Name: Lixia Xie
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Han
Education: Ph.D. (graduate)
Title/Position: Professor / Dean
Research fields:
- Basic principles of Marxism
- Sinicization of Marxism and Chinese culture
Department: teaching and research Section for “Basic Principles of Marxism”
E-mail: adlxxie@scut.edu.cn
Education
1993 – 1997 Shanxi University – B.A. in Philosophy
1997 – 2000 Sun Yat-sen University – M.A. in Philosophy
2003 – 2006 Sun Yat-sen University – Ph.D. in Philosophy
Professional Experience
2000 – 2003 Secretary, Graduate Youth League Committee, South China University of Technology (SCUT)
2003 – present Teaching faculty, School of Marxism (successively integrated from former Schools of Humanities, Public Administration, and Ideological and Political Education)
2013 – 2017 Vice-Dean, School of Marxism, SCUT
2017 – present Dean, School of Marxism, SCUT
Teaching
Undergraduate: “Introduction to Basic Principles of Marxism”, “Marxist Theory and Practice”, “Situation and Policy”, “The Sinicization of Marxism and the Mission of Youth”
Master: “Selected Readings of Marxist Classics”, “Marxist Classics and Contemporary Studies”, “Cultural-Philosophy Studies”, “Marxism & Chinese Culture Studies”
Ph.D.: “Frontiers of Marxism”, “Studies on Marxist Classics”
Teaching positions & honors
1. Director of the first-batch Guangdong Provincial “Lixia Xie Master Teacher Studio” for Ideological and Political courses
2. Leader of Guangdong provincial teaching team “Marxist Theory and Practice”
3. Head of Guangdong provincial demonstration base for teaching and research of Ideological and Political courses
Awards: National “Influential Nominee” in Ideological and Political courses; Guangdong 9th Provincial “Famous Teacher”; Guangdong “Top 100 Outstanding Moral Education Teachers”; Second Prize of Provincial Teaching Achievement Award; Grand Prize coach of the 15th Guangdong “Challenge Cup” student competition
Research
Major grants:
National Social Science Major Tender Project: “Centennial Historical Investigation & Experience Study on the Relationship between the CPC and Traditional Culture” (2018)
National Social Science General Project: “Studies on Han-Dynasty ‘Analects’ Learning” (2014)
Guangdong Provincial Project: “Han-Dynasty ‘Analects’ Studies from the Perspective of Classical Learning”
Guangzhou Major Entrusted Project: “Systematic Study on Spiritual Civilization Construction in the New Era”
Guangzhou Municipal Projects: “Review of Guangzhou’s Cultural Positioning in the Past 30 Years & New Urban Cultural Orientation”, “Research on Guangzhou’s Development of Elderly-Care & Health Industry”
More than 30 other departmental and commissioning projects
Publications:
Monographs: Yang Xiong and Han-Dynasty Classical Studies, Confucian Culture and the Cohesion of the Chinese Nation, Introduction to the Chinese National Spirit (3 books)
Papers:
More than 60 articles in Marxist Studies, Philosophical Trends, Social Sciences in China (internal manuscript), Academic Research, etc.; many reprinted or abstracted by Chinese Social Science Digest, RUC Photocopies, Xinhua Digest
Research positions:
Deputy Director, MOE Innovation Development Center for Ideological and Political Work (SCUT)
Executive Director, Guangdong Key Research Base “Xi Jinping Thought Study Center”, SCUT
Director, Guangzhou Key Research Base “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Theory & Guangzhou Practice Research Center”
Director, Guangzhou Youth Marxist Theory Talent Training Research Base
Academic service
Member, National MSW Education Steering Committee
Member, 6th Guangdong Provincial Academic Discipline Evaluation Group
Member, Guangdong Provincial Steering Committee for Ideological and Political Courses
Council member, Chinese Association for Historical Materialism
Vice-president, Guangdong Ethics Society
Vice-president, Guangdong Association for Socialist Dialectics
Vice-president, Guangdong Social Management Research Association
Vice-president, Guangzhou Anthropology & Sociology Society
