Talk by Wei Shang, Columbia University

Professor Wei Shang specializes in pre-modern Chinese literature and culture, especially fiction and drama of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Wei Shang, Du Family Professor of Chinese Culture

Educational Background
BA: Peking University (’82)
MA: Peking University (’84)
PhD: Harvard University (’95)

Research Interests:
Pre-modern Chinese Literature, Cultural and Intellectual History of China, Ming and Qing Narrative Genres

Professor Wei Shang specializes in pre-modern Chinese literature and culture, especially fiction and drama of the Ming and Qing dynasties. His research interests also include print culture, book history and intellectual history of the same era.