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Mark Yu-Shan Chen

yushanchen@g.harvard.edu

Ph.D. Candidate in HEAL/Japan

Mark Yu-Shan Chen received his BA in History and BS in Chemistry from the University of Chicago, and his MPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Cambridge. His research has focused on the history of chemistry in Edo, Meiji, and...

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Jannis Jizhou Chen

Ph.D. Alumnus in Chinese Literature

The Literature of Things: Ecologies, Disasters, and the Sinophone Worlds

Yufan Chen

yufan_chen@g.harvard.edu

Ph.D. Candidate in Chinese Literature

Yufan Chen works on modern and contemporary Chinese-language literature, poststructuralist literary theory, and feminist and queer theory. His current research centers on the intersection of violence, literary form, and the politics and ethics of reading...

Kay Chen

kaychen@g.harvard.edu

Ph.D. Candidate in Religion

Kay (Ke) Chen’s research revolves around Buddhist monasticisms in middle-period East Asia. Her work explores how, during the formative period when Buddhist monastic rules first arrived in East Asia, these regulations and local monastic practices shaped...

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Dandan Chen

Politics and Ethics: Zhang Junmai and the Search for a New Ethical Life in Modern China

Jingling Chen

An Acropolis in China: The Appropriation of Ancient Greek Tradition in Modern Chinese Literature

Wen-Hui Chen

wenhuichen@fas.harvard.edu

Language Instructor in Chinese

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Yue-Rung Chen

yuerungchen@fas.harvard.edu

Language Instructor in Chinese

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Menglan Chen

Ph.D. Alumna in East Asian Film & Media Studies

Sensing Light: Knowing through Photography in Modern China

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Axl Cheng

axlcheng@fas.harvard.edu

Ph.D. Candidate in HEAL/China

Axl Cheng works on Muslims and Islam in late imperial China, with a focus on how law, economy, and empire shaped communal identities under Qing rule. She joins the HEAL program in Fall 2025. She holds a BA from New York University in Middle Eastern and...

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Crystal Cheng

crystalcheng@g.harvard.edu

Ph.D. Candidate in Japanese Literature

Crystal Cheng's research revolves around early modern Japanese theater, literature, and visual culture, with a particular focus on the portrayal of murders and suicides of female characters. Her work aims to explore how the trope of selfless, sacrificial...