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Karen Offen Editor & Author

Karen Offen is a Historian and Independent Scholar, affiliated as a Senior Scholar with The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, USA. She publishes on the history of modern Europe, especially France and its global influence, from a women's and gender history perspective. She holds a PhD from Stanford University, USA.

Chen Yan is a Professor and the Vice-Chair of the History Department at Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Co-Director of the UM-Fudan Joint Institute for Gender Studies. She specializes in the modern history of China, especially women's and gender history.