Xu Xin (Judaic scholar)
| Xu Xin (徐新) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 June 1949 |
| Residence | China |
| Citizenship | China |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Religious studies, Judaic studies |
| Institutions | Nanjing University |
Xu Xin (Chinese: 徐新; pinyin: Xú Xīn; born June 16, 1949) is a professor at Nanjing University and China's leading Judaic scholar, as well as the founder and director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish and Israel Studies at Nanjing University in Nanjing, China.
Until 1986, he taught mostly English and American literature with a focus on American Jewish authors. Since 1986, he has focused on the study of Judaism, Jewish culture, and the history of Chinese Jews.
Xu was born in Jinan (Shandong province) in 1949 and graduated from Nanjing University in 1977 as an English major. He became a faculty member the same year. Until 1986, he taught post-World War II English and American literature with a focus on American Jewish authors. His interest in American Jewish authors began when Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and Isaac Bashevis Singer in 1978.
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