Conflicts, bodies, memories. Globalizing Female Narratives of War and Trauma in East Asia. Editors’ Introduction

Valeria Zanier; Aaron William Moore

doi:10.60923/issn.2785-3233/25820

Autori

Valeria Zanier Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1460-1491

Valeria Zanier teaches Modern History of East Asia and Chinese Literature at the University of Bologna. She is a historian of the contemporary age with a strong interest in the Social and Economic History of Socialism and in the History of the Cold War. Her research encompasses the redefinition of transnational networks following decolonization in Asia, continuity and change in the circulation of technology and expertise, and Sinophone communities in Europe.
Aaron William Moore University of Edinburgh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-5751

Aaron William Moore is the Handa Chair of Japanese-Chinese Relations at the University of Edinburgh and a modern historian of China and Japan. He combines a comparative and transnational historical approach with an interest in literature. He works with documents in Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. His research includes studies of war diaries, the history of childhood and youth, and speculative science writing and science fiction.

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