The Culture of the Gentleman in East Asian Intellectual History




Speaker: Wang Wanxia

Time: 1:30 p.m., May 21, 2026

Venue: Room 7-210, Middle Yard, Binhai Campus

Faculty and students are warmly welcome.

Speaker Bio

Wang Wanxia, Professor at the School of Arts and Law, TUST, holds a PhD in Literature and a postdoctoral qualification in Philosophy. She directs the East Asian Confucianism Research Center. She leads an ongoing key National Social Science Fund project and has completed many national, ministerial and provincial research projects, with plenty of academic papers published.

Her major works:  Records of Lianxi in Korea (Yuelu Press, 2024),  Records of Lianxi in Japan (Yuelu Press, 2022),  Supplements to Records of Lianxi (China Social Sciences Press, 2020),  Elegance of Lianxi (China Social Sciences Press, 2020),  Newly Compiled Records of Lianxi (China Social Sciences Press, 2019),  A Philological Study of Lin Xiyi’s Works (China Social Sciences Press, 2018),  Annotated Compilation of Eight Versions of Records of Lianxi (Hunan University Press, 2013).

Lecture Title: The Formation, Expansion and Echoes of the Monroe Doctrine: Also on Its Historical Impacts on Contemporary American National Identities

Speaker: Zheng Chenglong

Time: 2:00 p.m., June 4, 2026

Venue: Room 7-210, Middle Yard, Binhai Campus

All faculty and students are warmly welcome!

Speaker Bio

Zheng Chenglong, PhD in Chinese History, serves as a teacher at the School of Marxism, Tianjin University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on national security, international relations and Tianjin local history. He is Director of the Ethnic Sports Culture Research Department and a board member of Tianjin Ethnic Minority Sports Association, as well as a member of the Heilongjiang Society for Qing History and Manchu Studies.

He is the author of  Research on Modern Public Education and Research in Tianjin (1912–1937) and has published numerous academic papers. Several of his policy consultation reports have been adopted by relevant authorities and received instructions from leading officials. He presides over one applied research project sponsored by Tianjin Federation of Social Sciences Circles.