Song Chen (陳松) is a Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations. He is currently completing his dissertation “Managing the Provinces from Afar: The Imperial State and Elites in Sichuan, 755-1279” under the direction of Professor Peter K. Bol. Before his enrollment at Harvard, he had majored in international economics at Fudan University and worked as an assistant to Professor Linda G. Sprague at China Europe International Business School.