Michael Gibbs Hill

Translation, literature, intellectual & cultural history, Chinese, Arabic, China + Global Souths, Triscuits. RTs are mostly for my reference.

[tsuyoshi ishii 石井剛 @tsuyoshi_ishii]

Library of Modern Chinese Thought
英中二言語対照の近代中国思想論集だそうです。
https://t.co/3qxq1lwA46

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

My thanks to Emily Sun for reviewing Nan Z. Da's "The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear" for the Modern Chinese Literature & Culture Resource Center. Da's book is a unique combination of scholarship & memoir--well worth a read. https://t.co/4nDIWQ7QbN

[Rob Townsend (also @rbtownsend.bsky.social) @rbthisted]

Interesting new note from NEH: “Your terminated NEH award is eligible for reinstatement pursuant to the rulings issued on May 7, 2026.” I look forward to digging into the attached strings, but congrats to the ACLS, AHA, and MLA for getting us this far.

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

This, too! https://t.co/jzSpgoSzuZ

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

Congratulations to Prof. Ge Zhaoguang 葛兆光 on this award. Translating "What is China?" was a true learning experience for me. More important, getting to know him and Prof. Dai Ying over the years is part of what makes this line of work meaningful.

[Focus Taiwan (CNA English News) @Focus_Taiwan]

Chinese historian Ge Zhaoguang, a specialist in Chinese intellectual, cultural and religious history, has been named the 2026 Tang Prize laureate in Sinology for his wide-ranging scholarship that influenced academic circles in China and around the world.
https://t.co/q2lE1qv0aR

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

And here: https://t.co/A5bPRFf1Vr

[Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @Yaqiu]

Great piece on the grim reality facing Chinese journalists working in Western media today. CCP censorship, combined with declining Western interest in human-centered stories, means we are increasingly flying blind when it comes to understanding China.
https://t.co/ZmvPv9h4lv

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

@XinFan9 Congrats on the new gig! Hope to see you in Shanghai next time I am there.

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

My thanks to Mohammed Al-Sudairi for reviewing Peiyu Yang's "Triangular Translation: Gender and the Making of the Postcolonial World Between China, Europe, and the Middle East 1880-1940" for MCLC. https://t.co/MqoDY2LBFJ

[Edinburgh University Press @EdinburghUP]

The latest issue of the Journal of Social and Political Philosophy has a special focus on political meritocracy.

Dive in to discover all the latest research, as well as a review symposium on Wang Hui's The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought.

Browse now 👉 https://t.co/yuMzPYKHiQ

[Matthew L. Keegan @Lit_as_Adab]

Back here to say that my first monograph "Before World Literature" will be released by UPenn Press in March 2026. I hope it will be of interest to folks in comparative literature, Islamic studies, and classical Arabic literature.

https://t.co/BYkhTwEbLf

[Brooklyn Institute @BklynInstitute]

Call for Faculty: Chinese Language Instructor / Sinologist | BISR seeks an experienced scholar of Classical Chinese language and literature | https://t.co/UY5AUQ09YR

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

New review of Zhao Tingyang's ALL UNDER HEAVEN for the Modern Chinese Lit & Culture Resource Ctr. "Tianxia" 天下 has drawn quite a bit of attention, & this extensive discussion by Peter Zarrow (UConn) gives a helpful overview of the issues at hand. https://t.co/xqzU5KCB7Q

[Grown Up Rap @GrownUpRap]

Rap History: Gang Starr (@gangstarr) - ‘Daily Operation’, released May 5, 1992.

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

will be worth a look!

[Ho-fung Hung @hofunghung]

it's almost here, 28 yrs in the making. the book page is up, with early reviews by those whom i admire so much and who read the final manuscript. https://t.co/hrtm2IltJz

[Iskandar Ding @iskdin]

Interesting that the Eid message is in Ottoman Turkish on top of this congratulatory letter from the former Academic Association of Muslim Youths of China (Republic of).

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

Some of my students, all undergrads, don't see how using chatbots can put them in a vulnerable position. Submitting falsified research (e.g. hallucinated quotations, citations, etc.), even when it's unintentional, is so much worse than simple plagiarism. So is the penalty.

[Lou @LouNoDear]

Sorry if I sound like a doomer on this stuff but I am SO freaked out by how quickly smart people have become reliant on ChatGPT. I know an Oxford STEM graduate working in medical research who just learnt that ChatGPT straight-up invented the academic references she was sharing.

[Michael Gibbs Hill @hillmg1]

@yakabikaj If faculty really cared about students and weren't so laughably hidebound, they would redesign their classrooms to incorporate glue sniffing and other forms of future-oriented huffing.

[Neeti Nair @NeetiNair]

Honored and delighted that "Hurt Sentiments" has been awarded the Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy book prize for 2025. Many thanks to members of the jury, to reviewers and readers. I am deeply grateful for this recognition. Congratulations to all the honorees!