Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

• Date of Birth:October 1970

• Place of Birth:Pingshan, Hebei Province, China

• Current Position:FullTenured Professor and Doctoral Supervisor

• Email:lichw70@163.com

Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Philosophy(2008)

  Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University

• M.A. in Philosophy(2005)

  Department of Philosophy, Nanjing University

• B.A. in Philosophy(1993)

  Department of Philosophy, Lanzhou University

Research Interests

• History of Marxist Philosophy

• Comparative Studies of Marxist Philosophy and Traditional Western Philosophy

• Historical Materialism

• Marxist Classical Texts Analysis

Academic Appointments

Tsinghua University, School of Marxism

• FulTenured Professor & Doctoral Supervisor(December 2017-Present)

• Tenured Associate Professor & Doctoral Supervisor(December 2016-November 2017)

• Tenure-Track Associate Professor & Doctoral Supervisor(May 2016-November 2016)

• Associate Professor & Master's Supervisor(August 2011-April 2016)

• Postdoctoral Researcher(June 2009-July 2011)

  Marxist Theory Postdoctoral Research Station, with concurrent undergraduate teaching responsibilities

International Academic Visits

• January-February 2024:Academic exchange to universities and research institutions in Germany and France

• January-February 2018:Academic exchange visits to universities in the United States and Germany

Professional Affiliations and Leadership Roles

1. Standing Council Member and Deputy Secretary-General, Chinese Society of Historical Materialism

2. Associate Editor,Studies on Marxist Theory in Higher Education

3. Deputy Secretary-General, Marxist Theory Research Association, Beijing Higher Education Society

4. Vice Dean (June 2020-June 2024), School of Marxism, Tsinghua University

5. Assistant Dean (2016-2020), School of Marxism, Tsinghua University

6. Vice Chair, Academic Degree Evaluation Subcommittee on Marxist Theory and CPC History/Party Building Studies, Tsinghua University

7. Group Leader,"Fundamental Principles of Marxism"Teaching Group, Tsinghua University

8. Deputy Director, Research Center for the History of Marxist Dissemination, Tsinghua University

Selected Research Projects

Current Projects:

• "Guide to Marxist Classics"(October 2024-Present)

  Major Project for Key Research Institutes of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education (Project No. 24JZDMG-XSD-017)

  Role: Associate Editor

• "Research on the Logical Evolution of Marx and Engels'Transcendence of German Idealism"(November 2023-Present)

  Tsinghua University (Project No. 2023THZWJC09)

  Role: Principal Investigator

Completed Projects:

• "Research on the Diachronic Characteristics of the Intellectual Relationship Between Marx and Feuerbach"(January 2016-April 2019)

  Tsinghua University (Project No. 2019THZWYX11)

  Role: Principal Investigator

• "The Formative Path of Historical Materialism and Its Contemporary Implications"(June 2012-July 2017)

  National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC)

  Role: Principal Investigator

• "The Relationship Between German Classical Philosophy and Marxist Philosophy"(October 2013-May 2017)

  Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET), Ministry of Education (MOE)

  Role: Principal Investigator

Selected Awards and Recognition

• 2023:Tsinghua University Distinguished Course Award (2023-2026)

  For "Selected Readings of Marxist Classics" (Graduate Foundational Course)

• 2021:Compilation of Exemplary Achievements from National Social Science Fund Projects (Volume 1)

  Research outcomes from National Social Science Fund project (Approval No. 12BKS011)

• 2021:Second Prize, Book Category

  16th Beijing Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences

• 2020:Third Prize, Monograph Category

  8th Outstanding Research Achievements Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) for Higher Education Institutions

• 2019:Second Prize, Monograph Category

  6th Outstanding Marxist Research Achievements Award (China Marxism Research Foundation)

• 2017:"Outstanding" Rating

  National Social Science Fund Project (No. 12BKS011) completion evaluation

Selected Publications

Books

1. Li Chengwang.A Study on the Formation of Historical Materialism. Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2017.

2. Li Chengwang.A Textual Study on Marx's Philosophical Revolution. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2011.

3. Li Chengwang.Practice, History, Freedom: Contemporary Exploration of the Authentic Spirit of Marxist Philosophy. Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2018.

Recent Journal Articles

1.Li Chengwang. "The Formulation of Fundamental Problems of Philosophy and the Deepening of the Interpretation of Historical Materialism: An Investigation intoLudwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy."Social Sciences in Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 2025(06).

2.Li Chengwang. "The Evolutionary Logic of Modern Western Historical Idealism and the Methodological Transformation of Historical Materialism."Studies on Marxism, 2024(12).

3.Li Chengwang. "Why does Ideology 'HasNo History': The Critical Issue ofOvercomingGerman Idealism and the Solution Path of HistoricalMaterialism."Studies on Marxist Theory, 2024(08).

4.Li Chengwang. "A Multifaceted Reinterpretation of the Motives Behind Writing 'The German Ideology'."Social Sciences in Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 2023(06).

5.Li Chengwang. "Advancing a Higher Level of Chinese Marxist Philosophical Research Through Innovative Interpretations."Journal of Guizhou Normal University(Social Sciences Edition), 2023(01).

6.Li Chengwang. "On Critique of German Idealism and Development of Historical Materialism—Based on a Comparison betweenThe German IdeologyandLudwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy."Studies on Marxism, 2022(08).

7.Li Chengwang. "A Critical Reconstruction of Traditional Metaphysics and the Transformation of Marxist Philosophy: Reinterpreting the Central Thread and Fundamental Logic ofLudwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy."Scientific Socialism, 2021(03).

8.Li Chengwang. "Historical Materialism as a Concrete Dialectic of Production."Social Sciences in Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 2020(04).

9.Li Chengwang. "Reinterpretation of MarxismPhilosophy's Core Connotation:Evolution and Original Spirit."Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology(Social Sciences Edition), 2019(02).

10.Li Chengwang. "Three Perspectives on Reinterpreting the Authentic Spirit of Historical Materialism."Guangming Daily, 2018(03).

11.Li Chengwang. "A Critique of 'Priority of Logic' and the Emergence of the Historical Materialist Horizon."PhilosophicalTrends, 2017(07).

12.Li Chengwang. "The Formation Path and Basic Features of the Western Thinking Paradigm of 'Logical Priority'."Journal of Jilin Normal University(Humanities & Social Science Edition), 2017(05).