Professor Wang Zuzhe graduated from baccalaureate studies from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Shandong University in 1985, and earned his Ph.D. in Literature and Art from the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of Shandong University in 2004.

His primary research interests are in the areas of:

1. Analytical aesthetics;

2. The definition and essence of art; the relationship between art and culture; the relationship between art and language;

3. The Aesthetics of Giambattista Vico and Benedetto Croce

Aside from his professional work in university teaching and university-based research, Professor Wang is also engaged in the work of translating foreign-language academic and semi-academic works into Chinese for the Chinese reading public. These translated works include the following (Original title and author/editor, may differ in specific language from the Chinese title of the translation):

1. Art versus Non-Art (Tsion Avital)

2. Philosophy of Art: AContemporary Introduction (Noel Carroll)

3. Neurology of the Arts: Painting, Music, Literature (Clifford Ross)

4. Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Feynman(Richard Feynman, with transcripts by Ralph Leiden)

5. Eve’s Seed: Biology, the Sexes and the Course of History (Robert McElvaine)

6. Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code (Stephen Skinner)

7. Einstein's Violin (Joseph Eger)

8. What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life, and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day(Christopher Lloyd)

9. The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne, co-translator: Wang Yugong)

10. The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History (Thomas E. Woods)

11. The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science (Dennis Brian, co-translator: Qian Sijin)

12. Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science (James Watson)

13. We, Me, Them & It: The Power of Words in Business (John Simmons)

14. Be Your Best (?) (Steve Smith)

15. Seven Spirits of God (Paul Davis)

16. Armageddon Science (Brian Clegg) (Co-translated with students of the School of Foreign Languages, [Shandong University])

17. From Here to Infinity: A Vision of science for the Future of Science (Martin Rees)

18. Jumped, Fell, or Pushed? How Forensics Solved 50 “Perfect Murders (Stephen Koehler, et al)

19. Espionage (David Owen)