Biography
She is the daughter of Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen (1914-1991), 1st Baronet, a former Lord Mayor of London. She was educated at Cranbourne Chase School and the University of Cambridge, and earned her PhD in 1987 at Yale University. She joined the faculty of New York University in 1992. She was named a Collegiate Professor in 2008. She is a past senior fellow of the Research Center for Urban Cultural History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
In addition to her books, she has published articles on Chinese law, politics, foreign relations, and culinary culture. She is a frequent presenter at academic seminars and symposia, such as at Yale University, Columbia University, and Marymount Manhattan College, as well as appeared as expert on Chinese culinary history. She is quoted in mainstream press as an expert on Chinese military and cultural history.
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