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@catielila.bsky.social
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Co-author of "Revolutionary Taiwan" (Cambria Press, 2024) and author of "Parliament in the British Political Imagination, 1550-1600" (forthcoming, Manchester University Press). Early modern Britainist by training; now living and teaching in Taipei

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Pretty cool story
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Scholar uses rare skill to decode work shining light on Taiwan's past - Focus Taiwan
When Taiwanese scholar Chang Shoou-huey (張守慧) realized that a 350-year-old travelogue of Taiwan written in an obsolete form of German existed, she saw it as a unique opportunity to apply years of spec...
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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"One day after a government press release endorsed #RightsCon, we received a phone call [...] and were told that diplomats from the People's Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person."
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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Taiwan scholars had their passports and phones confiscated for 20+ hours by security upon arriving in Kenya for the 2026 Our Ocean Conference. Their pre-approved visas retroactively withdrawn; their belongings returned upon deportation. Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council names China as the culprit.
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Lao Ren Cha (Jenna) @channamasala.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A book review of Revolutionary #Taiwan by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison laorencha.substack.com/p/book-revie...
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Book Review: Revolutionary Taiwan
New ways of looking at Taiwanese history to frame current issues clearly
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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026
Jenna Lynn Cody reviews Mark Harrison and Catherine Chou's book Revolutionary Taiwan "Revolutionary Taiwan understands this [the PRC is the aggressor state], and gives the reader all the reasons they need to understand and appreciate Taiwan’s struggle for what it really is: a struggle for […]
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Gina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Look what I got in the mail! @catielila.bsky.social @jimmillward.bsky.social @jagevans.bsky.social and Taomo Zhou
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The sheer moral injury of being alive as a middle class American and having nothing you can do but post and peaceful protest with a cute little poster… man, I’m really worried we’ll spend the rest of our lives living in shame from this moment. Not secondhand shame
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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In 2021, when the pandemic hit Taiwan, nice people on Twitter launched a fundraising for local NGOs (I have the feeling @catielila.bsky.social was among them, apologies if I'm wrong). Since then, I have been supporting the Homeless Taiwan Association. Here's their website for more info:
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社團法人台灣芒草心慈善協會 |關注無家者的公益組織
芒草心慈善協會是一個關注無家者議題的公益組織,由一群服務無家者的一線人員於2011年成立,一開始以國際交流為主,從2014年開始擴展版圖,以「直接服務」及「社會溝通」雙主軸協助無家者及貧困者。
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Gina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Delighted that our Decolonizing Chinese History Roundtable is now available in Chinese translation as a book! Thanks to the wonderful team at Uli books and for my brilliant co-authors @jimmillward.bsky.social @catielila.bsky.social Taomo Zhou, and James Evans www.bookrep.com.tw?md=gwindex&c...
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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
twinning Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison: www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=...
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Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order By Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison
Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order By Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison.
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Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I am honored to have reviewed @catielila.bsky.social and @mhar4.bsky.social's book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" for The China Quarterly. I highly recommend this book, and I hope my review convinces you to check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2024. 222 pp. $39.99 (pbk). ISBN 9781638573227 | The China Quarterl...
Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2024. 222 pp. $39.99 (pbk). ISBN 9781638573227
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
“There is no single Taiwan story, much as various groups have continually tried to stamp one imprint on its past and future. It is a glorious cacophony.” Michelle T. King reviews two new books on Taiwan’s modern history. lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-isl…
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James Baron @jamesbaron.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Another review of the excellent 'Revolutionary Taiwan' @catielila.bsky.social www.globalasia.org/v20no2/book/...
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How Many Names Gave Taiwan Identity
Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World, by Catherine Lila Chou & Mark Harrison.
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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2025
Review of Mark Harrison and Catherine Chou's book 'Revolutionary Taiwan' "Packed with elegant analogies, deftly illustrated examples, and subtle but clear, compelling arguments, this book is both educational and immensely enjoyable." […]
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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I look forward to reading this book by two of the most astute observers of Taiwanese history and society. For anyone interested in truly understanding Taiwan and its people, I would recommend you seek out their writing.
