Li Wankun

Historian interested in modern China, pain and violence, food and famine, trade and tung oil. Research Associate @CSHHH_Glasgow. PhD from @UniversityLeeds

[Li Wankun @WankunLi]

Shoulder Poles and Bombs: Grain Market Controls in Greater Chongqing (1949–1953) @adamcathcart https://t.co/2THLh7vKSx

[Adam Cathcart @adamcathcart]

An excellent reviewed by Chris Bramall of @SOAS in @chinaquarterly https://t.co/H8G3S40rHI The book is a focused study of 双城 (in southwest Harbin) from 1946-48, which Bramall broadens into a larger discourse of PRC politics of memory. #土改 @WankunLi

[David G. Atwill @DavidGAtwill]

Current issue of PRC History Review
an incredibly insightful, up to date and uniformly generous essays by @BennoWeiner @EricTSchluessel @ShellenX @jwassers Denise Ho, Gail Hershatter Emily Wilcox https://t.co/iWCyG1Ni5m

[Adam Cathcart @adamcathcart]

Chinese state TV documentary on land reform in 四川 #Sichuan explores a filmmaker's diary. Includes slight admissions, i.e. deed bonfires=>cultural destruction; flexible definition of "rich peasant/富农"=>possible injustice. #土地改革 #Chengdu @WankunLi https://t.co/H79jKD7On9

[The Contemporary China Centre Blog @CCCblogUoW]

and a mango-themed one dating from the 1960s.

more here on mango propaganda for context: https://t.co/36eLVDH1Rb

[Adam Cathcart @adamcathcart]

Cao Shuji's excess death map of the Great Leap Forward https://t.co/9rcsfUzU0r @WankunLi @crkraus

[Dr Fabiola Creed @FabiolaCreed]

Join us Monday (10am, 2nd Aug) for our final Medical Humanities @PProvocations round-table discussion on 'Policy' - flash papers on Covid-19, the WHO through the USSR, China and Trump, and finally, sunbeds @luchenhist @BuonasorteLilly and Dr Paul Atkinson https://t.co/FpWo25210i

[Post-Pandemic Provocations @PProvocations]

Kicking off at 10am! Our Processing roundtable - we're thinking about neurodiversity and the wider medical humanities - there's still time to join us: https://t.co/qEXoN5H1kg

[Li Wankun @WankunLi]

@eleanorrshaw I was so glad to meet you and hear your research on the British Journal of Anaesthesia. I learned a lot from your presentation and your experience of doing interviews. Thanks Eleanor!

[Li Wankun @WankunLi]

5 July 10am- Pain Session! Register https://t.co/SZbgxMzpGS

[Post-Pandemic Provocations @PProvocations]

HOT OFF THE PRESS - our roundtable series programme for July/August! Make sure you register in advance! https://t.co/cf59Q8JSNU

[Li Wankun @WankunLi]

@StrathclydeOA @StrathHistory @CSHHH_Glasgow open access https://t.co/2THLh7vKSx

[StrathclydeOA @StrathclydeOA]

Shoulder poles and bombs : #grain #market controls in Greater #Chongqing (1949-1953) https://t.co/WM1V6IH59b #history #China #food #trade #OpenAccess @StrathHistory @WankunLi @CSHHH_Glasgow

[Emily Baum @emilybaumUCI]

wrote a short piece on acupuncture and its (surprising) role in the US-China rapprochement for @CCCblogUoW

[Post-Pandemic Provocations @PProvocations]

Sending out acceptances soon! We've got some exciting discussion planned! Watch this space...

[Li Wankun @WankunLi]

@tortietabby Thanks Laura. I learned sooooo much from this amazing module!

[Dr Fabiola Creed @FabiolaCreed]

CFPs: Welcoming abstracts for our virtual 'Post-Pandemic Provocations Medical Humanities Roundtable Series' on one of the session themes:
Pain (5 July), Processing (19 July), Policy (3 August).

For more info, please see:
https://t.co/94LfqI0LtI
Deadline 30 April.

[Li Wankun @WankunLi]

My first AAS! Thursday March 25, with @BrianDeMare Wang Juan, Zhang Man, Liu Shigu, Cao Shuji "J014: Politics and State Building at the Grassroots: County Governance Practices in the 1950s" one county with four papers, welcome to join us! https://t.co/xEgG2H2aqq #AAS2021

[Philip Thai @philip_thai]

Hoover Institution acquires papers of Wang Jingwei, head of notorious puppet government during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Materials include family letters, personal writings, and other artifacts. An undoubtedly valuable historical resource. #ChineseHist https://t.co/VeXXSYtncr

[James Gethyn Evans @jagevans]

Guest lectured on Global Maoism today for an undergrad IR class - students were fantastic, and really engaged with the question of Maoism today (discussed using this somewhat provocative slide). For those looking to include this topic in class, some great accessible readings: