Minerva Inwald 殷萌

historian of the People's Republic of China / visual art, material culture / assistant lecturer in Chinese history, University of Melbourne

[Minerva Inwald 殷萌 @minerva_meng]

My first article has been published online by Modern China! It explores how the relationship between art and politics was reconceptualized in the early 1960s to emphasize providing audiences with experiences of enjoyment, relaxation, and aesthetic pleasure
https://t.co/y9HBp4GUFs

[Clint Twist @ClintTwist]

State Council Notice deploring the waste of red cloth caused by Red Guards making new armbands and chest patches.
23 February 1967

[James Gethyn Evans @jagevans]

Headed to @AASAsianStudies this week? Chien-wen Kung, Matt Galway, @minerva_meng, Els van Dongen and I will be"Rethinking the Cultural Revolution" on Sunday, where I'll present on Albania's own Cultural Revolution in the 1960s (pic from Tirana!) https://t.co/eQqfoyfe5V #AAS2026

[Cultural Revolution OTD 1976 @GPCR50]

16/11/75 Mao tells Mao Yuanxin that Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen and Yao Wenyuan must make proper speeches to the Politburo, not just chip in comments.

[Clint Twist @ClintTwist]

#Maobadge some loyal hearts

[Chinese WA @ChineseWa75708]

Wanting to see the 'Making Home Under Southern Skies' exhibition? Well good news, it's travelling over the next year! See below where it will be around Perth/Boorloo in December and January through to some regional destinations for the remainder of 2026.

[Cultural Revolution OTD 1976 @GPCR50]

21/10/75 Meeting the American delegation, Mao double-takes at the height difference between Kissinger and his very tall wife, pointing and grinning.

[USYD Languages and Cultures @USydSLC]

Join our 2025 Sydney China Distinguished Fellow Prof Emily Wilcox (@williamandmary & @Guggenheim Fellow in Dance Studies) at @sydneycon as she explores the cross-cultural reception of African dance in early socialist China in the 1960s.

🗓️ Wed 6 Aug, 4pm: https://t.co/E5vuB2LyON

[Minerva Inwald 殷萌 @minerva_meng]

Join us on Friday to hear about @DrYuTao’s digital platform ‘Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia’ - an important new resource for researching Australian history

[USYD Languages and Cultures @USydSLC]

Join @DrYuTao of #UWA at the next Talks in Chinese Humanities webinar, as he presents the innovative Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia digital platform that revives an under-examined chapter of Australian history.

💻 Fri 27 Jun, 12pm: https://t.co/DoIi8B3UVh

[USYD Languages and Cultures @USydSLC]

Join @DrYuTao of #UWA at the next Talks in Chinese Humanities webinar, as he presents the innovative Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia digital platform that revives an under-examined chapter of Australian history.

💻 Fri 27 Jun, 12pm: https://t.co/DoIi8B3UVh

[Chinese WA @ChineseWa75708]

Curious about early Chinese-Australian businesses in Western Australia? 🧐 Our latest podcast episode delves into See Sing & Co., a pioneering Chinese-Australian enterprise that connected Cossack, Broome & Roebourne 🗺

🎧 Listen to Episode 6 today! 👉 https://t.co/6JtSlYw008

[USYD Languages and Cultures @USydSLC]

At the next Talks in Chinese Humanities webinar, @UOWASSH History PhD student @RenzheZhang will present his paper on the ideological complexities of the Chinese diaspora in Australia during the early 20th century.

🗓️💻 Fri 28 Mar, 12pm: https://t.co/WjefmY49G6 @csc_sydney

[Australian Book Review @AustBookReview]

@ebonynilsson unearths the letters sent by members of the Australian public to Robert Menzies during the Petrov Affair.

Listen now - open access!

https://t.co/33jKcm2G1o

[Manchu Studies Group @ManchuStudiesGr]

New blogs on our website: Highlights of Manchu and Mongolian Rare Books and Manuscripts at Princeton (in 2 parts): https://t.co/Dvqod00q6M
https://t.co/Rv33nkVuJW

[ASAA - Asian Currents @asiancurrents]

Applications to the ASAA's Reid Prize 2025 will close next Friday 28 March. The Reid Prize is to the value of $8,000 and recognises work that has made an exemplary contribution to understanding of Asia

Get your application in here: https://t.co/YBQUvNjyDy

[ASAA - Asian Currents @asiancurrents]

Louise Edwards' Annual Academy Lecture, 'Australians - The "Aristocrats" of Asia?' will go to air on Big Ideas on ABC National Radio today at 8pm, with a repeat lecture tomorrow at midday

Listen to the program from 5pm here: https://t.co/beihA8qSEw

[China Centre @cccs_unimelb]

Chinese Studies Association of Australia’s (CSAA) 2025 Conference will take place at the University of Melbourne from 29 November – 4 December. Call for Abstracts - due by 30 August.

[ASAA - Asian Currents @asiancurrents]

The Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article in @AsianStudiesRev in 2024 has been awarded to Associate Professor Jenny Munro for her article ‘West Papuan ‘Housewives’ with HIV: Gender, Marriage and Inequality in Indonesia’

Read more here: https://t.co/ANW0gF8RKb

[Chinese WA @ChineseWa75708]

The month's podcast episode delves into Liang Qichao's 12-day visit to Western Australia in 1900! 🇦🇺🇨🇳

🎧 Listen to Episode 4: Liang Qichao's 1900 Visit to Western Australia today! 👉 [ https://t.co/6JtSlYwxPG ]

New episodes drop on the 5th of every month. Stay tuned!

[USYD Languages and Cultures @USydSLC]

🇯🇵 Explore the utopian visions of 1970s Japan at @JPFSydney's free event on the #OsakaExpo w/ Dr Matthew Shores who will explore the transformation of 70s Japanese comedy & how traditional art forms adapted to a new media landscape.

🗓️ Thur 13 March, 6pm: https://t.co/gR0t026ohY

[ASAA - Asian Currents @asiancurrents]

💰 Applications for the ASAA's Postdoctoral Writing Grant remain open 💰

This Grant comprises $5,000 to support ASAA members who are PhD graduates to develop their work for publication

Read more and apply now here: https://t.co/ZkqFqCcRGz