Academic profile

Huang Tianshu, male, born in 1949 in Putian, Fujian Province, studied at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Shaanxi Normal University from October 1978 to July 1982, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. From September 1982 to July 1985, he pursued a Master of Arts degree in Paleography at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Shaanxi Normal University under the supervision of Professor Guo Zizhi. From September 1985 to July 1988, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chinese Classical Philology with a focus on Paleography at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University under the guidance of Professor Qiu Xigui. He previously served as Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Master’s Supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Shaanxi Normal University, and later as Professor, Senior Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Literature, Capital Normal University. Since January 2019, he has been Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Texts and the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University. His primary research fields are Oracle Bone Studies and Bronze Inscriptions Research.

His academic honors and roles include Member of the Expert Committee for the Paleography and Chinese Civilization Inheritance and Development Program (2020), Top Ten Educational Newsmakers in Beijing (2019), Member of the Expert Committee for the Research and Application of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Other Ancient Scripts (2018), Beijing Outstanding Contribution Award in Science, Technology, and Management (2016), Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Supervisor in Beijing (2013), Fifth Beijing Higher Education Teaching Excellence Award (2009), Beijing Municipal Education Commission’s “Hundred Talents Program for Top Innovative Talents” (2005), Member of the Fifth and Sixth Chinese Language Discipline Review Panels under the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council (2003), and Beijing Cross-Century Outstanding Talents Project (1998).

Academic Titles and Professional Affiliations:Standing Council Member of the Chinese Writing Society, Council Member of the Chinese Society of Paleography, and Council Member of the Chinese Society of Shang-Zhou Culture. Visiting Professor at the Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Ancient Documents, Palace Museum Research Academy. Member of the Academic Advisory Committees for Folklore, Classics, and Philology Studies, Excavated Documents, and Journal of Comprehensive Studies on Excavated Documents; Editorial Board Member of Studies in Ancient Chinese Language, Chinese Characters (New Series, Taipei), Research on Chinese Writing, Studies on Ancient Texts, Yindu Journal, Journal of the China Museum of Chinese Writing, Liyun Linguistic Studies, Studies on the Languages of Excavated Texts, Journal of Chinese Writing Studies, Studies in Chinese Characters and Language, and Series on Old Chinese Studies.