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The academic excellence of Dr Zhang Xinpeng, assistant
professor of IEAS, is recently recognized at both the national and provincial
level in China. On 12 June 2016, the Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science of
Zhejiang Province (浙江省哲学社会科学发展规划领导小组) granted approval for Dr Zhang’s research proposal “The Circulation and
Influence of Tradtional Chinese Children’s Primers in East Asia” (中国传统童蒙读物在东亚的流播与影响研究)
as a Zhijiang Youth Project (之江青年课题)
at the provincial level.
Each year, the National
Social Science Foundation of China offers a number of merit-based awards to distinguished academic
researchers and considers outstanding proposals that address significant
academic issues at the national level. Dr Zhang Xinpeng’s proposed research
project, titled “The Study and Sorting of Children’s Primers Excavated at
Dunhuang and Turpan (敦煌吐鲁番出土童蒙书整理与研究)”, is
also formally endorsed by the National Social Science Foundation of China on 17
June 2016 as a national project.
Dr Zhang Xinpeng of IEAS is particularly interested in
the academic research on frescoes and art of Dunhuang and Turpan. His projects
will not only advance understanding of the frescoes and art in this world-renowned
area but also traditional Chinese children’s primers. Dr Zhang now combines his
academic interest and excellence with the dedication to the advancement of
understanding East Asia culturally. Dr Zhang’s cutting-edge research projects explore
how a seemingly small episode of children’s primers in Chinese history helps
elucidate the cultural influence of China in East Asia.
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