Jian Shi

Shi Jian was born in November 1952 in Neijiang, Sichuan. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Sichuan University and a former vice president of the university. He holds a doctorate in literature from Lehigh University in the United States, is an EU Jean Monnet Chair, and serves as director of the Center for European Studies at Sichuan University. His research covers Western literary theory, English and American literature, and European studies. He has edited several English textbooks and is the author of works including In Search of the Soul of European Integration and Old Friends Seem to Have Come. Four of his works are included in the library, among them the New Era College Interactive English series and a writing course, as well as an exploration of applying the ocarina to music therapy for children with autism, spanning exam preparation, inspirational growth, and medicine.