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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cool to see Sadia Rahman’s new article examining colonialism and the erasure of Uyghur language out in print (and open access) in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. Congrats! Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you see the story about the group who’ve been having a very intensive and slowly moving (like, a page or two at a time) book club on Finnegan’s Wake for years? Feels like a similar scenario. www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...

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‘It never ends’: the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake

The group in Venice, California, started the difficult James Joyce book in 1995. They reached its final page in October

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Short thread of threads on the Milk Tea Alliance, the pan-Asia pro-democracy activist group that was shit-post-ed into existence by fandom (long story that's not here but thread for another day)

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I take it they’re not finger lickin’ good?

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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 04/10/2026

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On top of all the other incentives to go to ASEN2027 (good papers, etc), I think going to Cluj is basically an act of pilgrimage for scholars of everyday nationalism. #ASEN2027

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, I mean, primordialism is a hell of a drug, I guess.

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Y’know, as a non-English person with temporally distant English ancestry, who also is now living in England, I find all this posturing about who gets to claim to be English from Braverman to be pretty craven and appalling.

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not sure why the mute “i” vowel in Mandarin always compels English speakers to turn whatever comes before it into a slurred “zh” sound but now almost 15 years into Xi’s rule and he’s still usually called “President Zhee” on anglophone TV.

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟] We warmly welcome submissions from HK-born/-based writers on subjects beyond HK, engaging with Asia in the broadest sense. Whatever your background, whether you grew up in the city, have made it your home, or are here to work or study... 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆: chajournal.com/2026/09/01/c...

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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 25/09/2026

Is it soft resistance to question what soft resistance is?

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Poohsticks @poohsticks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nowadays in Hong Kong, the question is: " What is NOT "soft resistance"? "

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Kelly Hammond @kellyahammond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love how Xi makes it seem like the pandas are moving here forever, when we all know that Trump will likely do something in the next few months to get them sent back to Chengdu. Also, love that Trump traded pandas for military secrets and thinks this is a great deal. 🐼 🐼 🛩️

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Arrived in the mail today. Really eager to start cooking recipes from this book!

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Have been re-reading Wendell Berry’s poems since he passed away recently and was struck by how current many of his poems about Vietnam still feel. This one, entitled “Dark With Power” was especially striking to me.

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Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Together, we assess how the field of study has progressed and suggest directions that it needs to develop. Here is David's brief thread introducing each of our contributions: bsky.app/profile/davi... The contributors owe particular thanks to David for getting this over the finish line!

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Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 New publication alert (open access) 🚨 I've been working on everyday nationalism for a good portion of my career, so it was a genuine privilege to contribute to this exchange along with @davidstroup.bsky.social, Jon Fox & Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Kanchan Chandra, and @tptrost.bsky.social.

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Picked up a copy at the bookstore across from the office and have yet to get a chance to give it a read, but was afraid this might be the case.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14/09/2026

#OpenAccess from @nationalitiesp.bsky.social - Exchange: What Can We Learn from Two Decades of Everyday Nationalism? - cup.org/3T8BTUv - David R. Stroup, @tptrost.bsky.social, @jpaulgoode.bsky.social, Kanchan Chandra, Jon E. Fox & Cynthia Miller-Idriss #FirstView

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We think it’s a really exciting discussion and are really proud that it’s now out in print (and OPEN ACCESS!) for everyone to read. We hope that people will find it useful and that it will get the ball rolling on new conservations about the field. Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Exchange: What Can We Learn from Two Decades of Everyday Nationalism? | Nationalities Papers | Cambridge Core

Exchange: What Can We Learn from Two Decades of Everyday Nationalism?

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

To conclude, Jon E. Fox and Cynthia Miller-Idriss look back on their landmark 2008 article (link below) on #everydaynationhood and consider how social factors (esp. the rise of the internet) have caused change. They ask whether unsettled times have become the new normal. /6 doi.org/10.1177/1468...

