Come and be my colleague! My department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA is searching for a tenure stream assistant professor in Japanese Buddhism. Please share and please apply! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09824

Worst bit about this story is that Cambridge University appears to have facilitated the 🇨🇳 Ambassador’s “special visit” to Chinese students - essentially a “we’re watching you” lecture - students were told to mind Xi’s teachings. Cambridge = accomplices to transnational repression

Just to be crystal clear: Nuzzi was in a romantic relationship with one of Joe Biden’s opponents WHEN SHE WAS REPORTING & WRITING this highly critical article about Biden. That is journalism malpractice full stop.Any media types who say otherwise also have questionable ethics.

If your current ID carries your married name--different from your maiden name on your birth certificate--you could be disqualified from voting under the SAVE act pushed by GOP and Trump. Could block millions of women from voting

Why do we have to deal with this even when we need medical care

These men are so pathetic. Wish them a life of shame everywhere they are (in prison for life I hope)

The real sexual revolution is educating anyone, but especially boys, since a young age. Sex is part of life. We condescendingly don’t teach it, make it something to be avoided, and not to talk about openly.

Because the coup is still ongoing.

Probably fears that Kristi Noem would kill it otherwise

Clearly he spent a total of 15 mins with this dog, ever

wtf

My argument for why we need to have a better understanding of Chinese history is not just because it is interesting, but because it is also a necessary component to better understand our allies & adversaries. Here is a quick example of how our lack knowledge hindered us ...

JOB: The Department of History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Alberta invites applications for the Saroj and Prem Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Polity and Society, 500 BCE-500 CE. academicwork.ca/jobs/full-prof…

Love when people say nonsense publicly together and then have their feelings hurt when the internet respond

Just received this book on Lionel Charles Hopkins, sinologist-palaeographer and the man behind the Hopkins collection of oracle bones at Cambridge

And if you missed it, there is a submission form linked at the end of the first paragraph to add more resources to this list put forward by ACLS .Digital Orientalist

Went to a great talk today by John Lai (CUHK) on Catholic interpretations of the Yi Jing. He reminded us that the Whilhelm translation in German came out 100 years ago this year.

found a note I save to myself in 2018 about fundings to apply for once on a tenure track. I laughed so hard in reading it. Ah, to be young and naïve.

Do attend this talk by Jeff Wasserstrom if you are at Yale University or in the area! I saw him give a talk in California, he is a great speaker doing interesting work! Sadly I will be in HK at the time, otherwise I wouldn't miss it!

I am not sure why there isn't more coverage of election interference in all the major media outlets.