Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.
A great listen/watch.
@deluzissor Kantorowicz argued that the King has two bodies: the “body natural” and the “body politic”. It seems that even in the 21st century, the tension between these two bodies remains🤳
@Nishimuraumiush This is closely related to the return of many scholars trained in developed countries, especially the US. Their international experience has expanded the research scope, allowing studies on topics such as the Great Firewall, which may be difficult to discuss in public discourse.
@Nishimuraumiush Economics is a special case. Since many topics are technical and less ideological, and young scholars are mainly evaluated by English publications, research at top Chinese universities has become increasingly internationalized in recent decades.
Pleased to announce that my job market paper “The Sirens of Revolution” is now published at @Journal_CompPol! In it, I ask why revolutions sometimes produce strong yet unstable states, using archival and quantitative evidence from post-1949 state building in China 1/n