Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


    Xiangshu Fang

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email xiangshu.fang@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 924 43942
Campus Burwood
Location Room D2.08
Role and profile A linguist by background, Xiangshu Fang’s main research interests now include ancient Chinese civilization, traditional Chinese educational practice and Chinese language teaching methodology. He has published four books. His first two books (both with Trevor Hay), East Wind, West Wind (1992), and Black Ice: A Story of Modern China (1997), reveal much of the political life in contemporary China. His third book, Confucian Primers in Dynastic China (2010), sheds some light on how generations of Chinese children were cultivated to value passivity, submissiveness, acceptance of fate and maintenance of the status quo. Supported by School Research Funds, he published The Rise of Ancient China (2011), which questions the conventional view about China’s past, be that of a Confucian, a Communist or a Western ethnocentric historiographer, points out an alternative view on formation and development of Chinese civilization, and offers a unique account of the process of periodic fragmentation and amalgamation of ancient China.

Areas of Supervision:

Any China-related research, including Chinese history, literature, arts, traditional culture, education and politics in general, and in particular:

• The Chinese Cultural Revolution
• Neo-Confucianism in China
• Political and moral education in China
• Ancient Chinese civilization
Teaching responsibilities AIC181: Chinese 1A
AIC182: Chinese 1B
AIE334: China: From Empire to Republic; and
AIE335: Modern China: Liberation, Cultural Revolution and Reform
Research interests • The Chinese Cultural Revolution
• Neo-Confucianism in China
• Political and moral education in China
• Ancient Chinese civilization
• Chinese language teaching methodology
Awards • Deakin University’s 2011 Commendation of Excellence in Teaching
• Faculty of Arts and Education Dean’s Award for Excellence in Team Teaching, 2010.
• Deakin University’s 2010 Commendation of Excellence in Teaching
• Teacher of the Month - The Chinese Language Team as a group, 2011
Qualifications PhD Melb, Grad. Dip.Ed Melb, Dip.Teach Nanjing
Memberships Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Publications

Books

• Fang, X (2011), The Rise of Ancient China: Fragmentation and Amalgamation, LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
• Fang, X (2010), Confucian Primers in Dynastic China: Tracing Ethical Molding to Earliest Times, LAP - Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
• Hay, T and Fang, X (1997), Black Ice: A Story of Modern China, Indra Publishing, Melbourne
• Fang, X and Hay, T (1992), East Wind, West Wind, Penguin, Melbourne.

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22nd April 2013