Ge(Gigi)Tang
@gigitang.bsky.social
Postdoc on Research Ireland-funded project ‘Minerals’, UC Dublin School of English. PhD in English. Research global 19c, extraction, infrastructure, petition, periodicals, travel writing, Trollope, emotion history. Adore dogs. she/ her.
Join my seminar on a DH project on a 19C translingual petition by Jong Ah Sing, a Cantonese miner confined in a Melbourne asylum! I'll share how I used Cantonese linguistics + LLMs to reconstruct his writing and to create a digital archive making his voice heard. 27 May, virtual& in person
I was funded by the minerals project to visit Museum Africa to consult its fascinating postcard collections on SA’s extractive histories. The postcards discussed in this article offer a glimpse into how this highly commercial medium shaped global perceptions of mining capitalism and abstract labor.
Sarah Comyn@sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 8mo agoYou can read @gigitang.bsky.social excellent article in full here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl... And find out more about Gigi's broader case study for the Imperial Minerals project here: imperialminerals.ie/team/ge-tang/
Read @gigitang.bsky.social reflection on the brilliant Critical Minerals symposium she & Katie Donnelly organised for the Minerals project. The symposium was generously supported by UCD College of Arts & Humanities seed funding & @ucdhumanities.bsky.social imperialminerals.ie/2025/12/19/c...
Imperial Minerals — Critical Minerals Symposium Reflections
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We're also happy to announce the Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage, which start on 30 October, 5.30 pm with none other than Martha Langford! The seminars are all free and online, and you can register here: photographichistory.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/r... #photohist
Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage – Semester One 2025/26
PHRC is pleased to announce the launch of Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage, a new, free, online series of talks and discussions exploring photography’s intersections with pol…
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The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c... We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
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One of my proudest essays to date is finally out! A text that would have helped me tremendously as a grad student: "The Political Economy of Museums" - ideal for anyone beginning to research this topic. doi.org/10.1093/acre...
📢Registration is OPEN! Join us at UCD on 7 Nov for the Critical Minerals Symposium – insights & networking all in one place! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/critical-m...
📢 Deadline Extended! We’ve received requests for late submissions, so the deadline for the Critical Minerals Symposium has been extended until 31 August. Inspiring abstracts are already coming in from across the globe. Don’t miss the chance to add your voice to the conversation!
UCD Humanities Institute@ucdhumanities.bsky.social · last yr.Here's the CfP for the Critical Minerals Symposium (7 Nov '25, Dublin). Organised by @gigitang.bsky.social & Katie Donnelly (both in the UCD School of English, Drama & Film; Resident Scholars @ucdhumanities.bsky.social; and researchers on the Research Ireland @imperialminerals.bsky.social project)
It has been a profoundly challenging experience, both emotionally and linguistically, to work on this extraordinary piece of carceral writing. I tried translating it into vernacular Cantonese but had to give up after a few pages. How malleable language can be when under the bend of lived experience!
Minerals@imperialminerals.bsky.social · last yr.Read this fascinating new blog post by @gigitang.bsky.social examining a petition written by the Chinese digger, Jong Ah Siug, from the asylum in colonial Melbourne. The petition takes the form of a palm-sized bound book and includes hand-drawn maps. imperialminerals.ie/2025/08/18/a...
⏱️TWO MORE WEEKS to submit your abstract to our critical minerals symposium!!!
Ge(Gigi)Tang@gigitang.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Call for Papers! Katie Donnelly and I are organising an interdisciplinary symposium on Critical Minerals. 🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 📍 University College Dublin @ 7 November 2025 Please share widely! #CFP #CriticalMinerals #EnvironmentalHumanities #ThresholdOfKnowledge #TransnationalisingHumanities
📢 Call for Papers! Katie Donnelly and I are organising an interdisciplinary symposium on Critical Minerals. 🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 📍 University College Dublin @ 7 November 2025 Please share widely! #CFP #CriticalMinerals #EnvironmentalHumanities #ThresholdOfKnowledge #TransnationalisingHumanities
UCD Humanities Institute@ucdhumanities.bsky.social · last yr.Here's the CfP for the Critical Minerals Symposium (7 Nov '25, Dublin). Organised by @gigitang.bsky.social & Katie Donnelly (both in the UCD School of English, Drama & Film; Resident Scholars @ucdhumanities.bsky.social; and researchers on the Research Ireland @imperialminerals.bsky.social project)
A real pleasure chairing the Minerals Roundtable series and engaging with the incredible research shared by our speakers - thank you so much for your contribution! If you missed it, the sessions are now available as a podcast - tune in and let us know what you think!
