AAAL Best Book award winning LOCATING TRANSLINGUALISM author @jerrywonlee visits the Cambridge #AAAL2024 stand to see his exceptional book on display.
Use conference code 101963 at checkout to receive 30% off your copy!
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Working on borders as a linguistic construction, an everyday practice, a methodology or an ideology? Here’s a call for contributions that you might want to take a look at:
https://t.co/udA1h0kPIV
Deadline: 16th February 2024
Apply to Global Asias 24, hosted by UCI Global Asias! The conference, which will be held from Thursday, Feb 22 to Friday, Feb 23 2024 on the UCI campus, will feature plenary talks by Nadine Attewell and Wendy Cheng. CFP deadline is Nov 15.
https://t.co/8y0s1RpW0O
Yasuke was the world’s first Black samurai.
When a 6-foot-tall African slave landed in Japan, he stuck out like a sore thumb. People lost all modesty and nearly caused a stampede trying to get a closer look. Such a sight was so foreign in Kyoto.
A THREAD!
Um, hey @britishmuseum, it's come to my attention that your exhibit "China's hidden century" uses my translations of Qiu Jin's poetry, but you never contacted me for permission. Please note this is a copyright infringement! How are you going to fix this?? #NameTheTranslator
We're hiring! We are seeking a collaborative and community-oriented professional for the librarian position of Curator for the Southeast Asian Archive. For more information and to apply, visit: https://t.co/0GwTmqxqMA
Excited to share that the 2024 AAAS Conference is April 25-27 in Seattle, WA.
The deadline for submissions is October 4, 2023
Can't wait to see the amazing proposals that help advance our field!
The CFP is here:
https://t.co/Ey8RFLKS1c
Right after I finished leading the dissertation-to-book workshop at @rhetsoc , I got the good news that Johns Hopkins UP has decided to offer an advance contract for our book on gender inclusivity and reproductive justice! #teamrhetoric
This is definitely going to be one of the main topics of conversation at next year's @AAAStudies Conference: "Who ended up getting that Panda Express Postdoc??"
Teaching a course on borders. As part of the course, students watch documentaries. Any recommendations for thoughtful/layered docs on borders? Specifically on the themes of humanitarianism & borders, criminalisation of solidarity; racial capitalism & borders; resistance
My article, ‘Science across the Meiji divide: Vernacular literary genres as vectors of science in modern Japan’ is now available online ahead of print: https://t.co/gZZMhgGqV8
The International Center for Writing & Translation @UCIHumanities is excited to partner with @Lg_on_the_Move and other orgs supporting research on #translation, #multilingualism, linguistic plurality, etc. Check out all the great work they are engaged in!
The International Center for Writing and Translation @UCIHumanities @jerrywonlee has brought together a fabulous network of research centers in multilingualism, linguistic plurality, and translation. Language on the Move is delighted to be a partner 🤗
https://t.co/AVWK8Jrdxx
Please join us at @UCIHumanities on April 21-22 for “Worldingmaking Through #GlobalAsias: An Interdisciplinary Conference!” Keynote speakers are @evynelevyn and @EricaKanesaka
A busy week, but grateful for life's opportunities and blessings:
WED: Archipelago of Resettlement's first birthday!
THURS: Co-Keynote at Cornell, "On Refugee Grief: An Intergenerational Remembrance"
SAT: Keynote at UCI, “Toward an Archipelagic Global Asias”