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Micah Muscolino

@mmuscolino.bsky.social
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Professor and Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History, UC San Diego New book: _Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People_ uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295753980/… #EnvHist #SocHist #AgHist

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Preorder now. You cannot get such an expertly crafted and researched history of empire, ethnicity, and the environment anywhere else.
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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I have blurbs, y’all! Huge thank you to Louise Young and @mmuscolino.bsky.social, whose work I’ve read and admired for years and years! You can find my book with @uchicagopress.bsky.social here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #territorialnatures #envhist #histstm #aghist
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Pacific Historical Review @pachistreview.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Summer PHR just dropped: check out new articles from Bernard Gordillo Brockmann, Arang Ha, and Dean Kotlowski.
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New from "Pacific Historical Review": Mission Bells, Chinese Exclusion Act, Indigenous Land Rights
Preview the new Summer 2026 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."
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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 10/08/2026
Call for Nominations: Society of Sinophone Studies (3S) Shu-mei Shih First Book Prize. Nominations must be submitted to 3S by January 10, 2027.
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The Shu-mei Shih First Book Prize (deadline: Jan 10, 2027) — Society of Sinophone Studies
The Shu-mei Shih First Book Prize The Shu-mei Shih First Book Prize of 3S is given biennially and honors the most outstanding author’s first book published in Sinophone studies during the two years preceding the year when the award is given. The book can focus on any time period and geographical c
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/08/2026
New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras
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New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras
BOZEMAN, MT—Upending long-held beliefs about how the prehistoric reptiles commemorated a juvenile female’s transition into adulthood, new evidence published Thursday by researchers at Montana State Un...
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Dan Quayle Prestwt
Alt: Dan Quayle shaking head.
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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 04/08/2026
Japan Studies scholars are invited to apply for our new round of research grant funding, established through support from Japan-US Friendship Commission. Several categories of grants are available, and all applications are due by 5pm ET on October 1! bit.ly/NEACgrants
Call for applications for NEAC Grants in Japan Studies with submission deadline October 1, 2026, 5 PM ET, by Association for Asian Studies.
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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New job: History of Early Modern East Asia (c. 1400-1850) Brown University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70189
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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 02/08/2026
The greatest treasure I found in the $1 bins today? Probably.
The cover of a 1950s comic from the lumber industry called Miracle In Wood: The Story of Plywood
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Made in China Journal" published a conversation between Yuan Gao and I about my recent book. @uwapress.uw.edu madeinchinajournal.com/2026/07/27/r...
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Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People | Made in China Journal
Environmental historians of modern China have often examined how states transformed landscapes in pursuit of economic development and ideological visions of remaking nature. In Remaking the Earth, Exh...
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Yesterday I overheard a woman telling her four-year-old child: “Things don’t usually turn out perfectly. You have to get used to living in the struggle.” That kid is going to grow up to be either the most or least well-adjusted person alive.
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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 28/07/2026
Environmental historians of modern China often examine how states transformed landscapes in pursuit of development and ideological visions of remaking nature. In 'Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People', @mmuscolino.bsky.social shifts focus to the people whose labor enabled those transformations.
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Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People | Made in China Journal
Environmental historians of modern China have often examined how states transformed landscapes in pursuit of economic development and ideological visions of remaking nature. In Remaking the Earth, Exh...
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 24/07/2026
Translations: On Foreign and Domestic Media and "Man-Made Problems Lurking Behind Natural Disasters" "All of this ought to be common sense by now. But here we are in 2026, and we’re having to reiterate it yet again, which is truly lamentable."
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Translations: On Foreign and Domestic Media and "Man-Made Problems Lurking Behind Natural Disasters"
Disaster preparedness and disaster-relief efforts are hot topics on Chinese social media as the country braces for as many as three new typhoons in the next
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Made in China Journal" published a conversation between Yuan Gao and I about my recent book. @uwapress.uw.edu madeinchinajournal.com/2026/07/27/r...
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Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People | Made in China Journal
Environmental historians of modern China have often examined how states transformed landscapes in pursuit of economic development and ideological visions of remaking nature. In Remaking the Earth, Exh...
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#SEENatCASBS
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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
‘Global Environment’ 19.2 is live. It's a special issue on ‘Imagining Planetary Health, Wellbeing and Habitability: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities’, edited by L. Klassen and C. Mauch: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/cu... #envhum @globalenvironment.bsky.social #openaccess
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ESEH NEXTGATe @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The journal French Historical Studies is especially interested in early-career researchers contributing to the upcoming #EnvHist issue. Deadline: 31 August. Read the full call here:
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H-Net @h-net-humanities.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
FEATURED JOB: Baylor University - Assistant Professor of Chinese, Tenure networks.h-net.org/jobs/70143/b... #job #education #academia #highered #language
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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I just finished @mmuscolino.bsky.social's Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People, one of the most interesting books I've read in a long time, on the burden of conservation in rural communities of China, focused on a county in eastern Gansu in the Loess Plateau. uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People
State-led conservation transformed Gansu's landscape—rural communities bore the costsFrom the 1940s to the 1960s, soil and water conservation measures tran...
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A view from CASBS, 8 July 2026
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Very concerning - the US has always operated under the a "strategic ambiguity" framework with respect to Japan, where we do not state explicitly whether it is Islamic or not.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Check out Adriaan Denbroeder's review of Micah S. Muscolino's "Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People: The Burden of Conservation in Modern China," published in 2025 by @uwapress.uw.edu; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #conservation www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/07/2026
Harvard Faces Pressure To Fire Confederate Generals theonion.com/harvard-faces-pressure…
Harvard Faces Pressure To Fire Confederate Generals
Top Southern Commanders Still Hold Endowed Chairs
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cover images of books entered into CASBS's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection - books conceived, initiated, completed, or otherwise undertaken by fellows during their residence with us and which acknowledge the Center - in recent months More about them and others: casbs.stanford.edu/about/recent...
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I appreciate the effort that Adriaan Denbroeder devoted to writing this thorough and perceptive review of my book for H-NET. Looking forward to reading their work in the future!
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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A great opportunity for historians of science "Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philosophy of Science" usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philosophy of Science
2 x full time, continuing positions, located on the Camperdown Campus in the Faculty of Science Build your research and apply your expertise by contributing as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Pro...
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Michael Parks @jurassicparks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Not much discussion on Bluesky, but it's currently the U.N. Intl Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. Lots of interesting stuff being put out, including this primer on the persistent myth that pastoralists have caused widespread desertification pastres.org/2026/06/19/c...
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Challenging desertification narratives
Dogogicha Camps in Kenya. Picture by Tahira Mohamed Desertification narratives often frame interventions in pastoral areas. Building on much past research, the PASTRES programme extended the critiq…
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
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Assistant Professor
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 25/06/2026
PODCAST "A Hundred Years of CCP Borderlands Policies": How the notions of borderlands, nation-building, and ethnic policies have been intertwined throughout 100 years of #CCP existence with @rollandnadege.bsky.social, @bennoweiner.bsky.social, Robert Barnett, @jleibold.bsky.social: bit.ly/3QzsUdL
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Rosaldo's commentary on the implications of Miner's "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" will always be a classic.
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 19/06/2026
Looking for classroom resources for courses in African American history? Check out these videos from The Future of the African American Past, a landmark 2016 conference co-hosted by the AHA & the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture that brought together 60+ scholars.
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The Future of the African American Past – AHA
The AHA and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture co-hosted The Future of the African American Past, a landmark conference to celebrate the opening of the NMAAHC.
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Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The July 2026 special issue of the Journal of Chinese History featuring 9 contributions on the history of Chinese food culture and 25 book reviews covering various aspects of Chinese history across time is now online. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊: Volume 10 - History of Chinese Food Culture | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 - Volume 10 - History of Chinese Food Culture
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/06/2026
McDonald’s Warns Corporate Employees To Beware Emails From Sender Purporting To Be Grimace theonion.com/mcdonalds-warns-corpor…
McDonald’s Warns Corporate Employees To Beware Emails From Sender Purporting To Be Grimace
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The performers for the Obama Presidential Library opening on June 18 have been announced: Stevie Wonder John Legend Jennifer Hudson The Roots Bruce Springsteen Christina Aguilera Marsai Martin Common U2’s Bono and The Edge Eddie Vedder Marc Anthony Tems
The performers for the Obama Presidential Library opening on June 18 have been announced:

Stevie Wonder
John Legend
Jennifer Hudson
The Roots
Bruce Springsteen
Christina Aguilera
Marsai Martin
Common
U2’s Bono and The Edge
Eddie Vedder
Marc Anthony
Tems
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Looks like a villainous and totally uncool remake of the movie Belly.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/06/2026
MLB Demands Return Of All Foul Balls theonion.com/mlb-demands-return-of-…
MLB Demands Return Of All Foul Balls
‘They Belong To Us And We Want Them Back,’ League Informs Fans
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Mao's China is often dismissed as a period of ecological destruction, but the reality is more complex. As our video of the week details, water and soil conservation campaigns coexisted with pollution. Ft @mmuscolino.bsky.social & @michaeldavidson.bsky.social at @gpsucsd.bsky.social buff.ly/5mXPzty
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A copy of the NEW BOOK "Revolutionary Natures," edited by @mmuscolino.bsky.social during his 2023-24 CASBS fellowship year, has entered into the Center's world renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📚 🙌 About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Spurs in the second half.
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Jiang Zemin: Too Simple, Sometimes Naive
ALT: Jiang Zemin: Too Simple, Sometimes Naive
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Too young
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Spurs in the second half.
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Jiang Zemin: Too Simple, Sometimes Naive
ALT: Jiang Zemin: Too Simple, Sometimes Naive
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Interesting and unusual job posting, for a historian of computing/technology with aspirations to work in the museum field: computerhistory.org/jobs/oral-hi...
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Oral History Program Manager
Details Classification: Exempt, Temporary (3–4 year term, with full benefits), Fulltime, Hybrid (minimum 40% onsite) Location: Mountain View, CA Department: Collections & Exhibitions (Artifacts, Archi...
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rose-anne gush @rsenne.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Please share and send your ideas before July 1 Metabolic Commons: Against Entropic Zones and the Ecology That War Built Feminist Political Ecology Workshop: Call for Papers Ca' Foscari Univ. of Venice Sept 21–22, 2026 organised with @antoniamajaca.bsky.social
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Metabolic Commons: Against Entropic Zones and the Ecology That War Built - Announcements - e-flux
Metabolic Commons: Against Entropic Zones and the Ecology That War Built call for papers.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
is this about me
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Josh Nygren @joshuanygren.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Truly honored and humbled to receive the Saloutos award tonight from the Agricultural History Society! @uncpress.bsky.social
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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · 02/06/2026
Our Summer Book Sale is on now! Save 40% and enjoy free domestic shipping on *all* books on our website—including preorders. Use code WARM26 at checkout. uwapress.uw.edu/summer-readi...
University of Washington Press Summer Books Sale
40% off and free domestic shipping with code WARM26, June 1–Jully 11
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