Sarah Comyn@sarahcomyn.bsky.social · last yr.Final Minerals roundtable recordings are now on our website: imperialminerals.ie/podcasts/ You can also find our full catalogue of recorded events here: soundcloud.com/ucd-humaniti... It's been a very busy, but incredibly generative couple of years. Enormously appreciative of all our speakers 🙏
you guys @sarahcomyn.bsky.social has developed an absolutely incredible research center on extractive practices & cultural production the C19 British world system, a model for comprehensive sociopolitical and aesthetic analysis— if you haven't checked it out, do: imperialminerals.ie/about/
Minerals@imperialminerals.bsky.social · last yr.Missed the Minerals roundtable series? Luckily we recorded all the sessions & the final two are now available! Listen to Roundtable III: Extraction & Forms of Representation with @nathankhensley.bsky.social @juliaditter.bsky.social Adelene Buckland & Charlotte Rogers: soundcloud.com/ucd-humaniti...
I just finished this by @siobhanangus.bsky.social, please all read it so we can talk about it. It's insightful and thought provoking and hits many of my interests (material-led histories of media, science, exploration and extraction). Now mentally curating the exhibition of the book...
Our final online Minerals roundtable will explore extractivism and material histories on Monday 28 April, 9am (Dublin). Our fantastic line-up of speakers: Dr Madhavi Jha Dr Oliver Tappe Dr Nicholas Y. H. Wong Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/minerals-o...
Minerals Online Roundtable IV: Extractivism and Material Histories
The fourth and final roundtable in our online series for 2024/25 seeks to explore extractivism through the lens of material histories
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Looking forward to meeting our speakers and hearing their research on extractivism and material histories! The last three roundtables in this series were incredibly insightful—if you missed them and are interested, the recordings of the first two are available now on the Minerals Project website!
Sarah Comyn@sarahcomyn.bsky.social · last yr.@gigitang.bsky.social has organised a wonderful line-up of speakers for our final roundtable. It has been such a joy to host these online events and learn so much from our speakers. Please join us on Monday 28 April at 9am (Dublin time). Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/minerals-o...
I'm thrilled to say that to celebrate the launch of my new book, I'll be doing two events in the DC area later this month: Thurs, 4/24, 6 pm @ People's Book, Takoma Park / @peoplesbooktakoma.com Sun, 4/27, 3 pm (w/ novelist Rabih Alameddine). Politics & Prose, DC / @politicsprose.bsky.social 🌿
Tales Things Tell: Material Histories of Early Globalisms by Finbarr Barry Flood and Beate Fricke is the Winner of the International Center of Medieval Art Book Prize! Learn more about this beautifully illustrated book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Job vacancy! We are looking for an Outreach Programme Manager (maternity cover). Email library.spec.coll.ed@ucl.ac.uk for the full job description. Please share with your networks! jobs.guidantglobal.com/job/outreach...
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Duties and Responsibilities UCL Special Collections is home to the university's collection of rare books, archives and manuscripts, and the outreach team deliver an education programme for schools and...
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In two week’s time! Our third minerals roundtable on April 7 at 3 am Dublin time! Online!
Ge(Gigi)Tang@gigitang.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin our online roundtable on April 7th and explore how literature, art, and more represent the stories of extraction with experts!!
So delighted to witness my senior colleagues deep investment in the principles of EDI. Ever grateful for the support and the kind words too. @nlireland.bsky.social
Danielle Clarke@rhetorician.bsky.social · 2y agoParticipating in “Transforming the Canon”, a great day of discussion @nlireland.bsky.social thanks to @tapasyanarang.bsky.social for exemplary organisation
Today, we're delighted to introduce the next member of our Editorial team here at Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research: General Editor, Kirstin Mills, from Macquarie University Australia 📚 #INCSA
Please write to me on tapasyanarang1@gmail.com to RSVP
Join our online roundtable on April 7th and explore how literature, art, and more represent the stories of extraction with experts!!
Sarah Comyn@sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 2y agoVery pleased to announce the third online roundtable in the Minerals series is on 'Extraction and Forms of Representation', Monday 7 April 3-4:30pm (Dublin). Featuring a fantastic line-up: Adelene Buckland Julia Ditter @nathankhensley.bsky.social Charlotte Rogers imperialminerals.ie/events/miner...
Truly enjoyed the fabulous discussion, with a lot of take ways; excited to share that the podcast recording is now available!
Minerals@imperialminerals.bsky.social · 2y agoHappy New Year from the Minerals team! The podcast recording for our second online roundtable on extraction and racial capitalism is now available: imperialminerals.ie/podcasts/ Featuring: Danielle Kinsey, Rebecca Macklin & Nick McGee and chaired by Gigi Tang. Have a listen—it's great! 👇
DEADLINE EXTENDED to January 14th!! Call for Writing Support Programme 2025 – @esehnextgate.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/01/02/c... #envhist
Call for Writing Support Programme 2025 - ESEH NEXTGATe
ESEH NEXTGATe is launching the 5th round of the Writing Support Programme for emerging scholars in Environmental History and the Environmental Humanities.
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