Name: Sheng Kang
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Han
Native place: Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province
Education: Ph.D. (graduate)
Title/Position: Professor / Doctoral Supervisor
Research fields:
Diplomacy and external relations with Chinese characteristics
-Sinicization of Marxism
Department: teaching and research Section for “Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”
E-mail: shkang@scut.edu.cn
Education
1992.09 – 1996.06 Baoji University of Arts and Sciences – B.A. in History
1996.09 – 1999.06 Yunnan University – M.A. in International Relations (Law)
2001.09 – 2004.06 Yunnan University – Ph.D. in World History
Professional Experience
1999.07 – 2001.08 Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science & Administrative Management, Shaanxi Provincial Party School
2004.07 – present South China University of Technology (SCUT) – successively in School of Politics & Public Administration, School of Ideological and Political Education, and School of Marxism
Teaching
Undergraduate core course: “Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”
Doctoral elective: “Special Topics on the Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”
Contributing lecturer, Master module: “New Advances in the Theoretical Study of Sinicization of Marxist International Relations”
Research
Focuses on international relations, sinicization of Marxism, and contemporary Chinese diplomacy.
60+ articles in journals such as Contemporary World & Socialism, Contemporary Asia-Pacific, Macroeconomic Research, South Asian Studies, West Asia & Africa; some reprinted by RUC Photocopies.
2 sole-authored monographs; co-author/co-editor of 8 books.
PI of 20+ projects, including National Social Science Fund grants.
Academic service
1. Research fellow, Guangdong Base for Hong Kong, Macao & Overseas United-Front Theory, China United Front Theory Research Association
2. Research fellow, SCUT Center for India-Pakistan Studies (MOE-recorded country & area studies center)
