Xin Fan 范鑫

@xinfan.bsky.social

Historian, Teacher, and Traveler; Author of "World History and National Identity in China" (CambridgeUP, 2021) & "Global history in China" (Palgrave 2024).

A timely talk by Professor Klaus Muehlhahn in ShanghaiTech University on 8 September: Beyond the Black Hole: How Humanities and Liberal Arts Can Thrive in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. 上海的小伙伴请考虑参加:-)

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I am humbled to share my newly published essay (金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘) about Dr. Louis Cha, Honorary Fellow of both Robinson and St John’s Colleges. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues Judith (Robinson), Miki, Beth, and Elmo at @AMES_Library for their kind support.

Back to reading and finished this new translation of the history of the Republic of China (originally in French). Very strong synthesis of the economic, political, social, and cultural in the last four chapters. Less focused on the revolutionary narrative.

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Conference on “Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self” on May 19 & May 21 in Göttingen, co-organized by Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen) and Wang Hui (Tsinghua), which will be featured with a range of renowned artists, writers, and scholars. Programs below.


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It's a great honour to be on board!

Global Intellectual History@global-ih.bsky.social · 2y ago

News! We would like to welcome four new members to our International Board! @xinfan.bsky.social (University of Cambridge), Ployjai Pintobtang พลอยใจ ปิ่นตบแต่ง (Chiang Mai University; มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่), @orrosenboim.bsky.social (Università di Bologna), and Tomohito Baji 馬路智仁 (University of Tokyo; 東京大学)

A world map from 1602 with annotations in Chinese characters

I got around to scanning a fat wartime Chinese ministry of information handbook I found on Ebay packed with nearly 1,000 pages of state statistics & reference material: China Handbook 1937-1943. Uploaded as 5 large PDF files to Internet Archive: archive.org/details/chin... (tweet archive 2022)

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Looking forward to Professor Ying Zhang's talk at the China Seminar in Cambridge this coming Thursday! China Research Seminar – November 28th , 2024, 14:00, room 8/9 FAMES Speaker: Ying Zhang (Leiden University) Title: The Politics of Idealism in Ming China (1368-1644)

Ying Zhang@yingaa.bsky.social · 2y ago

www.ames.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/chi... My upcoming lecture at Cambridge Uni, Nov. 28. Look forward to seeing colleagues and friends and having a great conversation!