Professor Han Zhen

Research Directions: Modern European and American Philosophy, Western Historical Philosophy

Learning and working experience:

After graduating from high school in June 1975, he went to the countryside to join the queue. In December 1976, he worked in Chiping County Electrical Appliance Factory. He successively worked as a fitter and a lathe worker.

In 1977, he was admitted to the Political Department of Liaocheng Branch of Shandong Normal University (now Liaocheng University).

He graduated in the spring of 1982 with a bachelor's degree in education.

Later, he enrolled in the Department of Philosophy of Beijing Normal University for his Master's degree in Western Philosophy.

He graduated from the University in December 1984 and taught; he received his Ph.D. in 1997.

1991.05-1994.05, Deputy director of the Department of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University.

2000.09, Director of Philosophy Department of Beijing Normal University .

2003, Dean of the School of Philosophy and Sociology of Beijing Normal University.

2006.02-2012.08, Vice President of Beijing Normal University.

2012.08-2014.03, President of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

2014.03-2018.03, Secretary of the CCP Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Part-time social work:

Member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education,

Member of the Philosophy Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education,

Member of the National Teacher Education Expert Committee of the Ministry of Education,

National Philosophy and Social Sciences Programming Fund Evaluation Expert,

Vice Chairman of the National Association of Teaching and Research in Institutions of Higher Learning,

Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Discipline Construction and Specialty Setting of Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education,

Vice-President of the Association of Social Sciences Workers of the All-China Youth Federation,

The Standing Director of the All-China Society of History of Foreign Philosophy,

The Standing Director of the China Hominology society，

The Standing Director of the National Society of Modern Foreign Philosophy,

Vice President of the Fifth Beijing Federation of Social Sciences,

Vice President of Beijing Philosophical Society,

Vice President of Beijing Institute of Higher Education,

The Chief Expert of History of Western Philosophy in CCP Central Committee`s Research and Construction of Marxist Theory project.

Editor-in-chief of Frontiers of Philosophy in China, member of editorial board of newspapers and periodicals, such as World Philosophy, Foreign Philosophy, Philosophy Gate, New Philosophy, China Social Sciences Journal and China Teachers.

He has been selected into the "Cross-century-Training Program for 100 Young Theorists" in Beijing.

The Ministry of Education's "Cross-Century Talents" Training Program,

The Ministry of Personnel and other ministries and commissions are among the first batch of "Hundred,Thousand,Ten thousand National Plan for Talents in the new century".

Personnel for the "Four and One Batch" Talents Training Program of CPC Central Propaganda Department.

Special government allowances were granted in 2000.

Research direction:

The main research directions are modern European and American philosophy and Western historical philosophy.

From 1993 to 1994, he studied at Stanford University as a senior visiting scholar.

In 1998, he was funded by Euro-China Higher Education Research Project Foundation. As a visiting researcher, he went to the University of Constantis in Germany to study European integration.

In 2002, he went to Harvard University as a senior visiting scholar to do academic research.

He has presided over more than 10 scientific research projects at the national and provincial levels, including 2 major key projects.

Published more than 10 personal monographs and editors-in-chief works, 6 kinds of teaching materials, 4 translations, more than 300 papers and translations.

Achievement Honours:

In 1991, he was awarded the title of Excellent Young Teachers in Beijing.

In 1994, he won the first National Youth Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award and the third Beijing University Outstanding Social Science Outstanding Achievement Youth Award.

In 1998, he was awarded the Second Prize of Excellent Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education.

In 2000, he won the National Excellent 100 Doctoral Dissertation Awards and the Second Prize of the 6th Beijing Excellent Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences.

In 2002, he was awarded the 3rd Young Teachers Award by the Ministry of Education.

In 2006, he won the second prize of the Fourth Outstanding Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education.

In 2009, he won the second prize of Excellent Achievements in Scientific Research (Humanities and Social Sciences) in Institutions of higher learning.

The first prize of Beijing Teaching Achievement Award,

The second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award.

Representative works:

Introduction to Western Historical Philosophy

Generative Existence: Philosophical Reflections on Man and Society