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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

My 6th SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School: my most memorable yet. Joined a roundtable on Taiwan fieldwork with Anru Lee, Sam Robbins & Dafydd Fell, and was discussant for the Mrs Islets seminar. Best part: reconnecting with old friends, and finally eating Dafydd's Tropea omelet before 10am!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It was such a rewarding and reflective Tuesday taking part in the roundtable, Navigating East Asian Studies in Europe: Theory, Method and Research Trajectories, at UCL IoA Many thanks to my colleagues Qiwei, Yezhi and Yikun for their kind invitation and for organising such a successful event.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I had such a great time last week welcoming Chris back to the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies and chairing his talk, “The Art of Disturbing the Peace”. I was also able to unite, for the first time, with the Kinmen-focused anthropologists based in England, as well as my MA Taiwan Studies 學長, Matt.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It was amazing to have the opportunity to take part in the fieldwork and travel safety training organised by SPAIS Bristol yesterday. Thanks a million to my dear colleague Yi Wang and everyone, and to Jim, our instructor. It is also great to see that my weight-loss efforts are showing in photos ;)

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I am glad to share my first media coverage as a scholar. It is meaningful to see my research enter public conversations, especially on questions that connect infrastructural politics and daily life in places often treated only through grand geopolitical narratives. dominotheory.com/kinmens-phan...

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Kinmen’s Phantom Bridge - Domino Theory

China’s new five-year plan provides a birds-eye view of the country’s economic priorities. But for residents of Kinmen, a Taiwanese island located just a mile off the coast of China, the infrastructur...

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I am honoured to be returning to SOAS as an alumni and to be joining this year’s Introduction to MA Taiwan Studies webinar with my former professor and colleague, Dafydd Fell. If you are considering applying, please do so soon, before SOAS PG scholarship application closes.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It was an absolutely hectic month. I was glad to join an initial meeting with the BorderLink team & GERP, to discuss further research collaboration. Immediately after that, I took part in this year’s conference of the ABRN, which was brilliantly organised by my colleagues at NTU Geography.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I am pleased to share that my review of David Pendery’s Transnational Taiwan: Crossing Borders into the 21st Century has now been published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. This marks my first academic publication after joining @bristolantharch.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1163/2468...

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

It's such a lovely afternoon sharing my thoughts on using sound methods for ethnography on infrastructures in Kinmen. Many thanks to Haoyue and the Chinese Sociology Society UK for inviting me to this session, and to all the colleagues who raised such vibrant and constructive questions&discussions!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It’s my pleasure being invited by the Chinese Sociology Society UK (CSSUK) to share my most recent thoughts about the sound method and ethnographic research on unbuilt infrastructures. The sharing will be in Mandarin Chinese on ZOOM. (The English poster is not official, reference only).

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

🌉It's been a week coming back from InfraNorth’s ‘Beyond Infrastructure? (Un)built Environments in the Anthropocene’ conference in Vienna. It was such a unique experience. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know so many fantastic anthropologists and geographers who work in the field of infrastructure.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

BACS 2025 marks the begining of my academic journey at Bristol for AC-year 2025/26. It's such a great and productive experience to have my first pre-org panel with Dr Song-Chuan Chen, Hsiao-Chen Lin and Prof. Niki Asforld.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Yesterday, I took part in the roundtable panel discussion on conducting PhD research on Taiwan, held as part of the 2025 SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School at the @soastaiwanstudies.bsky.social. It was a truly enriching (and FUN!) experience—many thanks to also my co-panelists - I learned so much!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Highlights of 2025 Annual Conference for the European Association of Taiwan Studies. I presented (for the first time) my ongoing spin-off research on Kinmen's ghosts and marine debris, met unbelievably intelligent like-minded young scholars (define young!), and enjoyed the amazing Olomouc.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I will be joining in this year’s SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School on 1 July for a roundtable on doing PhD research on Taiwan around the world. Can’t wait!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Bristol PGRs: if your research is on migration, borders or justice, please feel free to join us on this great oppotunity in conversation with Miriam and Bridget next month!

This is a call for participants poster for PGR research workshop on migration, borders and justice.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It's a fantastic experience organising this year's symposium with the team. Shout out to my org teammates Imogen and Juewei; and thanks to all who participated!

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Tina Harris @tinahonjo.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

ABRN Asian Borderlands conference abstract deadline extended to 20 May www.iias.asia/programmes/a...

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Asian Borderlands Research Network (ABRN) | IIAS

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It’s absolutely fantastic to see SOAS signing a joint master’s degree MoU with NSYSU in Taiwan on global citizenship. If you’re interested, please stay tuned for degree application updates!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Loved to see both of my supervisors talking about their new book at MMB in Bristol!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It was a fantastic week at SOAS CTS last week to have Chris Chan speak about his research on arts & politics of cross-strait archipelagic borderland. This also marked my first-ever chairing for an academic public lecture, and I would like to thank Chris for bringing us such a fantastic talk!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next Wednesday, @soastaiwanstudies.bsky.social, we invited our brilliant Chris Chan from UC, Berkeley Anthropology, to talk about the tourism and battlefield art at the cross-strait archipelagic frontier, Matsu. Please feel free to drop by! More: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasuni.bsky.social

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Bristol Anthro & Archaeo @bristolantharch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Time to get to know more of our staff! Next up is the brilliant Juan Zhang, a Social Anthropologist at our department. 🎥 Clip made by Bianca Li & Naia Lewendon-Wicks from Film & TV at @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

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Cheng-Yu Yang @cheng-yu.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I'm happy to share that the 8th conference of ABRN will be held in Taiwan (for the first time!). Please feel free to submit your panel/roundtable/paper proposal⬇️ (DDL: 20 May 2025)

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