Xu Jilin

Xu Jilin (Chinese: 许纪霖; pinyin: Xú Jìlín, b. 1957 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese historian. He is a professor of history at East China Normal University.^[1] He specializes in 20th century Chinese intellectual history.

Early life

Xu Jilin dropped out of school and became a librarian because of the Cultural Revolution. As time passed, he eventually decided to pursue further education after passing National Higher Education Entrance Examination. He studied policy at East China Normal University.

Career

In 1982 Xu graduated with a Bachelor's degree. He became a university lecturer. From 1997 to 2003, Xu Jilin traveled to three universities as a visiting professor and visiting scholar: the Harvard-Yenching Institute,^[2] the National University of Singapore, and the University of Tokyo. In 2003, he returned to the East China Normal University where he continued his career.

Xu Jilin serves on the editorial board of the journal Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, published by Chinese University of Hong Kong.^[3]

Major works

• "The Fate of an Enlightenment--Twenty Years in The Chinese Intellectual Sphere", East Asian History, No. 20, Dec. 2000

• Davies, Gloria; Davies, Gloria L. (2001). "In Search of a Third Way: A Conversation regarding Liberalism and the "New Left Wing". Voicing Concerns: Contemporary Chinese Critical Inquiry. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-0934-4.

• Quelles possibilities pour les intellectuals engages"，(France) Perspectives chinoise No. 81,2004

• The Fate of an Enlightenment--Twenty Years in The Chinese Intellectual Sphere - Chinese Intellectuals between State and Market", Routledge Press, London and New York, 2004
• In 2005, the Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture gave an individual draft to Xu Jilin.^[4]
• In 2006, The China Quarterly published two research papers by Xu.^[5]

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