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Ge Jianxiong Ge Jianxiong (Chinese: 葛剑雄; born 15 December 1945) is a Chinese historical geographer. He is a professor and the former Director of the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University in Shanghai, and Director of the Fudan University Library. His research focus is on historical population movements and human geography. Ge is also a well-known public figure in China. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and is on the Advisory Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Government. BiographyGe Jianxiong was born on 15 December 1945 in Nanxun, Wuxing County (now Huzhou), Zhejiang, China. He graduated from Chang'an Middle School and Shibei High School. After a year of teacher's training, he taught at Gutian High School in Zhabei, Shanghai.[1] When the National Higher Education Entrance Examination was restored after the end of the Cultural Revolution, Ge took the graduate examination. Despite having never attended college, he excelled in the exam and was admitted to the graduate school of Fudan University to study historical geography under the famous scholar, academician Tan Qixiang.[2] In 1981 he earned a master's degree in history, and in 1983, Ge and his classmate Zhou Zhenhe became the first two recipients of the doctoral degree in humanities (文科博士) in the People's Republic of China.[2] His dissertation, Population Geography of the Western Han Dynasty, was published as a monograph by the People's Publishing House in 1986.[2] Ge has been a faculty member of the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University since 1981, and became a full professor in 1991. He served as Director of the Institute of Historical Geography from 1996 to 2006.[1] He is also Director of the Fudan University Library.[3] He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University (1985–1986) and the University of Cambridge (1998), and a visiting professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (1991) and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (1997–1998).[1] Ge also writes popular columns and blogs in the mainstream media and is a well-known public figure in China. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and is on the Advisory Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Government.[3] Selected publicationsGe has published numerous books and articles, including:[3]
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