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B. A. (hons.), University of Hong Kong (1985)
M. Phil., University of Hong Kong (1987)
Ph. D., University of Hong Kong (1989)
Posts and Professional Affiliations:
Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University
Visiting Professor, Department of History, Northeastern University, 2012-13
Foundation Member of the Editorial Board, Nan Nu: Men, Women and Gender in China (Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers), 1999 – present
Advisory Board Member, Department of History, Lingnan University, 2008-14
Elected Treasurer, Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, 2011-12
Academic Achievements:
Elected Foundation Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, 2011
RGC-Fulbright Senior Research Awards, 2012-13
Listee, Who's Who in the World (New Jersey: Marquis), 2005 - present
Listee, Who's Who in Asia (New Jersey: Marquis), 2006 – present
Research Interests:
Women and gender in Chinese history
Children and childhood in Chinese history
Chinese traditional historiography
Bibliography
Late imperial China
Major Published Works:
Women and History: A Reappraisal of Traditional Chinese Views (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Educational Publishing Co., 1993; Taipei: Taiwan Commercial Press, 1995).
Child-rearing in Traditional China (Beijing: Commercial Press International, 1997; Taipei: Taiwan Commercial Press, 1998).
Virtue, Talent, Beauty, and Power: Women in Ancient China (Taipei: Rye Field Publishing Company, 1998).
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: The Qing Period, 1644-1911 (New York and London: M.E. Sharpe Inc., 1998; Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1999). (edited with Lily Xiao Hong Lee and A.D. Stefanowska). Chinese edition: Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2010.
(ed.), Windows on the Chinese World: Reflections by Five Historians (Lanham: Lexington Books, Roman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2009).
(ed.) Overt and Covert Treasures: Essays on the Sources for Chinese Women's History (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2012).
(ed.) A New Look at Chinese History through the Lens of Gender (Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2012).
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B. A. (hons.), University of Hong Kong (1985)
M. Phil., University of Hong Kong (1987)
Ph. D., University of Hong Kong (1989)
Posts and Professional Affiliations:
Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University
Visiting Professor, Department of History, Northeastern University, 2012-13
Foundation Member of the Editorial Board, Nan Nu: Men, Women and Gender in China (Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers), 1999 – present
Advisory Board Member, Department of History, Lingnan University, 2008-14
Elected Treasurer, Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, 2011-12
Academic Achievements:
Elected Foundation Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, 2011
RGC-Fulbright Senior Research Awards, 2012-13
Listee, Who's Who in the World (New Jersey: Marquis), 2005 - present
Listee, Who's Who in Asia (New Jersey: Marquis), 2006 – present
Research Interests:
Women and gender in Chinese history
Children and childhood in Chinese history
Chinese traditional historiography
Bibliography
Late imperial China
Major Published Works:
Women and History: A Reappraisal of Traditional Chinese Views (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Educational Publishing Co., 1993; Taipei: Taiwan Commercial Press, 1995).
Child-rearing in Traditional China (Beijing: Commercial Press International, 1997; Taipei: Taiwan Commercial Press, 1998).
Virtue, Talent, Beauty, and Power: Women in Ancient China (Taipei: Rye Field Publishing Company, 1998).
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: The Qing Period, 1644-1911 (New York and London: M.E. Sharpe Inc., 1998; Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1999). (edited with Lily Xiao Hong Lee and A.D. Stefanowska). Chinese edition: Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2010.
(ed.), Windows on the Chinese World: Reflections by Five Historians (Lanham: Lexington Books, Roman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2009).
(ed.) Overt and Covert Treasures: Essays on the Sources for Chinese Women's History (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2012).
(ed.) A New Look at Chinese History through the Lens of Gender (Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2012).
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