Visiting Scholars
SHIRLEY CHAN (November 2025 – July 2026)
Shirley Chan is Associate Professor of Chinese Thought and Culture in the School of International Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. She received her BA (Asian Studies), Master of International Studies, and PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia, where she studied Chinese history, classical Chinese, and early Chinese thought under Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) and Derek Herforth.
Her publications include Dao Companion to the Excavated Guodian Bamboo Manuscripts (2019) and Reading Through Recovered Ancient Chinese Manuscripts (2020), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters on the development of ethical, political, and philosophical traditions in early China. Her current project explores concepts of crisis and societal resilience in early China, placing these in dialogue with broader discussions of political culture and crisis response.
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