Evan Nicoll-Johnson

They're just like me.... (From excellent 2015 article by Sheng Yang on movitations for compiling zhiguai collections in the Qing dynasty)

Pretty astonishing new tool for historical geography in China: Details from Tan Qixiang, CHGIS, others, on a very detailed timeline. I have not played around with it too much yet but I'm very impressed. deanchen.me/jiangshan-map/

and this is a good time to also share the seminar series 'Global theory: Premodern, otherwise,' run by our co-editor-in-chief Charlotte Eubanks! if you want to push the boundaries of literary theory and contribute to a global premodern theory survey, check out this cfp: tinyurl.com/globaltheory...

still thinking about proposing a special issue or essay cluster for /postmedieval/? there's still time! we're accepting proposals for guest-edited collections until 15 september. find the full #cfp on our website: sites.google.com/view/postmed... #MedievalStudies #PremodernStudies #CallForPapers

Agreed! But also want to hijack this post to highlight a very special exception, @postmedieval.bsky.social, a journal that has been doing a lot to push these boundaries. They also happen to be seeking proposals for special issues / essay clusters RIGHT NOW! sites.google.com/view/postmed...

also I am surprised no one has talked about how much Disclosure Day has in common with One Battle After Another, at least in the first 2/3 or so

I think Spielberg saw this tweet and it bothered him so much he had to make Disclosure Day

Longtime AAS member, Leiden University historian, and NAN NÜ founding editor Harriet Zurndorfer has passed away. At #AsiaNow, her colleagues Anne Gerritsen, Ying Zhang, and Limin Teh remember Harriet's immense contributions to the field.

Are there any unclaimed/potentially interesting "[Verb]-ing like a state" premises that have not yet been explored? "Drinking like a state" appears not to have been written yet, yours for the taking

Should have seen this coming, but I'm really struggling to make sense of CTEXT dumping a fresh load of AI slop that we now have to wade through together forever. At least they give us the option to turn it off so I don't have to constantly feel pressure to provide free labor to make it readable

Happy Tuesday from adoptable kitties, Pearl and Brax! These Besties have the right idea on this snowy day, keeping cozy cuddly warm! Pearl and Brax are both wonderfully unique kitties and they are going to endlessly enrich their forever family’s life. Pearl is 1.5 years old and Brax is 2 years

happy lunar spring festival everybody

New Cambridge Element, Mind and Psychology in Early China, by Lisa Raphals, out now! Download for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/3MB22rz

Interesting/funny question from a student in my Chinese class today... Does anyone know if the slang "ate" (as in "to do something very well") has made it into Chinese? Or, I guess, how would this be translated to Chinese if you had to...?

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

Funny thing about learning/practicing Chinese, the best way to look up how to say many things is still to work backwards from Chinese-language sites focused on teaching English. So many more resources for studying Chinese now, but still so far behind...

#CFP 2026 Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities, April 10-11 at UC Berkeley. Submit paper proposals by November 8 for consideration.

Little did anyone know, the gashadokuro would eventually be available for purchase at your local Home Depot, not to annihilate one's enemies, but to annoy one's suburban housing association at Halloween.

The editors of The Shanghai Literary Review, a distinguished print & digital magazine founded in 2016, have made an alarming announcement, stating: "We’re writing today with an important and difficult update." Why the delay? What happened? 👉 Statement: shanghailiterary.substack.com/p/issue-9-up...

Xie Lingyun

I heard PT Anderson has a new movie coming out about wedding season in Taiwan... It's called "One Pān-toh After Another"

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? 郗愔: 棲心絕穀，修黃老之術。後以疾去職，乃築宅章安，有終焉之志。十許年間，人事頓絕。

Honored and grateful to be among those chosen for this grant!

All small animals are the baby of whatever the closest larger animal is. This is what we mean by "making kin."

On April 1, University of Alberta community members joined The Landing for speeches and performances to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility. thegatewayonline.ca/2025/04/the-...

Opinion: The arts are being left in the dust "The humanities are not a luxury, they are essential. It is time for the university and the government to reflect that reality in their budgetary decisions." buff.ly/CcMUyQI

Ecocrit question...I see the word "entanglement" come up a lot lately. It makes sense even without context, but I'm curious if this is a concept with a traceable history? Does all talk of components of ecosystems as 'entangled' refer back to the same source? Feel like I'm missing something...

Your move, Digital Orientalists @digitalorientalist.bsky.social

Happy Purrsday Evening from adoptable kitty Mason! Mason is doing his stretches and is getting ready to receive a whole bunch of pets in his loving foster home, what a doll! This sweetheart is 3 years old, he does well with other kitties, and his adoption fee is by donation. Mason will be an

"As an organization, the AAS stands with its transgender students and members and decries attempts to dehumanize or stigmatize them in any fashion." https://buff.ly/4b8M3Jo