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Emily Ng is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts & Sciences, where she also teaches in the MD-PhD program. Her research focuses on madness, cosmopolitics, and the interplay between historical trauma and contemporary subjectivity in China. She combines clinical training as a therapist with anthropological fieldwork, exploring how psychic life intersects with political and cultural dynamics. Ng holds a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, with a joint program at UC San Francisco. Her book A Time of Lost Gods: Madness, Mediumship, and the Ghost after Mao (2020), awarded the Boyer Prize, examines post-Mao mental health and cosmological frameworks through ethnographic research in hospitals, temples, and rural communities. Her work challenges secularization narratives by highlighting the persistence of spiritual and political legacies in Chinese society. Research interests include: medical and psychological anthropology, political cosmologies, post-socialism, colonialism, and East Asian studies. She explores themes like mediumship, toxicity, and sensory experiences of the unseen across religious communities in China. Ng’s publications span topics from plastic pollution’s social impact to the intersection of psychosis and political discourse in Shanghai. She collaborates internationally, contributing to interdisciplinary studies on global spirituality and cognitive anthropology.

• Medical Anthropology
• Psychological Anthropology
• Madness and Mental Illness
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Shunzhu Wang is a Professor of Chinese at Rider University's Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. With a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University, his work bridges Chinese and Western literary traditions, focusing on critical theory, modern Chinese literature, and cultural studies. Education: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Purdue University (2001) M.A., English Education, Wayne State College (1994) B.A. Equivalent, English Language and Literature, Jiangsu Teachers’ College (1980) Research Interests: Dr. Wang’s research explores intersections between literature and cultural politics, with particular emphasis on Chinese identity formation, feminist discourses in modern literature, and the globalization of literary criticism. His notable works include Contemporary Literary Criticism: A Leitch Reader (2014) and American Literary Criticism from the 1930s to the 1980s (2013). His recent work examines political corruption dynamics in China and cross-cultural pedagogical approaches to Chinese language/culture. Awards & Recognition: 2010 Certificate of Excellence from Rider University Outstanding Teacher Award (Purdue University, 1998) 2nd Place, National Translation Competition (China Translators’ Association, 1987) Teaching & Scholarly Activity: In addition to teaching Chinese language courses and cultural seminars, Dr. Wang has presented globally on topics ranging from calligraphy’s cultural significance to modern Chinese political narratives. He serves as a referee for MELUS and Mosaic , and has been invited as an expert advisor for Translation Express (CNKI). Key Contributions: His scholarship bridges East-West literary traditions, with recent presentations focusing on anti-corruption governance in China and gender representation in Chinese cinema. He actively collaborates across disciplines, co-teaching honors seminars on global ideas and transcultural gender studies.

• Comparative Literature
• Chinese Literature
• American Literature
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Shan Windscript is a Lecturer in the Department of History at Monash University. Her research focuses on modern Chinese history with particular emphasis on Mao-era cultural practices, socialist subjectivity, and historical memory. She actively engages in interdisciplinary studies related to diary analysis and the intersection of politics and education. Education background not explicitly detailed in text but inferred through professional roles. Research interests prominently feature analysis of Maoist-era diaries as historical sources, cultural revolution dynamics, and international student experiences. Recent publications (2019-2021) showcase thematic focus on socialist cultural production, historiography, and transnational student activism. Her work bridges academic analysis with public discourse through blogs and podcasts. Recipient of Asia Study Grant (2019) and History Essay Prize (2020). Engaged in academic networks including the Asian Studies Association of Australia and British Association for Chinese Studies, organizing conferences and delivering keynote speeches. Media presence includes podcasts discussing Cultural Revolution historiography.

