LEUNG Ki Che Angela is the Director of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Chair Professor of History, Joseph Needham-Philip Mao Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Academician of the Academia Sinica. She obtained her Master and Doctor degree at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 1976 and 1980 respectively. Her main research areas are Social History of Ming and Qing Dynasty and Modern Sociocultural History. She has published in Chinese, English and French on the history of Chinese philanthropy and social history of medicine. Her recent books include Leprosy in China: A History (2009), Health and Hygiene in Chinese East Asia (2010); In Face of Illness (2012); Gender, Health and History in East Asia (2017).