Matthew Hamm

Research Associate at Database of Religious History at UBC. Intellectual/environmental historian: early Chinese environmental thought + Anthropocene narrative.

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Argument in a nutshell: 1st millennium BCE text (Huainanzi) explains that climate change is real, but the Anthropocene/Capitalocene etc. is not, and why that matters.

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Very excited to see this in print! Enormous thanks to the team at Lexington Books (@RLPublisher) for their hard work, guidance, and patience :)

https://t.co/CBt0P0OdHC

[Dr. Diana Moreiras @dimorei]

📢 A fascinating new #DRH entry has been published in Spanish!

✅Check out the #Mesoamerican city of #Teotihuacan, City of Gods! @ReligionHistory

👌Mil gracias a mi colega Sergio Gómez Chávez for his valuable contribution!

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https://t.co/nhcWwmf6my

#BigData #Mexico

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Get a fascinating glimpse of how national memory is shaped in the PRC with this excellent new entry on the Babaoshan cemetery by Linh Vu! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/TH7uh1Ptdb

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Learn about one of the most important currents in Neo-Confucianism with this fantastic new DRH entry on the LuWang School by Johanna Liden! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/49y3z116Yd

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Learn about the Zhen'gao, the founding text of Shangqing Daoism with this fantastic new entry on the DRH by Liying Xu! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/xe3NDuHKPJ

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Dive into the world of the Ayuwang monastery with this fascinating new entry on the DRH by Yi Liu! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/hYswuDartc

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Dive deeper into the complex textual history of the Laozi with this fascinating new DRH entry on the Mawangdui Laozi by Francesca Puglia! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/mlgTsUgA1y

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

The excavated text of the Rongchengshi is providing scholars with fascinating new insights into Chu culture. Learn all about it with this fantastic entry by Sarah Allan on the DRH!@ReligionHistory

https://t.co/w8RqfH7tFK

[DRH @ReligionHistory]

We're nearing publication on our large-scale analysis of the DRH dataset. It'll appear in an article titled "On the Category of 'Religion': A Taxonomic Analysis of a Large-Scale Database", director Edward Slingerland (@slingerland20) wrote a summary here: https://t.co/8xqXDKtqoy

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

The Daodejing only gets more fascinating as similar excavated texts continue to be found. Learn about the find at Guodian with this fantastic new entry on the DRH by Francesca Puglia! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/m5s2BRZMWq

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

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[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Few discoveries have been as transformative for historical understanding as the Shang Oracle Bones. Learn all about them with this exceptional new entry on the DRH by Henry Jacobs! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/iES43ri8gI

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Few discoveries have been as transformative for historical understanding as the Shang Oracle Bones. Learn all about them with this exceptional new entry on the DRH by Henry Jacobs! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/iES43ri8gI

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Few discoveries have been as transformative for historical understanding as the Shang Oracle Bones. Learn all about them with this exceptional new entry on the DRH by Henry Jacobs! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/iES43ri8gI

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Check out this fantastic new entry about the Dharmalakshana Buddhist Institute by King Pong Chiu on the DRH! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/qxfzi59KAz

[DRH @ReligionHistory]

The DRH is excited to award three projects research grants to use the DRH. We're looking forward to working with them and seeing their eventual results: https://t.co/zTZZ9DHLpO

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Learn about the fascinating and complex school of Huayan Buddhism with this fantastic new entry on the DRH by King Pong Chiu! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/miJTHMuKrZ

[Matthew Hamm @mattjhamm]

Few texts are as well-known or as compelling in world history as the Daodejing. Get an overview of this incredible text with this superb new entry on the DRH by Francesca Puglia!

https://t.co/J7E5HGhsAT

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Climate strike week 265. Today, we have a global climate strike with people all over the world taking part, demanding that we #EndFossilFuels .

I Stockholm kör vi nästa vecka, samling på Mynttorget kl.12 fredag 22a september. Vi ses där!
#climatestrike #fridaysforfuture

[Andrew J. Danielson @A_J_Danielson]

An exciting new entry for the DRH — Gre Virike! Thanks to Özlem Ekinbaş Can for this intriguing Early Bronze Age entry! @ReligionHistory

https://t.co/8CMewLPg1h