William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Osaka Horizon International Film Festival! 020
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by 10th PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL via FilmFreeway.com!filmfreeway.comFilm Festivals, Screenplay Contests, SubmissionsEnter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events. 000
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Join us at the #LSEFestival for “Saving the world one family at a time: screening and discussion of Gone South Village” featuring @billcallahan.bsky.social, Dr Mia Chen Ma, Dr Charlotte Goodburn, Kieran Hanson, and Dr Giulia Sciorati. 📅 Wednesday 17 June 2026 6.00–7.30pm 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4uoJpXZlse.ac.ukSaving the world one family at a time | Film screening6pm Wed 17 Jun | Professor William A Callahan, Dr Mia Chen Ma, Dr Charlotte Goodburn, Kieran Hanson, Dr Guilia Sciorati | Free event at the LSE Festival: How to save the planet | Ticket required 001
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Please come to see my new film "Gone South Village", 17 June, 6-7:30pm at LSE Get tickets here: www.lse.ac.uk/.../2026/sav... The film follows a Sino-Thai family as they travel from Bangkok to "Gone South Village", their late father's ancestral hometown in rural China. 000
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 04/06/2026this is one of the slogans on the square I think often: "let's see who lives longer" even when all other hopes are exhausted, this is the last hope. individuals are fragile and temporary. the demand for justice and freedom will outlive us all. #June4th 18132
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026If you're in Singapore on 3 Feb, please come see my film "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China". Here's the info and sign-up form: www.smu.edu.sg/partnerships... 000
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The Scottish idiom comes to mind: some people have “more money than sense” 010
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 21/01/2026People keep givin’ me the same old pitch: “If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?” I’ve heard that all my life, and I know it by heart. And to tell the truth, I wish I knew, But, America, I’m askin’ you: "If you’re so rich.... Why ain’t you smart?" --Tom Lehrer, from Deep Doodoo, 1992 062
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 16/12/2025They have -- literally! -- been calling for stronger consumption for 2 decades. I'll wait and see... 020
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 09/12/2025www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of...eventbrite.co.ukThe Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of RestitutionJoin Jelena Subotić for her book launch 041
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025What’s to understand? It’s really yummy 010
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 24/11/2025More than 400 New Yorkers are joining our Transition Committees—all driven by the urgency of tackling our affordability crisis. 271570171
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Jon Howlett @jonhowlett.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Two full PhD scholarships in Hong Kong history at the University of Bristol: www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...hkhistory.netHong Kong History Centre Studentship 2026 – Hong Kong History Centre 035
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Great to see the International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS) officially launch. I am proud to be part of it. sheffield.ac.uk/las/news/new...sheffield.ac.ukNew website launched for the International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS), led by Dr David Tobin, has launched its website, bringing together researchers from around the world to share critical, policy-relevant wo... 053
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025That's 22 film festivals and 6 awards, to date! 010
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (me and Kieran Hanson, co-directors) was just selected by two film festivals via FilmFreeway.com!: 1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan 2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India 020
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Gustav Meibauer @meibauir.bsky.social · 05/11/2025🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 "Neoclassical Realist Theory of Populist Foreign Policy" just out with @risjnl.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S026... I explore how populism affects state behavior over time. This aims at further integrating populism scholarship into, and combining it with, IR theory. 1/9cambridge.orgNeoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy | Review of International Studies | Cambridge CoreNeoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy 1146
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Goa Short Film Festival (India, November 15 – 16, 2025) via FilmFreeway.com! 010
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Here's me on the KMT chair election in my latest for @thediplomat.com thediplomat.com/2025/10/taiw...thediplomat.comTaiwan’s KMT Has a New ChairCheng Li-wun, a deep-blue figure, won despite allegations that the CCP was interfering to boost her candidacy. 054
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Little Venice Film Festival (London 22-28 October) via FilmFreeway.com! 183
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Congratulations to @audreyt.org for being one of the recipients of the 2025 Right Livelihood Awards rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...rightlivelihood.orgAudrey Tang - Right Livelihood 031
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...chosun.comNational Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal OrdersNational Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe 392197616108
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Any clues about this Chinese propaganda poster that seems to photoshop in Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De? It's from a family house in a market town in Hainan, 2016 142
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Hey all, my article "The Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped Line" is published in _Geopolitics_ today: it's OA, so please click and download, for free! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped LineThis article develops ‘the imperial gaze’ concept to explore how maps not only represent the world, but also do things in geopolitics, even provoking mass demonstrations. It examines China’s early-... 064
