Pan Guang
Pan Guang ( Chinese 潘光 , Pinyin Pān Guāng ; born June 7, 1947 in Shanghai , China ) is a Chinese political scientist and historian .
Life
Pan Guang grew up in Hainan , in the south of the People's Republic of China . He studied at the Chinese People's University in Beijing and the East China University in Shanghai. He did a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's and doctorate in history .
Profession and teaching activity:
- Chairman of the Center for Jewish Studies Shanghai
- Director of the SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies Center in Shanghai
- Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Middle East Studies
- Director and Professor of the Shanghai Center for International Studies and Institute of European & Asian Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Pan Guang is a member of the International Council of Asia Society in the USA, Senior Advisor of the China-Eurasia Forum in the USA, Advisory Board Member of the Asia Europe Journal in Singapore and Senior Advisor on Counter-Terrorism to the Mayor of Shanghai. In 2005 he was nominated by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as a member of the High-Level Group for the Alliance of Civilizations .
Publications
- The Jews in China
- Open Door Policy in Asia , Africa and Latin America
- Selected Works on Arab African History
- US War on Iraq (2003)
- From Silk Road to ASEM: 2000 years of Asia- Europe Relations
- China - Central Asia-- Russia Relations
- SCO and China's Role in the War on Terrorism
- Contemporary International Crises
- China's Success in the Middle East
- China's Anti-terror Strategy and China's Role in the War on Terror
- Islam and Confucianism: the Development of Chinese Islam
- Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Pacific Rim Area
- China and Post-Soviet Central Asia
Awards
- 1993: James Friend Annual Memorial Award for Sino-Jewish Studies
- 1996: Special Award for Research on Canadian Jews from China
- 2004: Saint Petersburg-300 Medal for Contribution to China-Russia Relations
- 2006: Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award
Web links
- Literature by and about Pan Guang in the catalog of the German National Library
- Center for Jewish Studies Shanghai
- Center of Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO Studies
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pan, Guang |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 潘光 (Chinese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese political scientist, professor of political science and history |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai , China |