Wang Fan-sen

Wang Fan-sen
王汎森
Wang in 2023
3rd President of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byPaul Chu
Acting President of the Academia Sinica
In office
11 May 2016 – 20 June 2016
PresidentMa Ying-jeou
Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded byChi-Huey Wong
Succeeded byJames C. Liao
Vice President of the Academia Sinica
In office
4 January 2010 – 30 August 2016
Serving with Andrew H. J. Wang and Wang Yu
PresidentChi-Huey Wong
Himself (acting)
James C. Liao
Preceded byLiu Ts'ui-jung
Succeeded byChin-Shing Huang
Personal details
Born (1958-10-25) October 25, 1958 (age 66)
Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan
EducationNational Taiwan University (BA, MA)
Princeton University (PhD)

Wang Fan-sen Chinese: 王汎森; born 25 October 1958) is a Taiwanese historian who is the current president of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System since 2022. He formerly served as acting president of Academia Sinica in 2016, after the resignation of Chi-Huey Wong.

Career

Wang earned his bachelor's and master's degree from National Taiwan University in 1980 and 1983, respectively.[1] He began working for the Institute of History and Philology [zh] (IHP) at Academia Sinica as an assistant research fellow in 1985,[2] then completed a doctorate within Princeton University's Department of East Asian Studies in 1992.[1][3][4] Upon his return to the IHP in 1993, he was promoted to associate researcher until 1998, when he became full researcher. In 2005, Wang was appointed a distinguished research fellow.[5] Wang served as IHP director from 2003 to 2009.[6] Academia Sinica president Chi-Huey Wong named Wang a vice president of the Academia Sinica on 1 January 2010. On 1 June of the same year, Wang succeeded Liu Ts'ui-jung as head of the Taiwan e-learning and Digital Archives Program.[5]

In April 2016, several weeks before President of the Republic of China Ma Ying-jeou was to complete his second consecutive term, Wang announced that the Academia Sinica had settled on three candidates for its next leader.[7] After the resignation of Chi-Huey Wong as head of Academia Sinica in May 2016,[8] Ma appointed Wang Fan-sen the acting leader.[9][10] Eventually, it was decided that Ma's successor Tsai Ing-wen would select the Academia Sinica leader after she had taken office.[11][12] After Tsai named James C. Liao to the Academia Sinica's highest-ranking position, Wang's acting tenure came to an end.[13][14]

In November 2017, Wang was one of eight candidates considered for the position of National Taiwan University president.[15] While the Ministry of Education considered the presidential selection process flawed and originally refused Kuan Chung-ming's selection, Wang stated that he would not be running in another election.[16][17] Kuan was eventually permitted to take up the NTU presidency in January 2019.

Honors and awards

Wang was elected to membership of the Academia Sinica in 2004,[1] and became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society the following year.[18][19] In 2023, Wang won a Humboldt Research Award.[20]

Selected publications

  • Wang, Fan-sen (2000). Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511529191. ISBN 9780521480512.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fan-Sen Wang". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ Fung, Mirror (23 June 2011). "Eminent historian revisits 1911 Revolution". City University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Fan-sen Wang Distinguished Research Fellow". Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Wang, Fan-sen". Academia Sinica Scholars' Hub.
  5. ^ a b "Dr. Fan-Sen Wang was appointed as Taiwan e-learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP) program director by the ROC National Science Council on June 1, 2010". Taiwan e-learning and Digital Archives Program. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ^ "知名院士學者 王汎森院士 (Academician Fan-Sen Wang)". City University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ^ Pan, Jason (17 April 2016). "OBI Pharma chairman released on NT$1m bail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Wong Chi-huey offers resignation". Taipei Times. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ^ Chen, Wei-han (17 May 2016). "Kuo Way turns down Ma interview". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Ma should not be making any staffing decisions: group". Taipei Times. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  11. ^ "New Academia Sinica head to be decided by new president". Central News Agency. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  12. ^ Hsu, Stacy (18 May 2016). "Tsai Ing-wen to appoint new head of Academia Sinica". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  13. ^ "James Liao to assume presidency of Academia Sinica June 21". Central News Agency. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  14. ^ "James Liao assumes office as head of Academia Sinica". Central News Agency. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  15. ^ Lin, Chia-nan (21 November 2017). "Academia Sinica denies swaying NTU president's selection". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Selection process for NTU president was flawed: education minister". Central News Agency. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  17. ^ "NTU objects to MOE's decision not to confirm Kuan as president(update)". Central News Agency. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2023. Republished as: "NTU expresses regret over decision to block Kuan". Taipei Times. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Current Fellows & Members". Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Lecture series "Richard Wilhelm Lecture" with Prof. Dr. Fan-sen Wang". Goethe University Frankfurt. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  20. ^ Chang, Hsiung-feng; Ko, Lin (4 December 2023). "Academia Sinica scholar awarded Germany's Humboldt Research Award". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 December 2023. Republished as: "Taiwanese wins prestigious German research honors". Taipei Times. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  21. ^ Reviews of Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics include:
    • Beahan, Charlotte L. (2001). "Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics Wang, Fan-sen: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 261 pp., Publication Date: June 2000". History: Reviews of New Books. 29 (3): 133. doi:10.1080/03612759.2001.10525896.
    • Benton, Gregor (January 2002). "Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics. Wang Fan-sen". The China Journal. 47: 222–223. doi:10.2307/3182135. JSTOR 3182135.
    • Fung, Edmund S. K. (February 2002). "Fan-sen Wang. Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics. (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xvi, 261. $59.95". American Historical Review. 1 (107): 172. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.1.172.
    • Schneider, Axel (December 2001). "Fu Ssu-nien. A Life in Chinese History and Politics. By WANG FAN-SEN. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xiv+261 pp. ISBN 0-521-48051-5.]". The China Quarterly. 168: 1001–1043. doi:10.1017/S0009443901440599. ResearchGate:231876774