CHINESE DIALECTOLOGY Explores the study of dialects in China, from descriptive investigations, to dialect geography and philology, history, variation, language contact and sociolinguistics. December 2024 Springer Nature link.springer.com/book/978981971…

2 PhD positions in Tarim Basin linguistics/philology/paleography with Prof. M. Peyrot at Leiden U. (apply by 30 Sep 2024): tinyurl.com/2y7wjuk9, tinyurl.com/2tvttsm8

OA article in Bamboo & Silk for readers interested in the content of my book but who can't read French. I also analyze some bamboo slips from 胡家草場 that did not make it in the book (doi.org/10.1163/246892…). The issue also contains other great pieces on the 南蠻 and 胡家草場

Dr. Benjamin Elman donated his academic materials to the Archives, IHP, including research notes, manuscripts, correspondences, lecture drafts, syllabi, and articles and gifts from other scholars. Collation should conclude soon, with digitization expected to be completed in 2025.

Came across a rare 1980 edition of Journey to the West with woodblock illustrations on Weibo. The artwork is incredibly exquisite. Here's a brief translation(1/2): #SunWukong #JTTW Gu Gan, a renowned artist, was the first president of the Chinese Modern Calligraphy and Painting

Announcement of the next round of Swiss Postdoc fellowships. Pls reach out to me with a project proposal and CV if you're interested in applying with an Early China, premodern Ch. lx. or history of knowledge topic for a 1-2 yr stay at AOI/UZH (aoi.uzh.ch/en/sinologie.h…).

Associate Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford 😍!! 👉Deadline for applications is Monday 7th October at 12 noon. check the job description 👇 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

so much going on with Maltese compass directions: - south is either "midday" (cf. Polish południe etc.) or previously "qibla" (i.e. the direction of Mecca) - north is "beyond the mountains" (what mountains?) - southeast is "sirocco" - northeast is "Greece" - east is "the Levant"

This week at a Finno-Ugric conference I heard one of the funniest fieldwork stories in my life. It involves Tver Karelians, and Niklas, a young and very handsome Finnish scholar, with good Tver Karelian skills, who went to the region to collect linguistic data.

Tenure Track/Tenured Roger E. Covey Professorship in Silk Road Studies (Open Rank), Department of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington (apply by Nov. 1), tinyurl.com/46kuudma

I am looking for a motivated PhD student who is interested in understanding the fundamentals of gene regulation. They will be working directly with me on a DECRA funded project (scholarship guaranteed for domestic students). DM me if you know of anyone interested, including you

Call for papers, 25th Deutscher Orientalistentag, a.k.a. "DOT" (Sep 8-12, 2025) to be held at Erlangen FAU (dot2025.fau.eu); abstracts due by Jan 31, 2025 here: express.converia.de/frontend/index…

Two doctoral positions "next door" in Global History in the project "Project Shaping Asian Future Generations in an Age of (De)Colonisation: Playgrounds and outdoor games in India and China (ca 1900–1950)" (100% FTE, PI Dr. E. Valdameri): jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_… (apply by 10/31)

Searching for two postdoc fellows (AY25-26) at UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies , one on early modern China, one on early modern Islamicate world. Also CFP from grad students and early career scholars for three conferences under the same program. Questions can be directed to me or @ottomanchoon!

Out since yesterday: pt. II (open access) of our lavish Eselei, tracing the donkey's archaeolinguistic trajectory from its genetic ancestors in Northern Africa via Iran to China: brill.com/view/journals/…

A highland metropole without residential district? A local trading centre? A pastoral (summer) meeting place? Intriguing in any case! nature.com/articles/s4158…

"Why China Champions Studies of Distant Pasts?" Report cum essay on the World Classics Conference just finished in Beijing. tinyurl.com/yc2m7hfr

This is hugely important and no-one is paying attention. Philippines President Marcos Jr. just signed 2 new bills (the "Maritime Zones Act" and the "Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act"), backed by the U.S. State Department (via a press release by the infamous Matthew Miller:

We are hiring two tenure track Assistant Professors in linguistics - details and application link below! NTU LMS ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NT…

A professional atlas documenting the wildlife of the Qilian Mountains, one of China's key ecological security barriers, has been published, according to the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences xhtxs.cn/5LN