"How should democratic societies respond? Not with appropriation or instrumentalization – this movement belongs to the Chinese people. The right response is helping these stories be seen."

Brian Hioe@brianhioe.bsky.social · last wk.

Nice read on what a dog’s death says about Chinese civil society at present by @alriclee.bsky.social

This is a fantastic piece that should be read by anyone considering applying to a doctoral program.

Patrick Iber@patrickiber.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm fielding a lot of queries from prospective grad students right now, so I wrote up a long version of the general advice that I give students about the application process in an attempt to demystify it and level the playing field. Feel free to use it as well: patrickiber.org/2026/06/24/a...

#TaiwanArchives: 1950 Soldiers, rickshaws, cyclists, and automobiles navigate the streets of Taipei

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

#China #June4 #photography "Tiananmen...a year after" Today is the anniversary of the #Tiananmen Massacre, June 4, 1989. I took this photograph a year after. Its emptiness speaks for itself. @gblee.bsky.social

A Penn State photojournalism student has been documenting the ICE-created chaos at the Delaney Hall protests. @njspotlightnews.org is publishing his work. “I’ve covered hard news before, but this is the first time I’ve ever had tear gas and pepper spray directed toward me.”

Clashing night and day: a tense 24 hours outside Delaney HallNJ Spotlight News

A photojournalism student knows how to shoot hard news. This was something else. 'It was definitely scary,' he says

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Happy #MaskWeek! If, like many people, you stopped wearing a mask years ago, it’s not too late to start again 🩵 Doesn’t have to be all the time. Any time you mask you’re less likely to get sick or pass on whatever you might have picked up, & you might even avoid a life ruining infection.

babs ✨@itsbabs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

hey did you know it’s WORLD MASK WEEK ??? you don’t have to be the most perfect mask wearer of all time to make choices that protect your health—ANY time mask means cleaner air for you n all around you, and that is worth it !!! why not give it a try at The Big 3: • shopping • healthcare • transit

hey did you know it’s WORLD MASK WEEK ??? you don’t have to be the most perfect mask wearer of all time to make choices that protect your health—ANY time mask means cleaner air for you n all around you, and that is worth it !!! why not give it a try at The Big 3: • shopping • healthcare • transit

Aotearoa Covid Action@covidactionnz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The use of good-fitting respirator masks really does prevent the spread of airborne illnesses. World Mask Week is an occasion to think about adopting this healthy habit, especially in certain settings like healthcare and mass transit. Find out more on our website: covidaction.nz/en/aguidetom...

one of my favourite new expressions in Chinese is 又双叒叕 又 means again and if you want to emphasize something is happening again, and again, and again... 又双叒叕 is very visually effective!

Rather belatedly getting around to reading @jeremiahjenne.com on Li Zhisui’s Mao memoir. This was one of the first nonfiction books I ever read about China (back in high school)! Enjoyed this refresher on its salacious and historically questionable content.

I love his building blocks advice. #AmWriting 🗃️

Tamir Moustafa@tamirmoustafa.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fantastic writing tips by Marcus Rediker. pghrev.com/sixteen-writ...

♥️ powerful speech by Lin King, translator of Taiwan Travelogue @linkinglionking.bsky.social

It’s publication day!

Patricia Goldsworthy@pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I just got a copy of my cover for my forthcoming book! It features a postcard from Fez by the Moroccan Jewish photographer Joseph Bouhsira. Bouhsira was the first Moroccan to establish his own commercial photography studio, and many of his images featured the Jewish community in Fez.

One of the two public universities in Oregon currently undergoing retrenchment published a report on which programs make the most $ for the university (which shouldn't be the primary factor in keeping or cutting them), and the answer by a LONG SHOT was History/Poli Sci

Terrence Peterson@tgpeterson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is true in US universities as well. The arts and humanities more than pay for themselves through enrollments and low overhead and in so doing subsidize expensive STEM disciplines

Ever wondered why so many indie bookstores have masking policies to prevent #covid? We asked them! Read our new article “Indie Bookstores Promoting Masking and Covid Consciousness in 2026” 📚💙https://www.whoevenreads.com/indie-bookstores-promoting-masking-and-covid-consciousness-in-2026/

Indie Bookstores with Masking & Covid Policies in 2026

The trajectory of Covid awareness may not go exactly as many expect, and in the meantime, bookstores are one of the community spaces that can offer a transition point to a different possible future.

