Chen Heng

Chen Heng was born in 1968 in Huaiyuan, Anhui Province. He holds a doctorate in history and is a professor and doctoral supervisor in world history at Shanghai Normal University, where he has served as president since 2025. His research covers the history of Western historiography and historiographical theory, Western urban history, and the history of classical scholarship. Four of his works are included here, ranging from a revised translation of a history of classical studies to a study of ancient world history in China and the West that bridges both traditions, as well as work on Homer. He also edits journals and academic translation series and has translated works on history and historiography. His writing, aimed at specialists and general readers in the social sciences and humanities, attends closely to historiographical traditions and theoretical questions.