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Big thanks to @jamesbaron.bsky.social for his review of "Revolutionary Taiwan" in this week's Taipei Times: "Taking an innovative approach to Taiwan’s contradictory status both 'outside & at the center' of the internat'l system, this book is a superb introduction" www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Book review: Revolutionary times: narrating Taiwan with aplomb - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
wrote about 里長s and more for this month's newsletter: buttondown.com/telegraham/a... with links from @michellekuo.bsky.social @minchao.bsky.social @catielila.bsky.social @kerim.one and more~ subscribe!
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Boss of the Block
Wedding photos on the university volleyball court. Friends, The view in the photo above is from the balcony outside my department at National Taiwan...
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Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Warmest thanks to @jamesbaron.bsky.social from me and @catielila.bsky.social for this generous review of our book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making nationhood in a changing world order." www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Book review: Revolutionary times: narrating Taiwan with aplomb - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
For Broadsides, the blog of the North American Conference on British Studies, I wrote on restarting my academic career in Taiwan, a place that underwent a fierce struggle for democracy & freedom of speech in the 80s & 90s, at a time when both are under threat in the US www.nacbs.org/post/teachin...
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
🙏 to @briankerg.bsky.social for having me & @mhar4.bsky.social on @cimsec.bsky.social's podcast to discuss "Revolutionary Taiwan". Why was democratization in Taiwan linked to demilitarization & why does Taiwan need to remilitarize now to protect its democracy? 🎹 to learn! cimsec.org/sea-control-...
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Brian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I had a blast hosting @catielila.bsky.social and @mhar4.bsky.social on the #SeaControl podcast at @cimsec.bsky.social to discuss their book, "Revolutionary #Taiwan." Give it a listen! #ReadFightWin open.spotify.com/episode/2LV1...
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Sea Control 571: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison
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Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Delighted that @catielila.bsky.social and I had an opportunity to speak to @briankerg.bsky.social for the @cimsec.bsky.social Sea Control podcast about our book "Revolutionary Taiwan". Warmest thanks to Brian for the invitation and for his generous questions. cimsec.org/sea-control-...
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Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) @cimsec.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Sea Control 571 - Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison discuss their book, “Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" and the making of the Taiwanese nation. cimsec.org/sea-control-...
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Sea Control 571: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison | Center for International Maritime Security
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives. This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I'm glad to see the University of Illinois stand up for academic freedom and international students in the face of Trump admin attacks. Princeton, Wesleyan, Eastern Michigan, and some other schools are doing similarly. Much better than the misguided appeasement attempts of Columbia and others.
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Princeton President Chris Eisgruber continues to be such a crucial voice - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The University President Willing to Fight Trump
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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I think it’s important that we place blame on the institutions which led to this moment. It’s not just Trump and the Republican Party—it’s the presidency, the US Senate and the two party system. If we want to protect against dictatorship, we will need a new political system.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/04/2025
This part of the Tufts declaration somehow warms my heart the most: a full-throated defense of Rümeysa Ötürk's op-ed criticizing the Tufts president, signed by the Tufts president! This is how it's supposed to be!
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James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I'm reminded of Jamelle Bouie's point about the need for people with ambition at this moment. Eisgruber has the potential to become a historically important figure in higher education, not just at Princeton, but in the U.S. as a whole. Others could, too!
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 02/04/2025
Relatedly: University President Christopher Eisgruber signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government in an interview with Bloomberg after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the University’s research grants.
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In Bloomberg interview, Eisgruber signals that Princeton will not make concessions
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the U...
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
As a birthright citizen and an academic who has worked both in & outside the US, I recognize it as a duty to put my name next to the ideals I believe in, esp when so many non-citizens are being targeted for doing the same. 'A democracy is only as strong as its commitment to intellectual integrity.'
