程莹

Cheng Ying's public information is limited; all that is known is that she has three works in print, touching on everyday life in Africa, the history of a medieval English dynasty, and the governance of world-class universities, spanning social science, world history, and education. In Folding Africa: The Cultural Politics of Everyday Life, she turns to the daily practices of ordinary Africans, approaching cultural politics through the details of life and showing an eye for the significant within the small. The Plantagenets: From Henry II to Edward II, part of the Chinese-language Global History series, traces in narrative form the rise and fall of this major English dynasty. From Reputation to Performance: The Challenges of World-Class Universities shifts to higher education research, discussing the practical problems of university evaluation and governance. The three works differ markedly in subject, yet all reflect a sustained attention to the relationship between institutions and everyday life, and between history and the present, and will suit readers interested in these themes.