Chen Zhi

Chen Zhi (Chinese: 陳致; pinyin: Chén Zhì; born 1964) is a Chinese scholar and researcher in classical Chinese Studies, the Vice President (Academic Affairs) of Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC) and Director of the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology (JAS) at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Chen was born in 1964 in Beijing. In 1981, he was admitted to Peking University with a major in History. After graduation, he furthered his study and received his M.Phil. in Chinese Literature from Nanjing University in 1988 and Ph.D. in Chinese Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1999.

His diverse interests in Chinese Studies range from classical studies, early Chinese culture and history, historiography, traditional Chinese poetry, excavated documents such as bronze inscriptions and bamboo and silk writings, and paleography to the intellectual history of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In addition to his prolific scholarship in various fields of Chinese Studies, which has made him one of the leading figures in the studies of the Confucian classic Shijing (Book of songs) and bronze inscriptions, Chen is also an experienced university administrator. After serving as the Head of Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) between 2010 and 2013, he was appointed Acting Dean of the university's Faculty of Arts between 2015 and 2017. Chen also held the Associate Directorship of HKBU Institute of Creativity between 2011 and 2017 and Directorship of Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute of the university between 2011 and 2014. From 2012 to 2014, he was appointed Acting Director of the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology and has been its Director since 2014.