of the academy’s Institute of Philosophy from 2009 to 2011.[3] In 2011, Tong returned to ECNU as professor of philosophy and secretary of the university’s Communist Party Standing Committee[3]
Tong is the author of 10 original books on philosophy,[5] including his most recent work, 当代中国的精神挑战 [Spiritual Challenges in China Today] (2017).[6] Tong’s scholarship focuses primarily on philosophic paths for dialogue between China and the West and philosophy’s application to contemporary society.[5][4] Much of Tong’s work relates to the concept of communicative rationality introduced by Jurgen Habermas,[7] whose 1992 work Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy was translated into Chinese by Tong.[8] Tong is also the author (with Li Guangcheng) of the Chinese translation of Hilary Putnam’s Reason, Truth, and History.[9]
Tong continues to serve as director of ECNU’s National Institutes of Educational Policy Research.[10] He is a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[11] and member of the board of consulting editors for the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism.[12] He has also served as an advisory member of the Shanghai Ministry of Education and of the Shanghai Municipal Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[5]
References
- ^ "与华东师大结缘42年,爱不需要理由!童世骏离任感言:为几万师生服务是我的特殊荣幸". wenhui. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "China Development Forum". China Development Forum. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Shanghai Observer". Shanghai Observer. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Tong, Shijun (7 November 2018). "童世骏: 记一次与"乌托邦终结"有关的多国之旅". 探索与争鸣杂志 [Exploration and Free Thought Magazine]. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "童世骏,哲学系". East China Normal University. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- OCLC 1050904009. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Worldcat.org.
- ^ Xu, Yuedong (30 June 2019). "童世骏:中国为什么会掀起"哈贝马斯热"". The Beijing News [新京报网]. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- OCLC 951885721. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Worldcat.org.
- OCLC 1050445113. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Worldcat.org.
- ^ "院长:童世骏". National Institutes of Educational Policy Research [China]. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Foreign Members: Group 3: Philosophy and Psychology". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Philosophy and Social Criticism: Editorial Board". Sage Journals. Retrieved 11 June 2020.