Chou Kung-shin

Chou Kung-shin is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, historian and archaeologist. She served as Director of National Palace Museum from May 2008 till July 2012.

Life and career

Chou Kung-shin was born in Zhejiang on April 14, 1947. She graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in French studies, then earned an M.A. from Chinese Culture University and her Ph.D. from Paris-Sorbonne University in art history and archaeology. She spent 27 years working in National Palace Museum before serving as a council director of Chinese Association of Museums. She was head of Institute of Fu Jen University Museum Studies in September 2002, and held that office until May 2008. Then she became Director of National Palace Museum, and served until July 2012.