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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 12h
🏆The 2027 Fellowships application is now open and accepting submissions! BSA funds a number of fellowships annually to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats. Application deadline is 1 December 2026. 🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-fellowships
White text on a copper background announcing, “Apply for a Fellowship by 1 December,” with eligibility information at the bottom.Copper text on a white background announcement about Bibliographical Society of America fellowships for bibliographical research, including eligibility details and an application link.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This warms my heart and gives me hope! www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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We’re Using Harvard’s Libraries Wrong | The Harvard Crimson
Undergrads, it’s time to go talk to an actual librarian. What may seem like an unnecessary detour will refine the output of your work and invaluably enrich your ideas.
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Damian M @damiandamiani.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very glad to announce the release of the ChinaComx Lianhuanhua Publication Dataset, v1.0.0! This is the first comprehensive open-access database of over 38k historical Chinese comics' publication records (spanning 1949–1994) with parsed metadata & OCR provenance. Explore at: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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The ChinaComx Lianhuanhua Publication Dataset
This is the first release of the ChinaComx Lianhuanhua Publication Dataset, including: Initial Dataset Release: Consolidated lianhuanhua publication database comprising over 38,000 entries. Raw Data: Included original, unparsed OCR extractions from catalogues Ref002 and Ref004 in /data/raw/. Processed Data: Cleaned, structured datasets with disambiguated titles, parsed authors, and standardized publisher locations in /data/processed/. Processing Scripts: Python/Jupyter notebooks for layout analysis, OCR extraction, title splitting, and Transformer-based Named Entity Recognition (NER) author parsing in /scripts/. Repository Infrastructure: Standardized README.md, CITATION.cff, LICENSE.md (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), and customized GitHub Issue templates.
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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For the second year in a row, Harvard Management Company’s annual climate report, which tracks HMC’s progress toward Harvard’s goal of achieving net-zero endowment emissions, is nowhere to be found. Megan L. Blonigen and Graham W. Lee report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Harvard’s Climate Report Missing for Second Straight Year | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Management Company has failed to publish its annual climate report for the second year in a row, leaving its progress toward a net-zero endowment unclear.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Harvard-Yenching Library awards 10 travel grants for early-career or independent researchers (ABDs included) every year to access our scholarly resources in Cambridge, MA. Apply by September 30 to be considered for the 2027 awards at: library.harvard.edu/about/grants... #AsianStudies #Sinology
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Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant | Harvard Library
Assisting scholars from outside the Boston area in their use of Harvard-Yenching Library collections in their research.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There have been several major East Asian librarian positions opened up this summer at major public and private institutions across the US. I'm helping CEAL maintain a webpage, where we publicize many such job postings. Please bookmark and share it: www.eastasianlib.org/newsite/cate...
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Jobs – CEAL: Council on East Asian Libraries
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Dr. Maria McCauley is known to be a visionary librarian, leading ALA to fight for our freedom to read against book bans. Little did I know that she came to the US as a Korean adoptee at the age of 4, and is still searching for her biological parents...A touching story: www.chosun.com/english/trav...
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Korean-American Librarian Leader Battles U.S. Book Bans
Korean-American Librarian Leader Battles U.S. Book Bans Maria McCauley, ALA president and Korean adoptee, defends access to diverse literature while seeking birth family in South Korea
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Interesting piece by Alice Casalini @digitalorientalist.bsky.social. "Buddhism and AI: Another Look" digitalorientalist.com/2026/03/24/b...
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Buddhism and AI: Another Look
In recent months, I have come to identify as a neo-Luddite or, as a colleague said in jest, “a technophobe and a Buddhist monk.” With this change in my life came new standards in my relationship wi…
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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 11/06/2026
German court rules that Google is liable for false statements made in Search's AI Overviews (via The Decoder)
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Harvard-Yenching Library's Aum Shinrikyo collection is now open to research. It contains 140+ publications issued in Japanese/English/Russian in the 1980s-90s by the cult's publishing arm #JapaneseReligions #JapaneseHistory
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オウム真理教 Aum Shinrikyo collection, bulk 1984-1999 (bulk) - HOLLIS for Archival Discovery
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Headline of the Year
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PeakJinx @peakjinx.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
When you get rid of all the books and periodicals and switch to digital resources, you’ve given up resources you own in exchange for subscription services. Now you’re vulnerable to price increases and the disappearance of essential information. I’ve always been a fan of having MORE choices.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
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Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Rare books folks attending #RBMS2026: mark your calendar for our panel on new approaches to Chinese missionary collections + Zhang Jie (@zjarthistory.bsky.social) + Mårten Söderblom Saarela (@bcricciinstitute.bsky.social) + Alexander Akin (2024-26 President, @abaararebooks.bsky.social)
Poster of RBMS panel "Researching & Cataloging Missionary Collections from China" June 24, 2026 4-5 PM at Ballroom A.
