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Chen Yung-fa

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Chen Yung-fa (Chinese: 陳永發; pinyin: Chén Yǒngfā; born 1 September 1944) is a Taiwanese historian.

Life and career

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Chen was born in Chengdu, Sichuan province. He moved with his family to Taiwan in 1949. After Chen earned bachelor's and master's degrees from National Taiwan University,[1] he completed a doctorate in history at Stanford University, and became a professor at National Taiwan University.[2] He was elected to the Academia Sinica in 2004 and served as the director of the academy's Institute of Modern History [zh] between 2002 and 2009.[3] He has been sought for commentary regarding the history of the Republic of China.[4][5] Beginning in 2011, Chen led a project to digitalize the diarial writings of Tan Yankai.[6]

Selected publications

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  • Chen, Yung-fa (1986). Making Revolution: The Communist Movement in Eastern and Central China, 1937–1945. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520050020.[7]
  • Chen, Yung-fa; Benton, Gregor (1987). Moral Economy and the Chinese Revolution. Amsterdam: Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, University of Amsterdam. ISBN 9789070313180.[8]
  • Chen, Yung-fa (2001) [1998]. 中國共產革命七十年 [Seventy Years of the Communist Revolution in China]. Vol. 2. ISBN 9789570822731.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Yung-fa Chen". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "陳永發(Chen Yung-fa)". Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Chen Yung-fa". Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. ^ Lin, Chia-nan (3 May 2019). "Academia Sinica begins May Fourth Movement event". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ^ Yeh, Lindy (16 October 2001). "Newsmakers: The life and times of Old China's 'Young Marshal'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Academia Sinica launches online digital archives". Taipei Times. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. ^ Houn, Franklin W. (December 1987). "YUNG-FA CHEN. Making Revolution: The Communist Movement in Eastern and Central China, 1937–1945. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1986. Pp. xxiv, 690". The American Historical Review. 92 (5). doi:10.1086/ahr/92.5.1258.
  8. ^ Averill, Stephen C. (August 1988). "China's Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928. By Marcia R. Ristaino. Durham: Duke University Press, 1987. xvi, 274 pp. $45.00. - Moral Economy and the Chinese Revolution. By Chen Yung-fa and Gregor Benton. Publikatieserie Zuid-en Zuidoost-Azie 32. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, 1986. viii, 112 pp". The Journal of Asian Studies. 47 (3): 615–616. doi:10.2307/2057011. JSTOR 2057011.
  9. ^ Thi Minh-Hoang Ngo (January–February 2004). "Chen Yung-Fa, Zhongguo gongchan geming qishi nian". China Perspectives. 2004 (51).