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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Hello, 2026 friends, it's me, a Europeanist now writing global history. Here to tell you about that time Mao Tse-tung sent Zhou Enlai to Zhangzhou. But he didn't make it to Fukien at all, only Swatow where he met with both Zhu De and Chu Teh. And with that, let's pivot to Egypt!"

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Anyone who studies Chinese history will get a kick out of this AI "overview." I absolutely cannot take this crap seriously.

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

If you're interested in intellectual and political shifts enabled by the Qing Empire's translation institutions, and their reverberations across early modern Eurasia. Available soon.

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I was tipped off by a contact in "deep library."

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Me filling out the QS Global Academic Survey, thinking back over all the schools I've visited.

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

"Men make their own password, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, the need for one number, capital letter, and special character."

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Google the alleged Confucian quotation "The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes" (= 欲治其國者, 先齊其家?) and you'll discover that a Confucianism-US conservatism nexus exists in the hokiest possible form.

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Canada's smartest people: "We're outraged by talk of making Canada the 51st state! Let us remind you of one little thing: our country is chockablock full of crucial petroleum, hydroelectricity, uranium, and potash the USA can't live without. Yeah, meditate on that for a while, eh! Checkmate."

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James Lin @jamestwotree.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...

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Academic Programs - Taiwan Studies Program

Taiwan Track in East Asia Studies The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. This new M.A. degree is in the final approval stage and should be granted in the new year in which applicants will choose from various

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Just discovered that my phone autocorrects Zheng to Zhang. Congratulations, Zhangs, that's a real power move! (Obviously congratulating both halves of the 張/章s condominium.)

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Based on my inbox, there are now apparently (at least) two competing businesses offering to write Wikipedia pages for academics. Spiel almost word-for-word, so maybe the first company rebranded and changed its alias, but as believer in karma I'd like to think someone just stole the idea and blurb.

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Matthew W. Mosca @matthewmosca.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Battle against graduate admissions websites requiring recommenders to create login and password is slowly being won. Visited about 20 so far this year, only Michigan and Northwestern are on the walk of shame.

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