Qualifications/Experiences
BA (with First Class Honors) CUHK
MPhil CUHK
Ph.D. CUHK
Visiting Scholarship
Visiting Fellow, Center for Traditional Chinese Science and Civilization, The Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. (2006-2009)
Biography
Dr. FAN, Ka Wai is associate professor at the Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the City University of Hong Kong, he was an assistant professor in the Institute of History at National Tsinghua University, Taiwan. Dr. Fan earned his PhD (1997) in history from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published extensively (articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and reviews) in the fields of history of Chinese medicine, Chinese history and Internet resource for Chinese studies.
Teaching
- Topics in Chinese Sources of Literature, Cultural Heritage and History
- Readings in Chinese History
- Chinese Historical Methods
- Special Topics in Chinese Language and Literature
- Chinese Cultural Heritage In Modern Perspective
- Chinese Cultural Canons and their Modern Application
- Diseases, Culture and History: Hong Kong, China and the World
- Chinese Civilisation - History And Philosophy
Research Interests/Areas
- History of Chinese Medicine
- History of Diseases in Contemporary China
- Internet resource for Chinese studies
Editor or Editorial Membership
- Associate Editor, Jiuzhou Xuelin (Chinese Culture Quarterly)
