Deng Xiaonan

Born in 1950, Deng Xiaonan graduated from Peking University's History Department in 1985. She was the director of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a professor of history at Peking University. She was also the vice-chairman of China History Society. Her areas of interest include the history of the Song period, the bureaucracies and institutions of middle-period China, and gender in the Tang and Song dynasties.