Kenneth Dean

EDUCATION• 1988 Ph.D. in Chinese, Stanford University• 1983-84 École Pratiques des Hautes Études, Paris, France• 1981 M.A. in Chinese, Stanford University• 1979 B.A. in Chinese Studies, Brown UniversityEMPLOYMENT• 01.2015 Head, Chinese Studies Department, National University of Singapore• 01.2015 Research Member, Asia Research Institute, NUS• 01.2015 James McGill Professor Emeritus, McGill University• 2010-2011 Chair, Department of East Asian Studies• 2005-2007 Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship (two years)• 2004 James C. McGill Professor (equivalent to Canada Research Chair Tier 1)• 2001 Full Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University• 1999 Appointed to the Drs. Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair of Chinese Cultural Studies• 1998-2001 Director, Centre for East Asian Research, McGill University• 1998-2001 Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University• 1996-1997 Acting Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University• 1993-2000 Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University• 1992-2003 Director, (McGill-CASS) Xinghua Popular Culture Research Centre.• 1989-1994 Director, McGill Summer Study in China (MSSC) Program.• 1989-1993 Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Centre for East Asian Studies, McGill University, cross-appointed in the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature