Graduated from the Department of History of Qufu Normal University in 1984. Studied abroad in Greece from 1991 to 1998, at the School of Languages of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and the Department of History and Archaeology of Ioannina University. Received PhD in 1998. After returning to China in 1999, served as Professor of the Department of History of Tsinghua University. Also Academic Member of Greek Research Center of Peking University and Research Fellow of Eastern European Byzantine Research Center of Nankai University.

Studied abroad in Greece from 1991 to 1998, at the School of Languages of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and the Department of History and Archaeology of Ioannina University. Received PhD in 1998. After returning to China in 1999, served as Professor of the Department of History of Tsinghua University. Also Academic Member of Greek Research Center of Peking University and Research Fellow of Eastern European Byzantine Research Center of Nankai University.

Prof. Zhang Xushan is devoted to the study of Byzantine history. Fluent in English, Greek (ancient and modern) and French.