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
川普指控澤連斯基「你將引發第三次世界大戰」,也許不久後他也會相同的指控賴清德「你將引發世界大戰」。支持川普的台灣人和台美人誤解了,如果他們認為台灣比烏克蘭更特別或重要。不要認為烏克蘭只是來要錢,相較於台灣這麼棒帶來錢。烏克蘭已經抵擋了三年的侵略,台灣經過一樣的經驗會處於什麼狀況?
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Vickie Wang 王宇平 @vickiefromtaiwan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
228就該讀學校當初沒有教我的台灣歷史 @catielila.bsky.social
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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025
🔊 Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison talk about their book 'Revolutionary Taiwan' on the New Books in East Asian Studies podcast newbooksnetwork.com/revolutionary-t… #Taiwan #TaiwanStudies #book #podcast #台灣
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Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison, "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" (Cambria Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Thanks to Anthony Kao for having @mhar4.bsky.social and me on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social East Asia Studies podcast :) "Revolutionary Taiwan helps readers understand why Taiwan’s democratization process encompasses a series of “revolutionary” transformations" newbooksnetwork.com/revolutionar...
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Jane Lindsay Miller @jlmiller.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It’s happening! Bernie Sanders is in Omaha tonight - and stopping here in Iowa City tomorrow morning. I’ll be there!
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
So many people showed up for Bernie Sanders in Iowa City that a second event was held a block away. Another thousand heard Sanders declare, “We are here to stop oligarchy!”
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Gina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I was also honored to organize a roundtable about Decolonizing Chinese History, first at AAS and then as a publication in @historicaljnl.bsky.social with @jimmillward.bsky.social, James Gethyn Evans, @catielila.bsky.social and Taomo Zhou www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Introduction: Why ‘Decolonizing Chinese History?’ | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Introduction: Why ‘Decolonizing Chinese History?’ - Volume 67 Issue 1
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Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Really delighted to have had the chance to talk to Anthony Kao for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with my co-author @catielila.bsky.social about our book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making nationhood in a changing world order". newbooksnetwork.com/revolutionar...
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Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison, "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" (Cambria Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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Liang HM @taiwanworldhistory.org · 03/02/2025
Book Talk: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Chou and Mark Harrison
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Book Talk: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Chou and Mark Harrison
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catielila @catielila.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
So grateful to be home on the west coast - even, especially now - on a mini-book tour for "Revolutionary Taiwan". @mhar4.bsky.social & I are speaking to the @ucsandiego.bsky.social community today, Feb 3rd at 12 pm @ the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club. Thanks to the UCSD Center for Taiwan Studies!
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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Waiting, feat. @karissachen.bsky.social and @catielila.bsky.social.
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Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Excellent piece about the Taiwanese community in Houston, Texas, by @josephinelee.bsky.social Looking forward to visiting Houston and the University of St. Thomas in early Feb. to talk about "Revolutionary Taiwan", by @catielila.bsky.social and me. www.amazon.com/Revolutionar...
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Texas’ Hotbed of Taiwanese Nationalism
For decades, Houston families like mine have helped keep the flame of independence burning.
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施必勝🌐☸️ @luca-schenato.ch · 07/12/2024
Inizio del primo capitolo di Revolutionary Taiwan. Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order di Catherine Lila Chou e Mark Harrison
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Autumn reading list... Myanmar, Black anarchism, Taiwan. Should keep me busy. A theme runs through these despite the diffrent contexts. Learning from each others stuggles so as to be more effective in our own & so that we can understand & support each other better.
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New answers to old questions by Shona Loong and Aaron connelly. About Myanmar 

A black autonomy reader, complied by "mutt" from seditionist distribution. 

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施必勝🌐☸️ @luca-schenato.ch · 24/12/2024
È Taiwan! Da Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order di Catherine Lila Chou e Mark Harrison.
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