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Everyday nationhood - Jon E. Fox, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, 2008

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Kanchan Chandra’s contribution further develops her current research work on everyday majoritarianism and ask about how the politics of majoritarianism influence political and ideological projects in both democratic (e.g the US) and non-democratic (China and Russia in particular) states alike. /5

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Looking at the last 2 decades @jpaulgoode.bsky.social ponders whether the field has relied too heavily on single, ethnographic case studies and considers how scholars might move beyond them. In particular he thinks about what areas are open to cross case comparisons or general theory building. /4

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What we produced was this “exchange” for @nationalitiesp.bsky.social . We cover a lot of ground. @tptrost.bsky.social assess the trends in publications about #everydaynationhood, (including in terms of area of publication and method) and gives a fantastic overview of the current literature. /3

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We invited some really tremendous and brilliant colleagues and fellow experts ( @tptrost.bsky.social, Kanchan Chandra, Jon Fox and Cynthia Miller-Idriss) to contribute some thoughts to a broad and open conversation. /2

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🧵: Out today: After our panel on #EverydayNationalism at @asn-org.bsky.social ‘s World Conevntion in 2025, @jpaulgoode.bsky.social and I started to put together a piece that would assess where the field stands after 25 yrs of study, what it has accomplished, and what remains open for the future. /1

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John Carpenter's dEF0G 🌁 @defrog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

💯 2019 was the culmination of at least two decades of moving goalposts and broken promises from a govt that became increasingly tired of ppl complaining about it. When Carrie Lam essentially told everyone worried about ELAB to get stuffed and sicced the cops on them, that was the final straw.

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Folks in academia: if you agree to do a peer review and your verdict is that author should revise and resubmit in order to address specific revisions you wish to see, please, for the love of god, I beg you, do not check “no” when asked if you’re willing to review a resubmission. That is all.

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This also has a lot to do with the legitimacy of his academic freedom claim

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm open to this concept, but also, my life was extremely convenient before AI? I can answer emails and pay bills on my phone, I have video meetings most days of the week, I keep track of my research, etc. What's the digital thing in my life in 2026 that's inconveniently organized?

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Gina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'll respond to this in good faith. I'm sure this person could find a new way for an AI subscription to improve my life. But its existence has already made my job and my teaching DEMONSTRABLY worse. I do not believe this hypothetical improvement will offset the way it has destroyed my pedagogy

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Not sure people outside of China appreciate how complicated it is for PRC citizens to become full citizen in the megacities. Seriously need a lawyer to figure out the various pathways, gather the paper work, etc. Just the bureaucracy is a big negative incentive Source: www.vgxf.com/jifen/5741.h...

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2026上海居转户最新政策，7年、5年、3年落户条件详解！-上海落户网

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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A lovely scary hopeful read from @yangyangcheng.bsky.social

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

By the way, it's not just about clamping down booksellers. The HK government has been removing 'seditious' books from public libraries post NSL implementation since they have more control over what's available to the masses

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If you had read the mainlander 'tree hollow' letters back in 2019 to support HKers/ to get things off their chests, you also get the sense than this is how *they* felt too. But then around 2008 onwards, there was a feeling of increased and visible erosion of liberties and ... well.

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Check out @drdavidtobin.bsky.social and Mirshad Ghalip’s excellent documentary about football in the Uyghur diaspora! Streaming free online on August 21 followed by a panel discussion.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This whole thread. A love letter to some of the uses of bamboo. Vaguely recall there being a exhibition in Germany a few years back which featured HK barricade "art".

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

While looking for some event information about a presentation that @htheaker.bsky.social and I gave at this year’s @asn-org.bsky.social I made a Google search and was given this delightful search return from Google’s AI. Apparently I’ll see you all at next year’s #KidneyWeek

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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 07/08/2026

"The Nepal government cancelled a week-long international Tibetan studies conference that had been four years in the planning", the 17th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. kathmandupost.com/national/202...

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Nepal overruled its own security agencies to cancel Tibetan studies conference under Chinese pressure, officials say

Days after the Home Minister said the seminar would proceed with security vetting, the government’s Chief Secretary personally ordered Kathmandu University to shut it down.

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Pam Logan @pamkhamaid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

From #IATS2026 organizers today: "Kathmandu University has been instructed by the Government of Nepal not to proceed with convening the 17th Seminar of IATS. We are awaiting formal written communication from the Government of Nepal regarding the matter." No need to wonder why this happened. #China

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Everything that went wrong with the reflecting pool, including the damage to the pool itself and the fabricated charges against Hearn, went wrong for two reasons: Trump’s unprecedented corruption and his rush to include the reflecting pool in his Narcissistic hijacking of the Nation’s celebration."

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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 05/08/2026

people love a "Chinese versus American" story so much. Zhong Shu has had all her education since high school in the US and is doing a PhD in political philosophy (specialisation in classics) in an American university.

Chinese interview: The concept of atonement didn’t really exist in Ancient Greece and it didn’t exist in Homer’s Odyssey. It exists in your Odyssey. Did you Christianize the Odyssey?

American interview: spin the snack wheel and then read these thirst tweets they called you zaddy

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