Wang Jinxuan
Ph.D., Associate Professor (implied by academic achievements and position at Ningbo University)
Basic Information
Female, born in 1978 in Huanan County, Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province.
Educational & Professional Background
In 2000, she was admitted to the Musicology (Teacher Education) program at Zhejiang Institute of Education to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
After graduating in 2004, she worked as a high school music teacher at a public high school in Yinzhou District, Ningbo City.
In September 2005 (the following year), she was admitted as a full-scholarship postgraduate student at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, majoring in Oriental Music Research for her master’s degree.
In June 2008, she joined the College of Music at Ningbo University after obtaining her master’s degree.
In September 2011, she enrolled as a full-time doctoral candidate at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, focusing on Oriental Music History, and received her Ph.D. in June 2014.
From September 2016 to September 2017, she served as a visiting scholar at Osaka College of Music (Japan).
Academic Affiliations
Member of the Chinese Traditional Music Society
Member of the Oriental Music Society
Member of the International Academic Research Association for Sino-Japanese Music Comparison
Research Focus
Oriental Music History, Chinese Music History, Chinese Traditional Music Theory
Academic Achievements
Since entering the field of scientific research during her master’s studies, she has conducted herself with integrity and devoted herself to academic work, achieving notable results:
Her master’s thesis Historical Investigation of the Shakuhachi and Differentiation Between Chinese and Japanese Shakuhachi won the Third Prize in the Master’s Group of the 5th National College Students’ Chinese Music History Paper Evaluation (2008).
During her doctoral studies, she was selected for the 2012-2013 Liberal Arts Graduate Academic New Talent Cultivation Program.
She received the 2015 Hu Lan Excellent Doctoral Fund Award from Ningbo University.
Publications & Academic Contributions
She has published over 10 articles in authoritative core journals such as Music Research, Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, and People’s Music. Key articles include:
"New Perspective on the Origin of Modern Japanese Shakuhachi: Based on Reflections on Kokujikai of Kyotaku Denki" (Music Research, Issue 6, 2016)
"New International Academic Vision from East to West" (Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Issue 2, 2015)
"Problems Discovered in the Investigation of the Silk Road: A New Discussion on the Emergence Age of Ancient Vertical Flutes" (Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, Issue 1, 2014)
"A New Starting Point for Oriental Music Research" (People’s Music, Issue7,2013)
"Is the Nanyin Dongxiao a Shakuhachi? — A Rectification of Name for Nanyin Dongxiao" (Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, Issue2,2010)
She has participated in the compilation of several university textbooks.
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