• Modern Chinese History
• Cultural History
• Political History
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Xun Zhou is a historian at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin, specializing in the intersection of health, medicine, science, religion, and everyday life in modern China. Affiliated with the Department of Knowledge Systems and Collective Life, Zhou conducts research at the forefront of global health history and transcultural studies. Research focuses on: Health intervention and delivery systems in Maoist China (1949–1983) Nutrition, food security, and narcotics history Political dynamics of the People's Republic of China Religious healing practices in Asian contexts Race, ethnicity, and community health engagement Zhou's scholarly output reveals consistent emphasis on archival-driven analysis of Chinese healthcare models and their global implications, with particular attention to grassroots implementation and political determinants of health policy. The work bridges historical methodology with contemporary public health discourse. No scientific awards are documented in available materials. Research has been supported by competitive funding including the European Commission Research Executive Agency. Zhou leads historical investigations into health systems under extreme conditions, notably examining coping mechanisms during food insecurity crises. Current scholarly activity centers on completing archival synthesis for major monographs while developing transnational frameworks for understanding health interventions in socialist contexts.

• History of Medicine
• Modern Chinese History
• Global Health
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Covell Meyskens is an Associate Professor at the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, specializing in modern China, East Asia, and Modern World History. His work bridges Cold War geopolitics with socio-economic transformations in China, particularly through militarization and technocratic development projects. Expertise in China's historical development Focus on East Asian security and global influence Recipient of the 2021 Lieutenant Commander David L. Williams Outstanding Professor Award His research explores how China's political economy evolved from Maoist-era militarization to contemporary technocratic expansion via projects like the Three Gorges Dam. He curates a visual archive of everyday life in Maoist China and has secured grants from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, NPS Naval Research Program, Fulbright programs, and the Fulbright-Hays Commission. Recent publications analyze China's Cold War strategies, dam-building as statecraft, and shifting conceptions of national security. Articles span topics like political economy under Mao, early Three Gorges ambitions in Republican China, and nuclear diplomacy with North Korea. Author of Mao's Third Front (Cambridge UP, 2020) Co-editor of The Afterlives of Chinese Communism (Verso, 2019) Contributor to journals like Twentieth Century China and Nonproliferation Review Scientific awards include: 2021 Lieutenant Commander David L. Williams Outstanding Professor Award

• Modern Chinese History
• East Asian Security
• Great Power Competition
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Zeren Li is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. His research focuses on business-government relations, authoritarian politics (especially China), bureaucracy, and good governance, with a methodological emphasis on Big Data analysis. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Duke University, an MPhil from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a bachelor's degree from Fudan University. Education: PhD (Political Science), Duke University; MPhil (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology); BSc (Fudan University) His research explores topics like the Chinese revolving-door phenomenon, public-private partnerships, judicial centralization, and underground economic activity during China's Maoist era. He has developed two major databases: the Chinese Revolving-Door Officials Database and the Chinese Public-Private Partnership Database, supported by grants from NSF, Google Cloud, and the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation. His work has been published in top journals including the British Journal of Political Science, American Journal of Political Science, and The China Quarterly. He received the Kellogg/Notre Dame Award and Gordon White Prize for his research contributions. Teaching experience includes courses on comparative politics, political economy of China, and quantitative methods at NUS and Yale. His current research projects include a book manuscript on the political-business revolving door in China, analyzing its effects on corporate governance and public resource allocation.

• Business-Government Relations
• Authoritarian Politics
• Bureaucracy
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Dr. Jane Hayward is a Lecturer in China and Global Affairs at King's College London's Lau China Institute, part of the School of Global Affairs. She holds a PhD in East Asian Studies from New York University and has held post-doctoral positions at Oxford University China Centre and Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management in Beijing. Her current research focuses on China's agrarian question, urban transformations, and the intersections of state policy with global capitalism. Education: PhD in East Asian Studies, New York University Postdoctoral: Oxford University China Centre, Tsinghua University (Beijing) Her research explores rural-urban dynamics, including land reorganization, peasant labor systems, and how urbanization interacts with China's integration into global markets. She critiques state policies through frameworks of political economy and intellectual history, emphasizing historical context and transnational influences. Recent publications analyze Beijing's 'upside-down villages,' the household responsibility system, and the urban question's dualities. Her work frequently engages with contested spaces of ideology and power, such as urban villages and think tanks' roles in state internationalization. Affiliations: Urbanisation, Rural Development and Social Transformations group; Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective She teaches modules like 'China and the Age of Globalisation' and actively participates in public debates through lectures and media engagements.

