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Education

• Ph.D-Chinese History, Fudan University (2018-2024)
• MA-Chinese History, Sichuan University (2015-2018)
• BA-History, Sichuan University (2011-2014)

Work experience

• From 2024: Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences 四川省社會科學院
  • Institute of History 歷史研究所
  • Assistant researcher （2024 till now）

Project

• National Social Science Fund Youth Project, PRC 國家社科基金青年項目
  • A Study on the Development History of Zoos in Modern China from a Global Historical Perspective 全球史視野下的近代中國動物園發展史研究
  • From September 2025

Publications

The Localization Process of the Term Zoological Garden in Modern China

Between the Old and the New: The Site Selection Controversy of the Shanghai Municipal Zoo in the 1930s

Hagenbeck’s “Temptation”: The Dissemination and Practice of the “Panoramic Zoo” in Modern China

The Temptation of Hagenbeck: The “Panoramic Zoo” in China

Yuhan Chen, "The Temptation of Hagenbeck: The “Panoramic Zoo” in China," Dushu, No.10 (2025), pp.63-68.

War, Destruction, and Reconstruction: Narratives of the Shanghai Municipal Zoo during the War of Resistance (1937–1946)

Unraveling the Aggregation of Public Opinion: A Study of the 1946 Domestic Survey Conducted by Shanghai’s Wen Wei Po

Yuhan Chen, "Unraveling the Aggregation of Public Opinion: A Study of the 1946 Domestic Survey Conducted by Shanghai’s Wen Wei Po," Modern Chinese History Studies, No.1 (2025), pp.130-144.

The Tiger: The Life History of a Star Animal in Shanghai Municipal Zoological Garden

Yuhan Chen, "The Tiger: The Life History of a Star Animal in Shanghai Municipal Zoological Garden," Journal of Macao Polytechnic University, Vol.28, No.1 (2025), pp.59-69.

Manufacturing Public Opinion: A Study of the 1946 “Domestic Survey” Conducted by Shanghai’s Wen Wei Po

The Zoo in Modern China

“Sir, Need a Ticket?”: The Social Networks and Survival Strategies of Shanghai’s Cinema Ticket Scalpers (1946–1949)

The Suppression of Shanghai’s Train-Ticket Scalpers (1943–1951) amid Regime Change

Complete History of Li Sichi’s Management of Medical Improvement Monthly

Yuhan Chen, "Complete History of Li Sichi’s Management of Medical Improvement Monthly," Chengdu Studies, No.3 (2021), pp.146-154.

Complete History of the Shanghai Juvenile Police, 1947-1949

Yuhan Chen, "Complete History of the Shanghai Juvenile Police, 1947-1949," Shanghai Archives & Records Studies, No.25 (2021), pp.82-96.

Manufacturing Public Opinion: A Study of the 1946 “Domestic Survey” Conducted by Shanghai’s Wen Wei Po

The Survival Conditions of the Ticket Scalpers in Shanghai Theaters, 1946-1949

Yuhan Chen, "The Survival Conditions of the Ticket Scalpers in Shanghai Theaters, 1946-1949," Jiangnan Social History Review, No.15 (2019), pp.90-106.

The Survival and Social Networks of Cinema Ticket Scalpers in Shanghai (1946–1949): A Study Based on the Archives of the New Constituents Bureau

Shanghai Scalpers in 1940s

Nowhere to Turn: Government Intervention, Suicide Reporting, and the Suicide Phenomenon in Chengdu (1946–1949)

Teaching

Studies on Modern Chinese History

Honours and awards

• Research Elite of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (2026)
• Outstanding Graduate of Fudan University (2024)
• Fudan University Five-Star Graduate Teaching Assistant (2019)
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of Sichuan University (2016)