Professor Hsiung Ping-chen is a distinguished scholar and academic leader in the humanities, with a multifaceted career across renowned international institutions. She holds a PhD in History from Brown University and an MSc from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Since 2020, Professor Hsiung has served as Secretary-General of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), and she was re-elected to this position in 2023. She also holds the UNESCO Co-Chair in “Global Asia” at McGill University and the CIPSH Chair in “New Humanities” at the University of California, Irvine. She is currently a Distinguished Professor at Hangzhou Normal University and a Visiting Professor at several institutions, including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Taipei Medical University. This semester, she is also offering lectures to students from the University of Göttingen in Germany.
Her research spans childhood studies, gender and family history, and health humanities, with a particular focus on Late Imperial and Modern China. She also engages with comparative cultural and social history, public health, and the intellectual history of Russia. Professor Hsiung has published extensively on the history of Chinese pediatrics, the cultural memory of childhood, and the evolution of health practices in Chinese society.
She is the founder of the Asian New Humanities Network and has held key leadership positions at institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Director of the Research Institute for the Humanities. She currently serves on the board of the Toynbee Prize Foundation and continues to advise numerous academic and cultural organisations around the world.
Academic Interest
Professor Hsiung Ping-chen has a global perspective and a multidisciplinary background. Her research interests span the following fields:
- Late Imperial and Modern China
- Comparative Cultural and Social History
- History of Children and Pediatric Medicine
- Gender Studies and Population
- Taiwan Studies
- Public Health, Society, Technology and Medicine (STM)
- Russian Cultural and Intellectual History
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