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@leoclchu.bsky.social

Postdoc UNSW. Agricultural development in Cold War Taiwan.

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@leoclchu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New publication! Building on the biopolitical literature of family planning, my article scrutinizes population and development in postwar Taiwan from the perspective of #politicaltheology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Latecomer time: Theologizing development and population in Cold War Taiwan, 1950-1969

This paper applies Carl Schmitt’s katechon—the restrainer of doom in Christian eschatology – to ideas about population and development in Cold War Taiwan. Focusing on the authoritarian regime’s all...

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@leoclchu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the fabulous volume edited by Sophia Staite, I wrote about an obscure but fascinating Taiwan-made tokusatsu series and how it reflects the ambivalence of justice in the final days of martial law. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003661269-11

Transition without Transformation | 11 | Space Warrior and the Ambigui

This chapter studies Space Warrior (taikong zhanshi, 1984–87), a television series produced by the Chinese Television System (CTS) in Taiwan, and juxtaposes a

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@leoclchu.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Just read CS Song's Third Eye Theology. Really drew me to contextual theology and Church's engagement with third-worldism in the 70s!

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@leoclchu.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Glad to publish with @shacorg.bsky.social on the Chinese American Chemical Society and science diplomacy in the 1970s-80s Very grateful for the generous financial & research support of @sciencehistory.org www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“To Be Mindful of Their Sensitivities:” The Chinese American Chemical Society and the Scientific Diaspora

This paper investigates the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) as an organisation of the scientific diaspora at the end of the Cold War. Established in 1981 by mostly first-generation immigra...

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Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen@jessiewhchen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Printed copies of Everlasting Flowers are gorgeous! But the digital version is #openaccess for anyone to read: brill.com/display/titl.... A book presentation takes place at the KB in The Hague on 3 December. You are warmly invited! To register: tickets.kb.nl/nl-NL/Show/D... Please share!

Printed copies of the book, with one copy open to pages 196 and 197, and the two that are stacked showing the cover.Flyer for the book presentation, with the text reads as the following. Left-hand side: Book Presentation, 3 December 2025, KB, National Library, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, The Hague Right-hand side: Programme 14:00 Walk-in 14:30 Welcome and opening, Esther van Gelder (KB, nationale bibliotheek), Editors of series Emergence of Natural History and De Gruyter Brill. 14:50 Book presentation, Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen (Huygens Instituut/KNAW). 15:10 Gifting of physical copies 15:15 Panel discussion: State of the field(s) and practical knowledge Moderator: Marieke Hendriksen (Huygens Instituut/KNAW) Panelists: Marlise Rijks (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Sietske Fransen (Bibliotheca Hertziana/Max Planck Institute), Trude Dijkstra (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen (Huygens Instituut/KNAW). 16:00 Introduction to pop-up show. Display of reconstructions and creative projects related to the book. 16:15 Drinks / Borrel, Opportunity to see the pop-up show and book table featuring volumes from the Emergence of Natural History series. 17:00 End of event Free admission with limited space. Please register at https://tickets.kb.nl/nl-NL/Show/Details/Book-presentation- Everlasting-Flower-Between-the-Pages--3-dec-134063. Link to book: https://brill.com/display/title/70483
De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies@dgb-mem.bsky.social · 11mo ago

As autumn sets in, take a look at flowers that bloom forever 🌸🍂 In this new illustrated #openaccess book @jessiewhchen.bsky.social approaches 17th-c. florilegia as material objects reflecting the diverse plant knowledge of gardeners, compilers & image-makers! brill.com/display/titl... #EarlyModern

Book cover with a dark green floral patterned background. Title: “Everlasting Flowers between the Pages: The Making of Seventeenth-Century Florilegia” by Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen, published by Brill in the series “Emergence of Natural History 9.” The cover illustration shows several varieties of red and pink anemones, taken from Franciscus de Geest’s Jardin de rares et curieux fleurs, second half of the seventeenth century (Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA).
@leoclchu.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New article on the Golden Triangle and the legacy of development-as-counterinsurgency @anu-chl.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From Cold War to Cold Brew: Crop Replacement Strategies, Bean Logistics, and Ethnicized Coffee Commerce in Northern Thailand

In the past three decades specialty coffees have gained greater visibility in the high-end consumer marketplace. These coffees include Arabica varieties grown in northern Thailand, the borderlands ...

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@leoclchu.bsky.social · last yr.

Recently I'm writing about a demographer who was among the first postwar student sent from Taiwan to Princeton under Rockefeller Foundation grant. Just realized that the person (98 yrs old!) is willing to have an interview. Has the rare moment when a historical figure comes alive 🤯🤯