Text: "Join us in exploring new approaches to missionary collections in North American repositories by centering non-Euro-American agents!"
Images: (top) cover of a bilingual book (French and Chinese dialect) on the passion of Jesus; (bottom) a color plate of Jesus and his disciples featuring a Jesuit symbol on top of Jesus' head, and a Chinese book under his feet.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When Twitter was heavily used by liberals, it was a bubble. Now that it’s mostly right-wing bots directed by a ketamine-addicted neo-Nazi billion, it’s more like real life.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Penn State University (@pennstateuniv.bsky.social) Libraries just digitized (& fully transcribed!) a mind-blowing collection of 32 Vietnamese manuscript edicts and official documents during the Lê (1428–1789) and Nguyễn (1802–1945) dynasties: digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/coll... #sinology
A Vietnamese official document of Penn State University Libraries
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Duke’s Japanese #Medical #Manuscripts Collection Now Online (via Duke University Medical Center Library & #Archives) mclibrary.duke.edu/news/dukes-j... #digitalcollections #libraries
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'll contribute a short discussion on collecting and managing paper ephemera 📎 at Asian collections. Tune in if you can!
“The Harvard-Yenching Library Paper Ephemera Collection” in 4 boxes.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
One perk of working at a massive university campus is that you meet people working these mind-blowing jobs that you never knew exist.
A Zoom participant introduced their job as "Glass Flowers Conservator"
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Job opening here at ITHAKA's JSTOR: Digital Collections Curator, Reveal Digital, focusing on important cultural, social, and political histories, especially those that have been dispersed, under-described, or difficult to access at scale. Full job description: www.ithaka.org/job/46724530...
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Digital Collections Curator - ITHAKA
ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome barriers t...
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The person who made this image is well versed in the iconography of the transatlantic slave trade.
NYT article “How ICE Plans to Put 8,500
Immigrants in This Warehouse,” with the comment “Experts say the initial designs raise health, safety and security concerns.” The image is a vertical floorplan with pods tightly packed that resembles diagrams of slave ships in abolitionist literature from the 18th century
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A pop-up exhibition this week in our main reading room, showcasing items from our "K-pop Fandom Collection": photobooks, audiovisual, ephemera, posters, and lightsticks from 1990s-present. This collection was developed in support of a new Harvard undergrad class on "Korean Stars" (📸: Adrianne Gren)
exhibition case for pop-up exhibit on K-pop in Harvard-Yenching Library
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Appreciate this helpful and detailed review by @devinfitz.bsky.social
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
After a year of hiring pause, we have finally resumed our search for Harvard's next #Librarian for #JapaneseStudies. Please help us spread the word! Friendly reminder: you don't need to check all the boxes to be a competitive candidate. careers.harvard.edu/job/libraria...
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Librarian for Japanese Studies
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Two horse illustrations from 北平箋谱 Beiping jian pu (1951), a renowned collection of polychrome woodblock-printed Chinese artworks. This 1951 edition was the first in the iterative series to include artworks of all twelve Chinese zodiacs. id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/9900809...
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Check out a new blog post by Benjamin Landauer on the Chinese and Japanese editions of 百美新詠圖傳, a 18th-century pictorial catalogue of "poetry, painting, and historical anecdote for 103 women hailing from Chinese history and mythology." #bookhistory #womenshistory #sinology
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百美新詠圖傳 - Harvard-Yenching Institute
Original images held by the Harvard-Yenching Library of the Harvard College Library, Harvard University Summary written by Benjamin Landauer (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of East Asian Languages and Ci...
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) invites nominations for its annual Best Book Award. Titles eligible for nomination must be in Chinese, English, or French, authored by Chinese writers or those of Chinese descent, and published in 2025. Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Flyer for Chinese American Librarians Association's 2026 Best Book Award
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"Scriptures and Liturgy in Inner Asia: A Symposium on Religious Books & Manuscripts" (2/27, hybrid) @harvarddivinity.bsky.social @rarebookschool.bsky.social RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #bookhistory
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Nazih Fares 🔜 Spawn! Angoulême @nazihfares.com · 05/02/2026
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@nature.com can we make obituaries like this open-access due to their educational value to the general public?
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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I am excited and exhausted to finally release my annual data report on job advertisements in East Asian Studies! 📊🌏 This marks 5 years of collecting job data, so it's possible to see changes over time. For interactive visualizations, view via browser rather than phone. prcurtis.com/projects/job...
