Prof. Wang Fan-sen is an historian specializing in the cultural-intellectual history of early modern and modern China (circa 1500 to 1930). He has written many significant works on the intellectual history of China from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and the early republican era.

Prof. Wang Fan-sen received his Ph.D. from the East Asian Studies Department at Princeton University in 1993. He has taught at some universities throughout Taiwan including National Taiwan University and Qing-hua University. Prof. Wang served as Vice President and Acting President of Academia Sinica. He is currently serving as the Chancellor of Taiwan Comprehensive University System.

Prof. Wang Fan-sen has been the recipient of domestic and international awards. He was elected as Academician of Academia Sinica in 2004 and a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of History & Philology (IHP) of Academia Sinica in 2005. He was also awarded the Outstanding Scholar Award Winner by the Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship. In 2005, he was elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of the United Kingdom.