Bowdoin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Chinese language, literature, and culture. Deadline is October 1. Open area of specialization, 2-2 load, including one or two courses in Chinese each year. Must have native or near-native fluency in Mandarin and training in Chinese language pedagogy.

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies

Bowdoin College’s Asian Studies Program invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Chinese language, literature and culture at the Assistant Professor level, beginning Ju...

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I am excited to share that I will serve as a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in the upcoming academic year. I look forward to offering courses covering Japanese and South Asian history during my appointment, and continuing my research!

Jervis Forum Review 181: Mall on Nasser, “‘To Defend the Peace of Asia’” Historians of Asia are increasingly investigating modern inter-Asian ties that drew on pan-national solidarities, both during the era of Western colonialism, and following the establishment of independent nation-states on the…

PUB. DAY! Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia is officially out today. Available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... #legalhistory Outfit: red for bloodstain testing+flowered shirt for botanical poisons+poisoner's ring (for show only)

I’m delighted to share that my new book "Asianism and the Fall of Empire: India’s Road to Freedom" is published today. It explores the transnational history of Asianism and its role in shaping Indian anticolonialism against British rule. #AsianHistory #GlobalHistory #IndianHistory

happy publication day to *The Future That Was* out today from @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

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www.bbc.com/news/videos/... This story from last week of Thai police going undercover as a lion dance troupe to catch a burglar was hilarious! It sounded to me like a story straight out of an “Adventures of Tintin” comic book!

Watch: Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief

Wanted for multiple counts of theft, the suspect was caught outside a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok.

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After a 2.5 year hiatus, I have published a new interview for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! I interviewed Bo Tao about his new biography of Kagawa Toyohiko, the "Gandhi of Japan" and a major early 20th century Christian activist & intellectual. newbooksnetwork.com/cooperative-...

I'm very excited to share my new book's cover design: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... It is bloodstain-inspired because species-of-origin bloodstain testing is a big part of the story. Out on 15 April 2026 & Open Access as part of the Corpus Juris book series @cornellupress.bsky.social

Fear of the False by Mitra Sharafi | Paperback | Cornell University Press

Fear of the False uncovers colonial South Asia's critical role in the development of forensic science. Around 1900, the government of British India created a web of institutions for the scientific det...

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the best way to encourage students to resist the temptation of ChatGPT is to help them feel like real writers & take pride in their voice. I tell my students to start writing “morning pages”—three handwritten pages on anything they want to write about.

I am so sad! One of my favourite actors, Patricia Routledge, who played Hyacinth Bucket in the 1990s British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances has passed away! 😭 😢

Friends & authorities in Makkari, Hokkaido were looking for an 87yo man who went missing while foraging for mushrooms. While Fuji News was interviewing his friends, the man emerged from the woods: "Hey guys, sorry." buff.ly/VCY9EP0

Nine years later, still one of the best NYT articles.

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Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

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The Shaker population has risen by 50%: www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...

The number of Shakers in the U.S. rises to 3

A new person has joined the last active Shaker community in the U.S, bringing the Christian, communal, and celibate group to a total of three. They once numbered in the thousands.

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Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities

Intriguing Japanese article about non-American Allied forces in Japan during the post-war occupation of the country. South Asian troops, with origins in India, Pakistan & Nepal, were posted in Okayama prefecture from 1946 to 1948, among British Commonwealth forces. newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2...

【戦後80年】全国的にも特異だった『占領期の岡山』「敵国は鬼のような存在だと聞いていた」2年半の占領期から見えてきたものとは【岡山】 | TBS NEWS DIG (1ページ)

今年で戦後80年になります。これまで、様々な戦争証言が伝えられてきましたが、終戦後、日本が連合国軍に占領されていた期間＝「占領期」については意外と知られていません。実は、最近の研究で「岡山は全国的にも… (1ページ)

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After much speculation, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announced the reissue of “Buckingham Nicks,” more than 50 years after the release of their only full-length album as a duo.

After much speculation, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announce 'Buckingham Nicks' reissue

Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have announced the reissue of 1973's “Buckingham Nicks.”

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A photograph of Rash Behari Bose and his Japanese family, on his return to Japan in 1944 after passing on the baton of leadership of the Indian National Army to Subhas Chandra Bose. I believe Rash Behari Bose’s daughter, Tetsuko, and parents-in-law Sōma Aizō and Sōma Kokko are both in the picture.

The success of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social should have been celebrated in India, but the fact that it was largely ignored tells you how small the country has become under a bigoted "India First" government. m.thewire.in/article/comm...

Statement by the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) requesting that the National Diet Library of Japan expand its Digital Document Delivery Service to users overseas. 👏👏👏 eajs.eu/%E5%9B%BD%E7...

When it comes to employment prospects, majors in nutrition, art history and philosophy all outperform some STEM-based counterparts, according to a recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...

College majors with the best and worst job prospects — art history beats finance

In general, what college students choose to major in has significant implications for job prospects and future earnings potential.

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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Pope Francis died on Monday at 88. His papacy promoted inclusivity, embracing survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members; LGBTQ Catholics; Muslim and Orthodox clerics; and leaders of developing nations, where he believed the church’s future was rooted. See Francis' life in photos: nyti.ms/4lEHXNZ

Pope Francis died at 88, the Vatican announced Monday, ending a pontificate that sought to reshape the Roman Catholic Church into a more inclusive institution. Cardinals will now decide whether to continue his approach or restore more doctrinaire leadership. Follow live updates: nyti.ms/42RZB9n

It was wonderful to meet Professor Prasenjit Duara and fascinating to listen to and learn from his most recent research on global environmental movements in the Mekong river valleys in China and mainland Southeast Asia.

What a disappointed professor would say to the sibling of a recalcitrant and unproductive PhD student. They haven’t written their thesis! They don’t have an argument (thesis)!

DNA evidence of Tang dynasty cats www.livescience.com/animals/dome...

Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study finds

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

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I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to attend the AAS Conference in Columbus! I’m very glad with how my panel on transnational anticolonialism in Asia came together. I am grateful to my panel chair Dr. Cindy Ewing & panel organizer Zhen Hao Liew as well as co-panelists Muhammad Suhail & Mahia Bashir.