A screencap of the webpage "East Asia-related Job Market Data Report (2024–2025)" with a picture to the right of a map of the world with dots visualized and a bar chart of varying colors overlaid on top. The text reads: "This page compiles information and visualizations on academic-oriented job postings related to East Asia during the 2024–2025 hiring season (from approximately June 2024 to July 2025). This year also marks five years since I began collecting East Asia-related job data, so reflections on the five-year trends for each section and/or subsection will also appear. For more information on how and why I began this project, please see my first visualization page for the 2019–2020 academic job cycle.

For the sake of convenience and to address any changes in my methods since last year, I will reproduce my explanations on data collection from previous cycles below, and mark new elements in bold and/or with a star ★.

To jump directly to the visualizations, click here.

I hope that the information provided on this page will facilitate further dialogue on current and future developments in the East Asian Studies fields and will be used by departments and individuals to advocate for this area of study at their institutions. If you have any questions about the data or would like to request specific visualizations for departmental reports, grant requests, or other proposals (or have used my work for this purpose already), please do not hesitate to contact me."
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This Saturday! #sinology #theater
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Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot @devinfitz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Love notes like this left in books by earlier librarians. This profession runs on the hope of ever having time to love things as they deserve, and our archives are full of the epitaphs of good intentions.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 08/01/2026
Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
RBS is now accepting applications for our summer 2026 courses—including new course offerings & partner locations! Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis. #BookSky #RareBooks
Photo of two women sitting at a table on which a large old book sits on foam rests, while a third woman leans over the book and points out details on the page. From B-10: Introduction to the History of Bookbinding, 2026 (Photo by Shane Lin). Text above the image reads, “Rare Book School 2026. First-Round Deadline: 17 February. Apply at rarebookschool.org/schedule.” A black medallion overlaid on the image reads “Applications now open!”
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 06/01/2026
Teaching the events of January 6—which are not a “moment” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar yet urgent challenge: how can students use historical knowledge & thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help. 🗃️
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The Assault on the Capitol in Historical Perspective: Resources for Educators | American Historical Association
We know teaching the events of January 6, 2021 presents a challenge: how can students use historical knowledge and thinking to understand current crises?
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New Yorkers! Sharing an exciting event in Flushing on 1/24 (Sat), featuring Stan Lai 賴聲川, Taiwanese-American playwright/theater director behind the blockbuster "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源." Join us & plz spread the word
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Happy new year! Our library travel grants are still open to applications until January 31.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
A great article that emerged out of the @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social project: openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
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Integrating Premodern Manuscript Metadata into Wikidata: A Case Study in Ontology Design and Linked Data Reuse | Journal of Open Humanities Data
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New England Archivists (NEA) @nearchivists.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Registration is now OPEN for #NEASpring26 in Portland, ME! Join us for three inspiring days of exciting virtual and in-person workshops, sessions, special events, and roundtable discussions by registering today! newenglandarchivists.org/spring-2026
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New England Archivists - Spring 2026
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #sinology
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Dumbarton Oaks @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Plant Humanities Initiative at Dumbarton Oaks invites applications for two-week virtual faculty residencies in June 2026, concentrating on topics at the intersection of East Asia Studies and Plant Humanities.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The Library of Congress' Asian Division is now accepting applications for their 2026 Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: up to $3,000 to support travel, lodging, and research expenses. Due January 11, 2026. #sinology #libraries blogs.loc.gov/internationa...
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The Asian Division’s Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: Now Accepting Applications for 2026 | 4 Corners of the World
The Asian Division is now accepting applications for its Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship, which supports short-term research visits to the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress. This year's app...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID. I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
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DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Great points made, and not just about AI: "Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I roll my eyes every time a library job includes a salary range as wide as this. This is not the actual salary range. The HR included this only so they can advertise it to job boards that requires a salary range. This is the opposite of the pay transparency that our field has been advocating for.
Salary range: $68,000-$145,250
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Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
CFP: 14th Annual ESPRit conference: “Periodicals and the World” 9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels events.vub.be/periodicals-...
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Periodicals and the World
Since their inception, periodicals have travelled across regions, reporting on local and global events and developments, and shaping public discourse on wh...
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Bringing rare books to students of a Chinese language class that focused on Chinese food culture: >> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets; >> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware; >> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
Three Harvard students working with Chinese rare books in a classroom
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Politico @politico.com · 10/11/2025
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
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Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
The high court turned down a petition from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who objected on religious grounds to issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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