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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Another nice review of Spectacles of Waste, this time in Isis, up front. 'Pungent, playful, and consistently thought-provoking.' Thanks Paul Kreitman! @isisjournal.bsky.social #histsci #histmed #histstm #STS

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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This was a surprise—a thoughtful and knowledgeable backgrounder on the Taiwan and Hong Kong political struggles, with an unexpected detour to.. Columbia University

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Glad to see this double review by @paulkreitman.bsky.social finally out... "For all these reasons, the distance between here and Hong Kong feels less like a chasm than a gap."

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A great review piece. And not just because of the following sentences in it: "It is hard to imagine [Jimmy Lai] will not die in prison. But who knows what the future has in store? Just look at Taiwan."

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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 13/02/2026

A fantastic article about Taiwan and Hong Kong

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Colpizen @colpizen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"Pour paraphraser D. Graeber les historiens peuvent ns dire pourquoi le colonialisme s’est produit, mais les sociologues peuvent ns dire que faire à ce sujet. C'est l'approche adoptée par Ching Kwan Lee ds *Pour toujours Hong Kong : la lutte d'une ville mondiale pour la décolonisation* (2025)"

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"These are dark times, and the direction of travel looks grim. But who knows what the future has in store? Just look at Taiwan." Paul Kreitman on Chris Horton’s “Ghost Nation” and CK Lee’s “Forever Hong Kong” lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghost-n…

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Paul Kreitman @paulkreitman.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

Students were peacefully protesting the forced starvation and aerial bombardment of a civilian population. The university’s president had them suspended and arrested by the NYPD. This makes me ashamed to work at Columbia.

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Modern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

We are thrilled to announce the three finalists for the 2024 MJHA Book Prize (given to a book published in 2022). The winner will be announced next week, so stay tuned!

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Agenda item for your next departmental meeting

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

High on my eager to read list for 2024 (for many reasons), @tsmullaney.bsky.social’s The Chinese Computer, just saw the cover for it, an excellent one mitpress.mit.edu/978026204751...

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The Chinese Computer

The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing.A standard QWERTY keyboa...

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

A tragically prescient cartoon from Nov. 1943—a year before major air raids began in earnest—about a “Fire fighting suicide corps” [Housewife]: “I’m a member of a fire fighting suicide corps. We are working hard on practicing because without air defense training we can’t respond to an emergency.”

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Paul Kreitman @paulkreitman.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

I’m on parental leave right now so don’t expect much from me. But here is a picture of a dovecote.

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