Professor Li Chengwang
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Date of Birth: October 1970
Place of Birth: Pingshan, Hebei Province, China
Current Position: Tenured 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
Tenured 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 visits 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
Standing Council Member and Deputy Secretary-General, Chinese Society of Historical Materialism
Associate Editor, Studies on Marxist Theory in Higher Education
Deputy Secretary-General, Marxist Theory Research Association, Beijing Higher Education Society
Vice Dean (June 2020 – June 2024), School of Marxism, Tsinghua University
Assistant Dean (2016 – 2020), School of Marxism, Tsinghua University
Vice Chair, Academic Degree Evaluation Subcommittee on Marxist Theory and CPC History/Party Building Studies, Tsinghua University
Head, "Fundamental Principles of Marxism" Teaching Group, Tsinghua University
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 Project (NSSFC)
Role: Principal Investigator
"The Relationship Between German Classical Philosophy and Marxist Philosophy" (October 2013 – May 2017)
New Century Excellent Talents Support Program (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
Li Chengwang. A Study on the Formation of Historical Materialism. Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2017.
Li Chengwang. A Textual Study on Marx's Philosophical Revolution. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2011.
Li Chengwang. Practice, History, Freedom: Contemporary Exploration of the Authentic Spirit of Marxist Philosophy. Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2018.
Recent Journal Articles
Li Chengwang. "The Evolutionary Logic of Modern Western Historical Idealism and the Methodological Transformation of Historical Materialism." Studies on Marxism, 2024(12).
Li Chengwang. "Why does Ideology 'Have No History': The Critical Issue of Overcoming German Idealism and the Solution Path of Historical Materialism." Studies on Marxist Theory, 2024(08).
Li Chengwang. "A Multifaceted Reinterpretation of the Motives Behind Writing 'The German Ideology'." Social Sciences in Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 2023(06).
Li Chengwang. "Advancing a Higher Level of Chinese Marxist Philosophical Research Through Innovative Interpretations." Journal of Guizhou Normal University (Social Sciences Edition), 2023(01).
Li Chengwang. "On Critique of German Idealism and Development of Historical Materialism—Based on a Comparison between The German Ideology and Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy." Studies on Marxism, 2022(08).
Li Chengwang. "A Critical Reconstruction of Traditional Metaphysics and the Transformation of Marxist Philosophy: Reinterpreting the Central Thread and Fundamental Logic of Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy." Scientific Socialism, 2021(03).
Li Chengwang. "Historical Materialism as a Concrete Dialectic of Production." Social Sciences in Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 2020(04).
Li Chengwang. "Reinterpretation of Marxist Philosophy's Core Connotation: Evolution and Original Spirit." Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (Social Sciences Edition), 2019(02).
Li Chengwang. "Three Perspectives on Reinterpreting the Authentic Spirit of Historical Materialism." Guangming Daily, 2018(03).
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).
