Chou Kung-shin (; born 14 April 1947) is a

Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...

scholar, writer, historian and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. She served as

Director of National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ...

from May 2008 till July 2012.

Life and career

Chou Kung-shin was born in

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

on April 14, 1947. She graduated from

Fu Jen Catholic University Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or ) is a private Catholic university in Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and re-established in Taiwan in 1961 at ...

Chinese Culture University The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 ...

as well as

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...

. She spent 27 years working in

National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ...

before serving as a council director of

Chinese Association of Museums The Chinese Association of Museums (CAM; ) is a professional association organized by Taiwanese museums and museum professionals. There are 134 institutional members and over 200 individual members. The president is Hsiao Tsung-huang, deputy min ...

. She was head of Institute of Fu Jen University Museum Studies in September 2002, and held that office until May 2008. Then she became

, and served until July 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chou, Kung-shin 1947 births Living people Fu Jen Catholic University alumni Chinese Culture University alumni College of Sorbonne alumni 20th-century Taiwanese women writers Taiwanese women historians Taiwanese archaeologists Directors of National Palace Museum Taiwanese people from Zhejiang Women museum directors 21st-century Taiwanese women writers