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“That’s where billionaires like yourself come in. For a mere $10 million gift, you can help us remake the intellectual landscape by endowing a prestigious chair in an underrepresented subfield, such as geocentric astronomy, high-energy phlogiston physics, or patriotic history.“ 😂

Katie Hinde@mammalssuck.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

I strongly suspect this is true of every field. There is what people think they know about it, and then there is what the daily experience of it for those who are in it. There is a wide gulf, and every one of those jobs is harder than it looks from the outside.

Steve McDonald @asteveintime.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m an architect and there is an enormous gulf between what people think we do and what we actually do. Design is such a small part of it.

My translation of ADRIFT IN THE SOUTH, the debut memoir of Chinese worker-poet Xiao Hai 小海, out with Granta Magazine Editions today. A landmark work of the migrant worker literature movement, it showcases one of China’s liveliest emerging voices. #XiaoHai #chineseliterature #translatedliterature

Some great books on this list; particularly looking forward to getting some time with #5, "Uncanny Beliefs: Superstition in Modern Chinese History," ed. @emilybaum.bsky.social & Albert Wu, feat. essays by @qiaoj.bsky.social & others

Alexander Boyd@alexludoboyd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dusted off the writing cap for a...listicle! Five new china books, an eclectic bunch that pretty much sums up my reading interests... hope they interest you too! chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/28/n...

A really thoughtful review; worth clicking through to read the whole thing. Liked this observation: “The case studies demonstrate that care, endurance, and domestic labor can themselves become acts of profound rupture.”

Jeff Wasserstrom@jwassers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sasha Razor on How to Be a Dissident by @galbeckerman.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-... "What anchors Beckerman’s book, and ultimately what stays with the reader, is its emotional honesty." Fascinating discussion of gender & dissent, & naturally glad to see the Milk Tea Alliance part 👇

I was delighted to get this book by my fellow UCI alum, Xia Shi, in the mail late last week, a natural follow-up to her first book on elite women int he early Republic. Looking forward to more reading time with it in May.

A privilege and a pleasure to celebrate the 101st Class of Fellows with an announcement in the @nytimes.com 🎉

Popular author discovers SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW OMG: "My book tells the untold history of....!!!!!!" Actual historian: no. we all know that already. sorry.

will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

no one likes historians because every time someone says “oh this is unheard of” historians are all like “well actually” and fundamentally it just doesn’t sound as impressive if you have to say “in these slightly precedented times”

Here I am at the UNC Press booth with my amazing editor @catehodorowicz.bsky.social and MY BOOK.

UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re at #OAH2026! And don’t forget our reception celebrating the first book in our new W. Hodding Carter III imprint is happening at 4:30pm in the booth! @oah.org

I'm honored to have been named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow and thrilled it will allow me to dig in on my next book, The Long Resistance: Dissent and Disunity in China's War with Japan. So grateful to the Guggenheim Foundation and the many who have supported my work in so many ways. #guggfellows2026

Guggenheim Foundation@guggfellows.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're thrilled to announce our 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. Huge congratulations to these 223 exceptional individuals in the Creative Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and a range of interdisciplinary fields. You can find out more at www.gf.org. 🎉

Review of Pierre Fuller's 2022 book, Modern Erasures, up at PRC History Review. Minerva Inwald reflects on Fuller's exploration of how early/mid 20c modernizers constructed China as a place "devoid of public morality." With response from Fuller.

I am so sad to see this news. Harriet just oversaw the publication of my most recent article in NanNü in November, giving thoughtful suggestions. A broad thinker, generous and supportive of other scholars.

Li Chen多伦多大学陈利@lchen2024.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Remembering Professor Harriet Zurndorfer (1946-2026) of Leiden University. ://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GBGiQmAkKupx7yPbKYlHrA @yingaa.bsky.social

Not the period drama you might expect.

JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA / 2026 Oscar®-Nominated Short Film

YouTube video by JULIA AKS

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“We must come to realize that if we live long enough, every one of us will experience disability. Instead of viewing those with disabilities or chronic illness as unproductive or no longer useful, we must fight for a society that measures its health by how well it cares for those who need the most.”

Truthout@truthout.org · 10mo ago

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

"Generations of Chinese women have been rendered voiceless by the patriarchy. Their stories refuse soft burials." So honored to have a review essay out in Banned Books Week @chinabooksreview.com on two of Fang Fang's most acclaimed novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame, tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social:

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

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Michael Berry (白睿文)@bairuiwen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“When an era sheds a speck of dust it might not seem like much, but when it falls upon the shoulders of an individual it feels like a mountain.” — Fang Fang This is Banned Books Week, an annual event that celebrates the work of writers whose voices have been suppressed. 1