Come be my colleague! The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Georgetown University is hiring an *Assistant Professor of Modern Korean Literature and Culture* apply.interfolio.com/153257 Position closes October 25!

Dept. of History at Georgetown University invites applications for tenure-track position in the History of China before 1800. Candidates whose interests include regions adjacent or related to China (e.g. NE, SE, Central Asia) encouraged to apply. See: apply.interfolio.com/154103

The #AASInAsia2025 conference will be co-hosted by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and Social Science Baha from June 1-4, 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal. All proposals must be submitted for consideration by October 31, 2024. Social Science Baha Learn more: asianstudies.org/conferences/aa…

Wonderful new ACLS guide to (mostly) open databases for about China Studies! acls.org/resources/open…

Had a great time visiting James Gethyn Evans students at GW today. Such bright students with wonderful insights into the relationship between literature, history, and politics. Hopefully I convinced a few that literature matters — both then and now!

What's more frightful than an academic lecture on Halloween? Very honored to speak at NYU about my research on Tao culture, the work of Syaman Rapongan, and its comparative potential. Feel free join us for this pre-Trick-or-treat "horror" :) Register: tinyurl.com/r5ce6kd9

Very sad to hear of the passing of Hualing Nieh Engle 聶華苓, a brilliant writer and co-founder of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, which has fostered so much literary talent over the years, Chinese or otherwise. focustaiwan.tw/culture/202410…

Join us for a lecture by Kyle Shernuk 佘仁強 on "A Tao Tidalectics?: Ocean, Epistemology & Relation in the Work of Syaman Rapongan" as part of the CALAMEGS Fall 2024 Lecture Series! 📅 Oct 31, 2024 | 6 PM 📍 19 University Place, The Great Room 🖇️ Register: buff.ly/3AbyB9p

Very happy to see Taiwan in the news for such a wonderful reason: Translator Lin Kang's English translation of Taiwan writer Yang Shuangzi's 楊雙子 “Taiwan Travelogue" 臺灣漫遊錄 won this year's U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature! en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2…

Sneak peek at what's coming in the Cambria Sinophone Translation Series, headed by Kyle Shernuk 佘仁強! "Ferocious Enforcers: Nezha and Erlang in Ming Plays" by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema Stay tuned for more details and see cambriapress.com/SinophoneTrans…

I'm happy to share that I will be co-editing a bilingual special issue of Taiwan Lit with Dingru Huang about "Ecologies of Indigeneity in the New Millennium"! Please consider submitting your work and don't hesitate to reach out with any inquiries. taiwanlit.org/ecologies-of-i…

A great article by Chen Jian in Foreign Affairs about the important role Hu Yaobang played in facilitating China's reforms in the 1980s foreignaffairs.com/reviews/man-wh…

If you're looking for an impactful way to spend part of your summer, consider applying to Summer Institute 2025: Contemporary Asias: Pluralities Beyond Areas, hosted by the East-West Center at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa eastwestcenter.org/training-excha…

If you're at AAS this week, I'll be presenting new research about "Plantation Logics on the Tibetan Plateau: Ethnicity, Extraction, Extinction" and would love to see you there! Panelists include Tianyun Hua, Ziyang Li, Junting Huang, and EK Tan as discussant. Details below!

Returning to my alma mater this week to continue a conversation we started with Professor Ge Zhaoguang back in 2014. Looking forward to sharing new research and reuniting with old friends (as well as the first time being billed with James Gethyn Evans for the same event!).

Another year at Georgetown comes to an end. I'm grateful to ACLS for this time to focus on my research, but now I'm looking forward to spending more time with my colleagues in the fall!

Very excited to see one of Syaman Rapongan's works finally appearing in English translation! cup.columbia.edu/book/eyes-of-t…

Georgetown's Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures is excited to co-host JF Books 2025 Screening of Sinophone Independent Films! Please join us later this month!

🎬 DC華語獨立影像展第二站到達Georgetown University ！《Republic 共和國》帶我們走進北京的隱秘角落，震撼與共鳴同在! 感謝導演/嘉賓帶來深度分享，也感謝 GU 與所有參與者，讓今日思想與影像的火花迸發。 感謝 SCAI，CIFA，GW Sigur Center for Asian Studies 喬治城大學東亞系Georgetown University Kyle Shernuk 佘仁強 US-China Education Trust

On Taiwan’s National Day, we celebrate the voices, stories, and scholarship that illuminate the island’s culture, environment, and global connections. See more books at cambriapress.com