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