Education

• Ph.D., Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University, 1992
• M.A., Department of History, National Taiwan University, 1983
• B.A., Department of History, National Taiwan University, 1980

Academic Positions

• 1985-1993, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• 1993-1998, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• 1994-1995, Deputy Director, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• 1998-2005, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• 1998- , Professor, Department of History, National Taiwan University
• 1998- , Professor, Institute of History, National Tsing-hua University
• 2000-2002, Director General, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Council
• 2003-2004, Director, T’sai Yüan-p’ei Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences
• 2003-2009, Director, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• 2005- , Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• 2010-2016, Vice President, Academia Sinica
• 2010-2012, Director, Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program
• 1999, Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2017, Visiting Professor, Princeton University
• 2019, Visiting Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University
• 2020-2023, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong
• 2003-2014, Member, Council of Academic Reviewal & Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC
• 2003-2005, Member, Advisory Committee on Humanities and Social Science Development, National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC
• 2004- , Member, Steering Committee, Center for Chinese Studies
• 2006-2008, Member, Advisory Committee, National Palace Museum
• 2008-2014, Member, Board of the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Taiwan)
• 2013- , Member of the Board of Trustees, China Foundation for the Promotion of Education & Culture