• China's Agrarian Policy
• Urban Transformations
• State Theory
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Bin Xu is a Full Professor of Sociology at Emory University. His work bridges politics and culture through empirical and theoretical research focused on East Asia, particularly China, while maintaining a global comparative perspective. Current research projects include COVID Memorialization and Disaster Politics in China Regional expertise: China, with comparative analyses of global events Research Interests Cultural sociology of civil society Collective memory (zhiqing generation, WWII memories) Symbolic politics (state rituals, disaster narratives) Transnational discourses (e.g., 'Black Lives Matter' in Chinese contexts) Scientific Awards Mary Douglas Prize (ASA, 2018) for 'The Politics of Compassion' Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title (2022) ASA Honorable Mention for Asia/Transnational scholarship Publications His three monographs span civil society under authoritarianism, generational memory, and democratic culture. Recent work in Social Problems and Poetics explores race, transnational movements, and comparative disaster responses.

• Cultural Sociology
• Civil Society
• Collective Memory
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Sarah Gendron serves as Chair and Professor of French Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Marquette University, where she directs departmental operations and teaches courses spanning French language, literature, film, and critical theory. Her academic home resides within the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, which falls under Marquette's College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Gendron's research trajectory evolved from early work on Samuel Beckett and post-structuralist theory to contemporary investigations of cultural expressions during conflicts. Her scholarship examines conflicts related to World Wars, the Holocaust, Russian revolution, Maoist China, Cambodian genocide, Northern Ireland Troubles, Balkan Wars, Rwandan genocide, American ideological battles, and caste-related violence in India. She particularly focuses on cultural expression during conflicts (propaganda studies in education, art, and popular culture) and gender-based violence within international humanitarian frameworks. Her most recent book, The Co-opting of Education by Extremist Factions: Professing Hate (2020), analyzes how extremist groups manipulate educational systems for political gain. Currently, she's researching Sub Silentio: Gender-based Violence During Conflict , funded by a Fulbright Global Scholars Research Fellowship and Way Klingler Research Fellowship. Her publications demonstrate consistent engagement with trauma representation across multiple genocides and conflicts, revealing patterns in how societies process collective trauma through cultural production. Among her numerous accolades, Dr. Gendron received a Fulbright Global Scholars Research Fellowship (2020-2021) and Way-Klingler Research Fellowship (2020-2023), both worth $60,000. She's been nominated multiple times for teaching and advising awards, including five nominations for Excellence in Advising/Mentoring. Her research has also secured substantial funding including Mellon Grants totaling over $87,000 and multiple FACE Grants from the French Embassy. Dr. Gendron actively mentors students through various courses she's developed on Holocaust studies, Rwandan genocide, Cambodian genocide, aesthetics and trauma, and French feminist theory. Her collaborative approach to research is evident in shared grants with colleagues and interdisciplinary projects that bridge literature, history, political science, and gender studies. She has created innovative courses examining North African Studies on Gender and Sexuality and the Immigrant Experience in Film.

• Genocide Studies
• Trauma Studies
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Liang Luo is a Professor of Chinese Studies and Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University. She holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and an M.A. and B.A. in Comparative Literature and World Literature from Beijing Normal University. Her academic leadership includes serving on the Program Committee for the Association for Asian Studies annual conference and as President of the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature. Education: Ph.D. Harvard University (2006), M.A. Beijing Normal University (1999), B.A. Beijing Normal University (1997) Her research focuses on the intersection of Chinese performance studies, folklore, and transnational cultural movements. Current projects include Profound Propaganda: The International Avant-Garde and the Transformations of Modern China and Polyphonic Storytelling: Animating Heritage for Contemporary Life in the Age of Global Asias . She is also co-editing A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in East Asia (Brill) and special issues on Global Asias and U.S. 250th anniversary fairy tales. Scientific awards include the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award (University of Kentucky), CELT Innovation + Design Lab Fellowship (University of Kentucky), and a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Stipend. She has also held research fellowships at Fudan University, Ewha Institute for the Humanities, and Australian National University’s Humanities Research Center. Liang Luo serves as a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Folklore, East China Normal University, and is active in international academic leadership roles. Her work bridges Sinophone cultural studies, digital humanities, and comparative literature.

• Chinese Studies
• Politics of Performance
• Folklore and Mythology
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