Clara Wing-chung Ho is Professor of History at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Her long-term research work focuses on issues related to gender and age in late imperial China. She has authored/edited/co-edited twenty books and published more than ninety single-authored journal articles and book chapters in English and Chinese. She was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities in 2011. On an RGC-Fulbright Senior Research Award, she served as a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor of History at Northeastern University in Boston in the 2012–13 academic year. In 2021, she was awarded “Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship” by the Research Grants Council, HKSAR. In 2024, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.
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A History of Aging in Qing China
Clara Wing-chung Ho
This book examines the history of aging and old age during the Qing dynasty, a pivotal period marked by rapid population growth that resulted in the largest elderly population in imperial China. Drawing on previously overlooked first-person accounts from the extensive collections authored by Qing men and women, it offers an overview of the self-curated collective aging journeys of several hundreds of elders. By centering the voices of individuals reflecting...
