Ye Wenxin graduated from the History Department of National Taiwan University in her early years and later pursued further studies in the United States, earning a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984. From 1994 to 2000, she served as the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley, and currently holds the position of Chair Professor in the History Department and Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the same university. Her research focuses on modern Chinese cultural history, social history, and the cultural history of Shanghai. Her English publications include: *The Alienated Academy: Culture and Politics in Republican China, 1919-1937* (1990), *Provincial Passages: Culture, Space, and the Origins of Chinese Communism* (1996), and *Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments in the Making of Modern China* (2007), among others.

叶文心，早年毕业于台湾大学历史系，后赴美深造，1984年获美国伯克利加州大学历史学博士学位。1994—2000年任美国伯克利加州大学中国研究中心主任，现任该校历史系讲座教授暨东亚研究所所长。主要从事中国近现代文化史、社会史、上海都市文化史等方面的研究。英文著作有：The Alienated Academy: Culture and Politics in Republican China，1919-1937 (1990), Provincial Passages: Culture, Space, and the Origins of Chinese Communism (1996), Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments in the Making of Modern China (2007)等。