Peng Gang

  • Email : pengg@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
  • Research Room : Humanities Building 420
Educational background

Peking University (BA); Tsinghua University (MA); Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (PhD)

Academic Visits:

Harvard University; University of Cambridge; EHESS (École des hautes études en sciences sociales)



Work experience

Academic Position

Professor of History (2009-)


Administrative Position

Vice President, Tsinghua University (2019-)


Research Interests

Theory of History; Western intellectual history; Historiography


Featured Publications

l The Narrative Turn: A Study on Contemporary Western Historical Theory (《叙事的转向:当代西方史学理论的考察》, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2009 )

l A Critical History of Classical Chinese Philosophyco-authored, Beijing: New World Press, 2009)

l Spirit, Freedom and History: A Study on Benedetto Croce’s Philosophy of History (《精神、自由与历史:克罗齐历史哲学研究》, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 1999)


Honors and Awards

l Beijing New Century Top 100 Social Science Scholars Program

l Tsinghua University Early Career Scholar Award