Cho-yun Hsu

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Cho-yun Hsu
Born (1930-09-03) 3 September 1930 (age 93)
Xiamen, Republic of China
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of Chicago
Awards2004 Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award of AAS
Tang Prize (2024)
Scientific career
Institutions University of Pittsburgh
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 許倬雲
Simplified Chinese 许倬云

Cho-yun Hsu (born September 3, 1930) is a historian born in Xiamen, China, of Wuxi ancestry. His family moved to Taiwan in 1948. [1] He graduated from National Taiwan University (B.A. and M. A.) and University of Chicago (Ph.D.) and held academic positions in Academia Sinica in Taiwan (1956-1971), before moving to University of Pittsburgh in 1970. He was elected as a Member of the Academica Sinica in 1980. [2] [3] [4] In 2024 he received the Tang Prize in the field of Sinology. [5]

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Hsu's scholarly works have been largely on Chinese history, emphasizing on cultural history, socio-economic history and ancient Chinese history. He was noted for his utilization of scientific methods and theories from social sciences. His major works include Western Chou Civilization (1990 Yale University Press), Ancient China in Transition (1965 Stanford University Press), and Han Agriculture (1980 University of Washington Press). His work in Chinese Wangu jianghe (2009 Echo), translated into English as China: A New Cultural History (2012 Columbia University Press), narrates the full course of development of Chinese culture in the perspective of globalization.

Hsu is also known for his advocacy and advisory work during the democratic transition in Taiwan. After earning his doctorate, Hsu returned to start his academic career, fulfilling a promise to his mother, his alma mater National Taiwan University, and the Academia Sinica. While working in Taiwan, Hsu and Herbert Ma  [ zh ] recruited many humanities and social science scholars to train Taiwanese academics. [1] He is an Emeritus Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh where he taught from 1970 until his retirement in 1998, and has served in honorary positions in several universities including Duke University, Nanjing University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hsu is a contributing columnist for Chinese newspapers including China Times, United Daily News in Taiwan and Southern City News System in China.

Hsu is one of the founding members of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, and has served as chair of its North American Committee since 1989. During the 1990s, he was instrumental in providing funding to a number of universities and colleges to establish teaching positions on Chinese studies. He oversaw a gradual shift in the Foundation's grants from established scholars to young scholars. Hsu recommended CCK Foundation grants to libraries to catalog rare Chinese books and to digitize historic maps of East Asia.

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Hsu authored or coauthored numerous publications:

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References

  1. 1 2 Chung, Yu-chen; Yeh, Joseph (20 June 2024). "TANG PRIZE/Historian Hsu hopes to inspire next generation with Tang Prize honor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 21 June 2024. Born in 1930 in Xiamen City, China, Hsu and his family moved to Taiwan in 1948, one year before the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
  2. 2004 Winner of Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award 2004 from Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
  3. "Cho-yun Hsu | Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs".
  4. "Cho-Yun Hsu". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. Yeh, Joseph (20 June 2024). "TANG PRIZE/Taiwanese-American historian Hsu Cho-yun wins Tang Prize in Sinology". Central News Agency. Retrieved 21 June 2024. Republished as: "Hsu Cho-yun awarded Tang Prize in Sinology". Taipei Times. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722–222 B.C. at Google Books