David Der-wei Wang
| David D.W. Wang | |
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| Born | 6 November 1954 |
| Institutions | National Taiwan University Harvard University University of Columbia Department of East Asian Language and Civilizations, Harvard University |
| Alma mater |
National Taiwan University University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| David Der-wei Wang | |||||||||
| Chinese | 王德威 | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wáng Déwēi |
| Wade–Giles | Wang2 Dê2 -wei1 |
David Wang Der-wei (variously David Der-wei Wang, D. D. W. Wang, etc.) is a Taiwanese-born American scholar of Chinese literature.
Wang graduated from National Taiwan University in 1976 with a B.A. in foreign languages and literature, and went on to study comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving his M.A. in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1982. He is on the editorial board for the Cambria Sinophone World Series (Cambria Press), headed by Victor H. Mair.
He was named as the head of Columbia University's East Asian Languages and Cultures Department in 1997. In 2000, he succeeded Irene Bloom as chair of the University Committee on Asia and the Middle East. In September 2004, Harvard University named him Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures.
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