Huang Wenshan

Huáng Wénshān
黃文山
Born	1898 (1898) Changxingli, Xiadong, Shuibu, Taishan County, Guangdong,  Qing Empire
Died	1988(1988-00-00) (aged 89–90)
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Peking University University of Columbia
Occupation	Anthropologist, Sociologist
Years active	1919–1962

Huáng Wénshān (1898-1988)^[1] was a Chinese scholar of cultural studies, sociology, anthropology and ethnology. He was also a well-known libertarian socialist during the May Fourth Movement.^[2][3]

Biography[]

Huáng Wénshān entered the philosophy department of Peking University in his early years, and Zhu Qianzhi was a classmate of his. During the May Fourth Movement, in 1919, Huáng Wénshān was elected as the editor-in-chief of the Peking University Student Weekly by the Peking University Student Union, later being succeeded by Zhu Qianzhi. Both were anarchists and held a debate on anarchism.^[2]

In March 1920, the first official representative of the Communist International sent to China, Grigori Voitinsky, his wife Kuznetsova, and translator and his entourage arrived in Beijing. Together with Voitinsky, the Soviet representative Stojanno arrived in China. They were active in Guangzhou, and mainly contacted Huáng Wénshān and others.^[4]

In 1921, Huáng Wénshān graduated from Peking University. In 1922, he went to study in the United States and entered Columbia University, where he received a master's degree.^[3] During his studies in the United States from 1922 to 1928, Huáng Wénshān once studied cultural theory under the anthropologist Alfred Louis Kluber.^[2] In 1927, he served as a professor at in Shanghai, and as a professor and director of the Department of Social History of Jinan University.^[3] In 1930, Huáng Wénshān once lived and translated his books in Maojiazhuang, West Lake.^[2] In 1930, he served as the professor and director of the Department of Sociology at the National Central University in Nanjing.^[3] From the 1930s to the 1940s, Huáng Wénshān had contacts with scholars such as , , Zhu Qianzhi, , and Chen Xujing.^[2]

In the summer of 1936, Huáng Wénshān resigned as professor and director of the Department of Sociology of National Central University and director of the ethnic group of the and Education Center. He returned to Guangdong and became a professor at National Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. He opened for history, sociology, anthropology and other majors. The cultural studies course teaches the cultural studies system.^[2] In 1940, he served as professor and director of the Department of Sociology at National Sun Yat-sen University.^[3] In May 1941, he became the Dean of the Law School of National Sun Yat-sen University.^[2] In 1945, he served as the Dean of .^[3] In the 1940s, Huáng Wénshān began to correspond with American culturalist Leslie White.^[2]

In 1949, Huáng Wénshān left Mainland China for Taiwan. In 1950, at the invitation of Alfred Louis Kluber, Huáng Wénshān went to Columbia University to serve as a guest scholar. He was given a grant from the (chaired by Mei Yiqi) to engage in cultural studies. Later Huáng Wénshān lived in the United States.^[2] In 1960, he taught at the University of Southern California. In 1961, he served as the dean of the in Los Angeles. In 1962, he participated in the in Washington.^[3]

Huáng Wénshān died in 1988.^[2][3]

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