Thierry Meynard, S.J.

Thierry Meynard, SJ is a French Jesuit priest, philosopher, and scholar specializing in Chinese philosophy, comparative philosophy, and the historical encounter between Chinese and Western thought. In 2003, he obtained his Ph.D. in Chinese philosophy from Peking University, with a dissertation on the Chinese philosopher Liang Shuming. He taught at Fordham University in New York before joining Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, where he became a professor in the Department of Philosophy and a researcher in the history of intellectual exchanges between China and the West. From 2012 to 2014, he served as international director of The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies.