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The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN)

Professor Fanghao Chen

Fanghao

Assistant Professor, Shanghai Normal University, China

Email: chenfanghao@hotmail.com

Profile

Fanghao Chen serves as an assistant professor at the Shanghai Institute for Global City, Shanghai Normal University. He received his Ph.D. in Chinese and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis in 2020. His research interests include childhood studies and urban studies. He has published articles on Children's Literature in Education, Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, and Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth.

Research

Publications

Chen, Fanghao, “Children on the Move: Supplementary Learning Materials for School Children in Republican China (1925–1932).” Children’s Literature in Education (A&HCI), May 11, 2026, online. (URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-026-09684-9);

Chen, Fanghao, “Cultivating the Future of China: Collective Initiative on Children’s Domestic Travel in Republican China (1912¬-1936).” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol.18. no.1, Winter 2025, pp.48-75. (URL: https://doi.org/10.1353/hcy.2025.a947771)

Expertise

Childhood Studies; Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Film; Urban Culture and History; Sinological Studies; Travel Studies
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