It took a while but our book is really out, and it is Open Access: brill.com/display/title/…. Congratulation to all contributors!

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝟑𝟐: editing a themed volume based on a conference? These have the tendency to be too heterogeneous, which leads to rejections. Let contributions interact with each other. #AcademicWriting

Join us in celebrating #OpenAccessWeek with a spotlight on the forthcoming Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy (#DiamonOpen Access). Stay tuned for its launch and explore how it will contribute to global philosophical debates. 👉brill.com/jccp #DGBOA #OAWeek

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝟑𝟑: what not to do in your proposal? “…. This is why I think xxx is the best publisher for my work” and then insert the name of another publisher. #AcademicWriting

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝟑𝟒: editing a themed volume based on a conference? These tend to be too heterogeneous, which leads to rejections. Be selective in the inclusion and exclusion of essays to ensure an evenness of approach and balance in quality.

Happy that our New Vocabularies of the May Fourth Studies (Brill Modern China , 2024) has just come out! My chapter is a reappraisal of the May Fourth as a milestone of 20th-century Chinese democracy

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝟯𝟱: converting your PhD thesis into a book? Check out the resources there are, other scholars have invented the wheel for you. #AcademicPublishing #PublishingTip

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝟑𝟔: editing a themed volume based on a conference? The introduction becomes the most important contribution. Give an in-depth analysis of the subject that is discussed through different lenses in each and every contribution.

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝟯𝟳: what not to do in your proposal? Give as rationale for your research that you find it ‘interesting’. #AcademicPublishing #PublishingTip

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝟑𝟖: editing a themed volume based on a conference? Last but not least, certain important perspectives were not mentioned at the conference; editors best commission missing part of the discussion by researchers who were not present.

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝟑𝟗: Read across borders – are all your sources English language sources? Or by scholars from your country or continent? Be careful not to do research in an echo-chamber. Reading across languages and continents will be stimulating.

New publication! "New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies," edited by Carlos Yu-Kai Lin and Victor H. Mair, offers new insights into the May Fourth movement. We're proud to publish this volume in Ideas, History, and Modern China (brill.com/ihmc). brill.com/display/title/…

Congratulations to Carla Figueira for winning one of two 2024 OA awards from the editors of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies! You may download her article here: brill.com/view/journals/…

Congratulations to Scott Simon for winning one of two 2024 OA awards from the editors of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies! You may download his article here: brill.com/view/journals/…

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝟰𝟬: Take a break – make use of the magic of elapsed time, your thoughts will regain creativity. #PublishingTip

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝟰𝟭: Be aware of the selection bias of your search tools. Do you do your research for instance primarily via JSTOR, then look up how they include and also exclude content from publishers. #PublishingTip

Forthcoming publication! "Eileen Chang: The Performativity of Self-Translation" by Jessica Tsui-yan Li will be published in Q2 2025. brill.com/display/title/…

New pub: The Intersubjective Being Structure of the World Visionary philosopher Wataru Hiromatsu unlocks a view of reality as a living web of intersubjective connections, revolutionising how we understand human experience and thought. Modern Japan History Association brill.com/display/title/…

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝟰𝟮: Be aware of the selection bias of your search tools. Do you look for references using SCOPUS? know they favor English language content. Be conscious & responsible. #PublishingTip