Something I wrote a while ago got published today!
Bringing the Field to the Ivory Tower: Xu Xusheng and Huang Wenbi and the Early Institutionalisation of Chinese Archaeology
AbstractWith the introduction of Western-style modern archaeology to China in the early 20th century, Chinese intellectuals recognised its methodology as d
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Took my Modern China class to visit @bcricciinstitute.bsky.social yesterday! The incredibly talented librarian and my fellow China historian Mårten Söderblom Saarela and his colleagues brought out all sorts of interesting materials for us! What a treat!
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Be the Change Workshops
In response to feedback about how Porter Square Books can better serve our community we are launching Be the Change Workshops
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Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽 ‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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Used this pic in class and one student called Puyi's this look "a bold fashion statement"! (source: theme.npm.edu.tw/exh105/Photo...)
I did this interview almost a year ago, which summed up the general ideas of my book. (As a platform, Faculti is really easy to work with in case you want to know.)
Touring China: A History of Travel Culture, 1912-1949
What if China’s ‘unity’ was never a map, but a story travelers told themselves?
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"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Found this during class prepping: Chinese photographer Jin Shisheng (with glasses) in Venice in 1938. Jin was on his way to Germany to study and was stuck in Europe for 7 years.
Restorative justice is one of the most meaningful applications of archival work; the CRRJ project at Northeastern is an excellent example of that. I am honored to work alongside colleagues who help shape and grow the CRRJ’s Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive.
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ)@crrj.bsky.social · last yr.🎉 NOW LIVE! Our Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive v2.0 is now available to search 5,000 new documents, 275 new incidents, across 14 newly added US states and cities. A huge congratulations to all involved @nusl.bsky.social Northeastern University Library and partners across the country.
It was such a tough time when Irene was working in New York and we were going back and forth in late pandemic days. But she still made the best of it. Here’s a glimpse of what she had achieved there! @willow-branch.bsky.social
Case study: Hybrid and born-digital processing at The New School
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Seeing this in Freiburg today makes me think about what’s happening in universities now!
Hands down the best meal I had in Venice! Made by Tsinghua students and future environmental engineers!
Black & Asian Solidarity: Kochiyama Archives Conference. THIS WEEKEND! Go if you are in NYC!
Yuri Kochiyama
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A chinoiserie door from the 1760s (the only surviving original furnishing of this palazzo)!
RIP, Gao Xiaoxian (1948-2025) 高小贤 老师 positionspolitics.org/gail-hershat...
Gail Hershatter, Gao Xiaoxian: A Short Remembrance - positions politics
I first met Gao Xiaoxian in 1992 at a conference at Peking University, but even before that I had heard about her extraordinary work with the Women’s Federation and her deep knowledge of life in the S...
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A student in the study abroad program I am teaching at is from Myanmar. They shared some donation links for earthquake relief. Please chip in if you can! gofund.me/8d81de83 actionnetwork.org/fundraising/... www.helloasso.com/associations...
Donate to Myanmar Earthquake Emergency: Save & Rebuild Lives Now, organized by Min K
Help Us Save and Rebuild Lives After the Devastating Earthquake in Myanma… Min K needs your support for Myanmar Earthquake Emergency: Save & Rebuild Lives Now
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A memorial plate in Venice Ghetto dedicated to Dr. Giuseppe Jona, who destroyed records of Jewish patients before killing himself in 1943 (in fear of giving up names under torture). Today, there’s a hospital in Venice named after him. A small reminder of courage in times of cruelty.
