Shih Shou-chien

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shi.

Shih Shou-chien
石守謙
Shou-Chien Shih in 2015.
Director of National Palace Museum
In office 20 May 2004 – 25 January 2006
Preceded by	Tu Cheng-sheng
Succeeded by	Lin Mun-lee
Personal details
Born	(1951-06-08) 8 June 1951 Taiwan
Education	National Taiwan University (BA, MA) Princeton University (PhD)
Occupation	Scholar, writer, professor
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	石守謙
Simplified Chinese	石守谦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shí Shǒuqiān

Shih Shou-chien (Chinese: 石守謙; born 8 June 1951) is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, and professor at National Taiwan University. He served as Director of National Palace Museum from May 2004 to January 2006. He is an academician of Academia Sinica.

Life and career

Shih Shou-chien was born in Taiwan on June 8, 1951. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from National Taiwan University in 1973, a Master of Arts in history from the university in 1977, then went to the United States to be educated at Princeton University, where he obtained his Ph.D. in art and archaeology in 1984.

He studied the Chinese art history under Wen Fong, a noted Chinese-American art historian. He was a professor at National Taiwan University in 1990, becoming director of the Institute of Art History in 1991. In May 2000 Executive Yuan appointed him as Deputy Director of the National Palace Museum. After this office was terminated in May 2004, he was promoted to Director position, serving until January 2006. He is a researcher at Academia Sinica since 2006, and he was elected an academician in July 2012.