Malina Stefanovska is Professor of French Literature in the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies at UCLA, USA,  specializing in 16-18th-century French literature and culture, in particular memoirs, autobiographies and other “ego texts.”   Yinghui Wu is assistant professor of Chinese literature at UCLA,  USA,  specializing in 16-18th-century Chinese literature and culture, in particular drama, print culture,  and the interaction of text, sound, and visual media.    Marie-Paule de Weerdt-Pilorge is Professor of French Literature at the Université de Tours, France,  specializing in 18th century literature,  in particular the genre of memoirs and autobiographies.