Tian Yuan Tan (陳靝沅; born c. 1972) is a Singaporean scholar of Chinese literature.
[1][2] Prior to his appointment at Oxford, he was Professor of Chinese Studies at SOAS, University of London.
[4] He obtained his PhD from Harvard University in 2006 under the supervision of Wilt L. Idema, Wai-yee Li, and Stephen Owen.
[5] Tan's main areas of research include pre-modern Chinese literature, with a special focus on late imperial drama, fiction, and poetry; Chinese literary history and historiography; court theatre and performance; and cross-cultural contacts between China and the world.
[6] He is an editorial board member of several academic journals and book series and served as Secretary-General of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) from 2012 to 2018.