| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Chinese Philosophy |
| Graduate School | East Asian Thought and Culture |
| Department | Chinese Thought and Culture |
Career
| April 2001: | Earned a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo. |
| April 2017: | Appointed as a professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology and the Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo. |
Research Focus
Chinese Classics Bibliography, History of Book Exchange in East Asia, History of Modern Sino-Japanese Academic Exchange
Jie Chen’s research primarily focuses on the bibliography of Chinese and Japanese classics, as well as the book culture and history of book exchange in East Asia. She has a particular interest in the history of Chinese classics and the movement of books in East Asia from ancient to modern times, exploring how books transported to regions with different cultures were subsequently received and transformed.
Starting with the study of the history of book exchange, she also examines the movement of people behind the circulation of books. Her research includes academic exchanges between China and Japan since modern times, a period marked by increased human interaction, using discoveries and organization of primary sources.
Her major publications include:
- Study of Early Meiji Sino-Japanese Academic Exchange (Kyuko Shoin, 2003)
- The Movement of People and Circulation of Books (in Chinese, Zhonghua Book Company, 2012)
- A Collection of Classical Chinese Texts from the Ryukyu Kingdom (co-edited, Fudan University Publishing House, 2013)
- Bibliography and Classical Texts in Japan and Korea (co-edited, Bensei Publishing, 2015)
- Medicine, Science, and Museums: The World of East Asian Classical Texts (Bensei Publishing, 2020)
- Collection of Modern Japanese Classical Chinese Texts (co-edited, Shanghai Classics Publishing, 2022)
Teaching Focus
In her classes, students study the fundamentals of Chinese classical philology and receive training on how to locate pre-modern materials and handle classical texts using original sources. They also learn research methods for studying the history of books through reading academic publications concerning the formation, dissemination, and transmission of Chinese texts.
Courses on modern Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges are conducted in a seminar format, fostering students' reading comprehension skills for interpreting primary sources while introducing their historical background.
