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2021 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature
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2019 Yan Ai Foundation Professor of Social Science 言愛基金社會科學教授
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2018-19 President of the International Chinese Sociological Association
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2018 The Jiangsu Academy of Social Science, the third prize for Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science
co-authored with Chen LIANG (History, Nanjing University), Bamboo REN (Social Science PhD candidate, HKUST) and Hao DONG (2016 Social Science PhD, HKUST)
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2018-2019 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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2018-2019 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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2017 IAS Helmut and Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large
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2017-2018 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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2017-2019 Changjiang Scholar, The PRC Ministry of Education | (List of awardees)
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2017-2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
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2016-2017 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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2016-2017 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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2016-2017 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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2016 Y K Pao Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Cultural Studies
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2016 Yan Ai Foundation Professorship in Social Science
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2016 Dream of the Red Chamber Award
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2016 Sin Wai Kin Visiting Professorship in Chinese Culture
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2016 CHPAMS Rising Scholar Best Paper Award, China Health Policy and Management Society
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2015 Twitter Literary Prize
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2014 Franz Kafka Prize
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2014 Henry A. Wallace prize for best book in International Agricultural History
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2014 Tsinghua Journal Parkson Best Article Award
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2014 Third Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science from Jiangsu Provincial academe
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2014 Third Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science from Jiangsu Provincial academe
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2014 Barrington Moore Award, The Historical and Comparative Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
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2013 The Sixth Scientific Research Institutions of Higher Learning Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) by the Chinese Education Ministry
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2012 Guo Moruo Chinese History Prize (Third Class)
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2012 Best book published in 2009 & 2010 Award by the Population Association of Japan
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2011-2012 Top Prize in Professional Division, 6th Annual Robert Avalon International Composers’ Competition of the Foundation for Modern Music.
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2011 Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize, 29th Asian Composers League (ACL) Conference and Festival in Taipei.
Former Dean of School of Humanities and Social Science
2011 Conferment of the degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa by the Hong Kong Institute of Education
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2009 The Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence (SOPA) in Feature Writing in Chinese
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2007 Early Career Award, American Sociological Association Asia and Asian American Section
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2006-07 Academic Representative to China, Washington DC-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
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2006-2010 Changjiang Scholar, The PRC Ministry of Education
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2006 Gordon White Prize by the China Quarterly
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2005 Outstanding Book on Asia (2003-2004)
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2005 Outstanding Book on Asia (2003-2004)
American Sociological Association Asia and Asian American Section
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2005 C Wright Mills Award
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2004 Fellow in Sociology, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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2004 Fellow in Sociology, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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2004 Lao She Literature Award
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2001 MacArthur Fellow
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2001 Gordon White Prize by the China Quarterly
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2001 Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award
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2000 Lu Xun Literary Prize
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2000 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award: Outstanding Book in Social Science History, Social Science History Association
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2000 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography, American Sociological Association Population Section
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2000 Asia’s Environmental Movement, Harold and Margaret Sprout Award
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1999-2000 Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America
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1996-1997 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
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1990 Fellow in Music, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation