Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her)

Junior Post-doc&coordinator @TEXTCOURT_ERC. DPhil in Oriental Studies @FacultyofAMES. Co-founder of Free Periods HK 🇭🇰. Research on 17C Chinese novels&women.

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

We are honoured to have Prof. Kenneth Dean presenting on "Chinese Ritual opera in Southeast Asia" on 4 March (Tue), 17:00 GMT, Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Oxford China Centre. All welcomed.
See more on: https://t.co/tROP0A3Wmt. Sign-up here: https://t.co/GNjwEhQv8I.

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

We are honoured to have Prof. Kenneth Dean sharing with us the documentary "Bored in Heaven: a film about ritual sensation" with director's Q&A on 3 March (Tue), 15:00 GMT, Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Oxford China Centre. All welcomed. Sign-up here: https://t.co/GNjwEhQv8I.

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

Jointly organised by @ox_chinacentre and @TEXTCOURT_ERC, we are honoured to have Professor Wai-yee Li (Harvard University) speaking on “History and Memory in Seventeenth Century Chinese Drama” on 19 Jan 2026 (Mon), 17:00 GMT. All are welcome. Event url: https://t.co/QOMg19127S

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

We are honoured to have Prof. Chang Woei ONG speaking on "Kinship Bonds, Examination Hell and the Learning of Heaven: Wang Zheng’s (1571–1644) Turn to Christianity" on 18 Dec, 10:00 GMT. All welcomed. Sign-up required: https://t.co/rj8aLYzqZm

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

Jointly organised by @ox_chinacentre and @TEXTCOURT_ERC , we are honoured to have Prof. Vincent Durand-Dastès @Daiwenchen speaking on “The Soul-loosing Grid (mihun zhen 迷魂陣) and Other Novelese Battle Arrays (zhen 陣)” on 27 Nov (Thu), 17:00 GMT. All are welcome.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

China is cracking down on young women who write gay erotica https://t.co/eVS5k0wxUy

[Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her) @DphilEroticLit]

Forgot to repost before the event but I’m keeping this on here anyway haha

[Oxford China Centre @ox_chinacentre]

Please join us for the first China Studies Seminar of the term - 'Exploitation in the Bedchamber: Maidservants in Late Ming Erotic Novels' - presented by Dr Cheuk Yee Wai @FacultyofAMES @TEXTCOURT_ERC 1 May, 17:00 BST. All welcome. https://t.co/Sad22alltc

[Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her) @DphilEroticLit]

Makes me wonder who she is / is supposed to be!

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

The New Necklace, by American painter William McGregor Paxton (1910). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak]

Whilst *I* urge the government to roll out home testing, something which is low cost, low pain, and is proven to decrease rates of cervical cancer.

[Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her) @DphilEroticLit]

That tagline really got me. But will this imperfect side character as protagonist really stay not a hero......?

[Journey to the West Research @McClanJr81]

"Bajie: Battle for the Future" (八戒：決戰未來, 2024)

This movie advert was stuck to an ATM machine close to my house in Taipei. I saw a commercial for this the other day on a building's jumbotron.

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

The @bodleianlibs, joined by the @TEXTCOURT_ERC project, are holding an international conference on 6-7 June to celebrate the 420th year of the Chinese book in Bodleian Libraries. The conference is open to all. More details and registration on https://t.co/QYFr4NIq4F.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

💜♀️ International Women's Day; How, When and Why did the world start celebrating it?: A THREAD ♀️💜

[Gender & History @GenderHistory]

In our latest Open Access Article, Aixia Huang demonstrates how trans usage of particular objects played a crucial role in ‘helping male-assigned individuals to cross gender boundaries and achieve trans-femininity in Ming-Qing China’. Read it here 👇 https://t.co/0zaD0e8SMZ

[Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her) @DphilEroticLit]

This sounds so exciting! Fingerscrossed that this will be in the library when I still have access 🥲

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

Now available! An unprecedented account of China’s transgender histories, this book also sheds new light on a range of themes in Ming and Qing law, religion, medicine, literature, and culture. https://t.co/xGaUt2E9Sr #PrideBooks #LGBTQIA #Transgender #China

[British Library @britishlibrary]

We’re experiencing a major technology outage as a result of a cyber incident. This is affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services including public Wi-Fi. We’re currently investigating the incident with @NCSC and other specialists.

The Library’s buildings remain fully open and the following services are available onsite:
· Reading Rooms (for personal study)
· any collection items ordered on or before 26 October
· very limited, manual collection item ordering in London via our printed catalogues, for items stored in St Pancras only.

If you have tickets to Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, you’ll still be able to use them. You can also buy tickets onsite but we can only accept cash.

We know that you may have questions, but please bear with us while we gather more information. We’ll update as regularly as we can.

[Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her) @DphilEroticLit]

Impressive extra thoughts that more places should consider! <3

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

We do our best to make the Vagina Museum accessible for all. Let's talk a bit about accessibility in our new home at Poyser Street, and what we're trying to do to create a welcoming space.

[The TEXTCOURT Project @TEXTCOURT_ERC]

This summer, the #TEXTCOURTproject team has been working hard in enhancing our #ChineseCourtTheater online database. One of the latest additions are the #wordclouds created by our project Post-doc Dr Macdonald and @DH_Oxford intern Yaqi Yu. See more at: https://t.co/bytquHmFeX

[Cheuk Yee WAI 衞婥怡 (She/her) @DphilEroticLit]

All those textbook rosy images of the uterus like a tasselled purse when it's more a pink froggy 🧐

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

1905 illustration of a physician holding a uterus following a hysterectomy in preparation to examine the organ.

From "The diagnosis of diseases of women", F. Palmer. 1905.

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

Since it's #InternationalCatDay, let's address a cat-themed question: why do we call it a pussy? What's the etymology of this slang? How old is it?

[Whores of Yore @WhoresofYore]

During reconstruction of Lenberg Castle, Austria in 2008, archaeologists discovered over 2700 textile items, dating to the 15th century. The most surprising items were these linen & lace garments. We dont know who owned these or how they were worn, but if that is a “bra,” it is the oldest ever found