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Seoul Whistler Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com! 020
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 20/09/2025@mikeygow.bsky.social Wow! what is the source? here he is at 2024 New Year Gala: m.youtube.com/watch?v=onow...m.youtube.com成龍 Jackie Chan sings China Power (中华力量) at Henan Spring Festival Gala 2024 🇨🇳🐉YouTube video by 成龍 Jackie Chan Big Brother 000
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 08/09/2025It's a great pleasure to see this published, my translation of Second Skin, the Chinese novelette by emerging female writer Dan Shi, science fiction about feminism, technology and the female body. #scifi #China #sff www.easternwood.co/herstory-en-1/ 13514
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025We just launched the new 7th edition of Wilkinson, this time as a digital-only version but available through Kindle and Apple Books as well as through Pleco. $59.99, or $29.99 if you buy it in Pleco as an upgrade from 5/e or 6/e.pleco.comChinese History: A New Manual, Seventh Edition 3218
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025A level entry data revealed today shows that Economics and Politics continue to grow in popularity with students – while other social sciences, humanities and arts face declines. See the full story here:buff.lyA level results 2025: Economics and Politics still popular with students, while other social sciences and humanities continue to declineNew A level entry data reveals that Economics and Politics continue to grow in popularity with students – with entries up by +5.5% and +1.2% respectively compared to last year. 165
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This is an excellent article that deserves to be widely read and cited. Congratulations Sara Wong! 011
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 14/08/2025It could have been better but was good enough that I’ll keep watching 031
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Is Libgen working? if so, which one? 000
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Hey academic peeps, does anyone have an e-version of Wood and Fels, The Natures of Maps (2008)? I'm away from my library, and need to take a look. 000
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025My film "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (2024, 23min) is showing in London next Tues 10 June, 6:30-8pm Film trailer: vimeo.com/966479344 Place: Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way London NW1 2HD maps.app.goo.gl/cYfssY37fYgt...vimeo.comThe Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China - Trailer (2024)Logline: What can noses tell us Chinese identity, and the PRC's increasingly important place in the world? Abstract: There are so many different kinds of… 030
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by South Asian Short Film Festival (India) and the KKIFF2025 - Cinebalu Screenings (Malaysia) via FilmFreeway.com! and by thefilmfreeway.comFilm Festivals, Screenplay Contests, SubmissionsEnter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events. 030
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Pune Short Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!filmfreeway.comFilm Festivals, Screenplay Contests, SubmissionsEnter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events. 121
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Short Way International Short Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com! 030
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025compare with how nicely recent pope's treat CCP ... 130
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Our PhD candidate @mariahtthornton.bsky.social has recently co-authored an article with Professor Nitasha Kaul titled "Construction and control of cartographic imaginaries: #Kashmir and #Taiwan" in @risjnl.bsky.social. ➡️ Read the full article to learn more: bit.ly/4i3q0Fy #AcademicSky #PoliSkybit.lyConstruction and control of cartographic imaginaries: Kashmir and Taiwan | Review of International Studies | Cambridge CoreConstruction and control of cartographic imaginaries: Kashmir and Taiwan 012
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by New Jersey Documentary Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com! 010
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Full house for Roxane Gay’s The Portable Feminist book launch with Mona Eltahawy, Brooklyn 1443
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 05/04/2025My friend and colleague Ethan Ris has a modest proposal for higher education: slate.com/life/2025/04...slate.comThere’s a Nuclear Option to Fight Trump’s War Against Colleges. You Aren’t Going to Like It.Like watching NCAA basketball? What if you couldn’t, because schools went on strike? 142
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Ron Judy / 周廷戎 @ronentity.bsky.social · 03/04/2025That big awful NYT op-ed by Lung Ying-tai on how Taiwan should do a peace deal with China—before it’s too late…I agree, a peace treaty sounds great as long as the PRC admits defeat and agrees to re-install the Republic of China on the mainland. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Ukraine Betrayal Shows Taiwan Can No Longer Rely on AmericaTaiwan can no longer shelter under the delusion that the U.S. will defend it against China. 043
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Nitiin International Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!filmfreeway.comFilm Festivals, Screenplay Contests, SubmissionsEnter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events. 011
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025sensiblepolitics.net/toilet-adven... My Thai friends disagree....sensiblepolitics.netSensible Politics - toilet adventures(2015, 15min) 110
Reposted by William A. Callahan 柯嵐安Chhiū-ông-kong 樹王公 @shuwanggong.bsky.social · 29/03/2025A interesting war of words has recently erupted between Taiwanese historian Lee Hsiao-feng and James Soong in the Libery Times op-ed pages. Lee started it by going after Soong for saying that Taiwan was a deserted/wild/desolate island and that the Qing were Chinese. talk.ltn.com.tw/article/pape...talk.ltn.com.tw話說李筱峰》韃虜等於中國? 宋楚瑜在胡扯什麼 - 自由評論網最近在抖音看到宋楚瑜接受紅媒訪問,聲稱台灣人也是中國人。他說,清朝統治台灣之前台灣只是一個荒島。滿清時期中國人移民來台,台灣人當然是中國人。宋說,如果台灣不是中國,滿清政府如何將台灣割讓日本?他的結論,兩岸中國人要統一。 1206