Weiao Xing

AMTD Postdoctoral Fellow @uwaterlooARTS
PhD, MPhil @EModCam & @CamHistory, looking at translingual encounters in the early modern Atlantic world

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

My review for the inspiring work by John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn is released online today. Advertising a history book to (historical) sociolinguists allows me to really practise interdisciplinary writing. Thanks, Simon, @MaryLavenCam and my friends!
https://t.co/UIhGAHAyqz

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

I was introduced to cultural history ten years ago through Chopsticks. I helped a friend purchase a copy at Blackwell’s, where it was shelved under 'food writing' rather than 'history'. Fun fact: I'm not very competent with chopsticks…

[CHUS @ChusChus1987]

Prof. Q. Edward Wang's fascinating new book traces the global history of the sweet potato! In China, this versatile root became a staple that fueled rapid population growth. It would make a great reading assignment for students to study Chinese history: https://t.co/23NxFaeNYY

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

I reviewed @torcheculs's book on waste paper in early modern England last summer while on vacation at home. I'm pleased to see it featured among the reviews selected by @RSAorg. https://t.co/Bj8TKKusLC

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

The piles of snow in Waterloo-Kitchener remind me of the unusually wintry days in Cambridge back in 2022. I often sat in the MCR of Downing College, drafting this chapter on interpreters as represented in theatrical and historical contexts in New France. https://t.co/7y2QG3dEnT

[John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn]

It's out! 'Migrant Voices in Multilingual London, 1560-1600' in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Read to find out how insults and information moved between the city's languages, and to think about how linguistic diversity shaped urban life. https://t.co/ahQ7sJch2G

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

It feels like being back in the Senior Parlour at Caius College, with memories of my time in Tübingen blending in. I’m so glad to be reunited with you all!

[Ana Howie @AnaHowie1]

My latest OA article is out with @HistoricalJnl!
For this I used probably my favourite source to date: a book of sumptuary denouncements that lists guilty parties, numerous repeat offenders, and everything about infringing ensembles! https://t.co/wEaBiGg8b0

[Philip Pullman @PhilipPullman]

Yes, after a long struggle with the wiring, I managed to turn them on for you last night.

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@SRSRenSoc @ColumbiaUP

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

I reviewed Nathan Vedal's book last year and found it illuminating a unique perspective on early modern linguistic knowledge production. It's also fascinating to reconsider Chinese philology within the broader context of philosophy, literature, and music.
https://t.co/krX4KeTkLg

[Dr Marina Inì @MarinaIni_]

I am very excited that my article 'Quarantine, Diseased Geographies, and Cross-cultural Encounters in the Eighteenth-Century Mediterranean' has been published online by The Historical Journal! And it's open access! Follow the link: https://t.co/KWr8BhCnzl
@HistoricalJnl @EModCam

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@MarinaIni_ @HistoricalJnl @EModCam @TheMedSeminar Congratulations Marina!

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@PhdNatale @SPCHendriks @marcofrancalanc Thank you for organising! I'm looking forward to meeting you there

[John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn]

The video of my @RoyalHistSoc lecture is now online! It's titled "Migrant Voices in the Multilingual City" and it uses the Dutch, French, and Italian records of Elizabethan London to explore how linguistic diversity shaped the early modern city.
https://t.co/iFOEEA47hB

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

The UL houses a collection of exhibition catalogues and scholarly works on French-Indigenous encounters from Francophone Canada. I'm happy to introduce some of them here, including those recommended by me for library acquisition.

[FSLG: French Studies Library Group @FSLG25]

Reading French-Indigenous Encounters from the #Francophone Scholarship in #Canada @theUL @mcqorg @PressesUdeM https://t.co/j3EJTVU77l

[Ana Howie @AnaHowie1]

I'm SO excited to share my first article (Renaissance Quarterly 76:2)! It is a pandemic-era labour of love, rethinking what this work by van Dyck says about fashion, object materialities, and race. Also, it's open access! 🥳 https://t.co/XP4GWg7YUp

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@AnaHowie1 Congratulations!

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@MaryLavenCam Thank you so much! The spring days are gorgeous.

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@earlymodernjohn Thank you so much!

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

The light turquoise blue was embellished with cherry blossom, and I submitted my hardbound thesis yesterday🌸
Thanks, @MaryLavenCam, my supervisor since my MPhil, my advisors Sarah Pearsall and @Amer1cam, as well as my examiners Arianne Urus and @earlymodernjohn.

[Weiao Xing @WeiaoX]

@ZhongxianX Thank you so much!