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Ya Zuo 左娅

@zuoya.bsky.social
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Historian, middle and late imperial China, cultural history, history of emotions, Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara

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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 21h
Congratulations to everyone whose panels are accepted by the AAS! If your panel includes papers that fall in our temporal range, apply to our sponsorship!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Journal of Song Yuan Studies invites submissions for a special section on Han'er yuyan 漢兒語言. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Job alert: The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in either middle period China (Six Dynasties to Yuan) or modern China (late Qing to present). Link in comments.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Forwarding this to my colleagues who teach Chinese at Bowdoin
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/08/2026
演出现场见! on.nyc.gov/broadway
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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just now reading proofs of an excellent forthcoming work on the multilingual #Ming www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067..., so here's the 1409 Galle trilingual (Chinese, Persian, Tamil) inscription for #EpigraphyTuesday www.unesco.org/en/memory-wo...
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Jin Xu @jin-xu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Cover of my forthcoming book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠: 𝑆𝑜𝑔𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Just a reminder, emotions historians take note. Please continue to circulate the cfp.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Dr. Fan Ka Wai at City University of Hong Kong has a new book on Yuan medicine out. Very important work!
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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
10th anniversary issue of @ehcsjournal.bsky.social is now out! We’re thinking the future of emotions, including an article by me on what it means to call something an ‘age of…’ anger, anxiety etc. brill.com/view/journal...
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We need you! The society is seeking three new board members. Please consider nominating a colleague or yourself!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Again, the No. 54 Issue of the Journal of Song Yuan Studies is out! Please renew your membership to receive a hardcopy of the journal and continue to support us.🐎
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Many thanks to everyone who came to the SSYCDS annual meeting at the AAS in Vancouver! We had a full house again this year, with a bigger room and a longer layout of food. It seems the larger gathering is now our new normal.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Had two days of stimulating discussion at the History of East Eurasia conference at UBC. Taking a breath—and now the AAS begins!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If you are attending the AAS in Vancouver, I hope you'll also consider joining this wonderful conference on East Eurasia.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Took my grad seminar to the UCLA rare book collection. I had requested every Tang and Song item available and seeing them all was deeply satisfying. We had on the table one Tang Dunhuang scroll, three Song Buddhist sutras, one Yuan sutra, along with some Ming and Qing books. Wonderful collection
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Laying my hands on a beautiful Song sutra—the thrill of it!
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UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, & Democracy @ucsbblumcenter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, & Democracy is accepting proposals for two funding opportunities: the Central Coast Regional Equity Initiative and the Dr. U.S. Awasthi Initiative in Cooperative Economics. Learn more at blumcenter.ucsb.edu/research Apply by February 28th, 2026.
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Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
One challenge I find with discussion-based learning is each class inevitably has a handful of students who are less comfortable contributing verbally. The dialectical notebook, (aka, the "silent discussion”) is one way to guide them toward productive engagement. inquiryproject.org/2026/02/17/d...
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Engaging Every Student with the Dialectical Notebook - Inquiry Project
One challenge I encounter with discussion-based learning is that each class inevitably has a handful (or more) of students who are less comfortable contributing verbally. My goal in supporting these s...
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Laurence Westwood @lwestwoodauthor.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Always a happy day when the latest journal arrives from across the pond @ssycds.bsky.social Lots of interesting stuff inside, including a special section on the human senses!! #histbookchat #sinology #China #SongDynasty
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
At the AAS in Vancouver, We also proudly sponsor two panels. Please come support our wonderful colleagues!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Come join us at the AAS in Vancouver! Come early, enjoy some dim sum, and catch up with everyone!
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Right up my alley and wish I could be there. Also, the speaker is my college classmate 😀
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My new piece on the history of the chickpea in premodern China just came out. Wishing you a health near year full of good food! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
St. Augustine (yes, that one), the African. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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‘Insider and Outsider’ | Josephine Quinn
How did Saint Augustine’s African origins and his life among Christians there shape his theology?
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My chapter “Knowledge and Knowing in Neo-Confucianism” is out in the Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy edited by Brook Ziporyn and Stephen Walker. It was a pleasure working with philosophers! www.zuoya.org/_files/ugd/6...
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Congratulations to those whose panels got accepted by the AAS in 2026! If your panel or any of its speakers engage with the 10th-14th century in China, please consider applying for the Society's sponsorship. We look forward to receiving your proposals!
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Bowdoin president's message one Kidder Smith's passing. He was my predecessor as the China historian at Bowdoin. I never met him, but I’ve heard so much about him as a campus legend.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Wrapped up my talks at Princeton and Rutgers. Had a great time catching up with old friends and teachers, and meeting new ones too. Took NJ Transit to and from the airport and landed on the old cars. They look exactly the same as 20 years ago! Felt like I was zapped right back into a time capsule…
With lovely Rutgers colleagues
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I'm excited to return to New Jersey next week to give two talks respectively at Princeton and Rutgers. I'll be speaking about my recent work on Zhu Xi and his theory of emotions. I hadn't excepted a classical topic to spark so much joy of discovery, and I look forward to sharing that.
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The Fourth Middle-Period China Humanities conference in Hong Kong, summer 2026. Hope to see many of you there!
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Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Oxford Studies in Medieval History is now Oxford Studies in the New Medieval History. Glad to be part of the opening up of this great series to global approaches. We are looking forward to receiving book manuscripts in global #medieval history. More info in the flyer: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Just in case anyone else finds the idea of blood-stained tears oddly appealing, here's a piece I wrote on the subject www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Wailing Barbarians and Bloody Tears: Affect and Self-other Imagination in Medieval Eastern Eurasia
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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
'Echoes of Great Brightness: The Ming Dynasty and Beyond' In Oxford, 16-17 September. Booking now open. I'm honoured (my goodness, I really am, so grateful to this amazing roster of colleagues) web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
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Echoes of Great Brightness: The Ming Dynasty and Beyond.
An International Conference in Honour of Craig Clunas.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My review of Xuelei Huang's Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell is out in the American Historical Review. This is the first monograph ever written on the history of olfaction in China studies. A pleasant read! academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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Xuelei Huang. Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell.
Xuelei Huang’s Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell is a cultural history of smell in modern China. It delineates an “olfactory revolution” that link
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My friend Chen Hao passed away a month ago. He was a historian of medicine and middle-period Chinese history. He would have turned 42 this July. I wrote this obituary for him. Though I’ve written it, I still don’t have the words for such grief. www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_f...
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左娅︱悼陈昊_上海书评_澎湃新闻-The Paper
陈昊的突然离世,对我来说是一场时间彻底崩塌的事件。我们是在北大本科念书时结识的朋友,迄今已经相识二十余年。这二十年间,我们分别在世界的两头读完博士、入职高校、写
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I gave a talk on male tears in premodern China as part of the Profs at the Pub series, held at the Third Window Brewery in Santa Barbara. First time for me to speak among beer barrels!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Many thanks to everyone who came to the SSYCDS annual meeting at AAS Columbus! We’re so grateful for your support and excitement!
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
For those attending the AAS in Columbus, our Society has prepared a great lineup of activities! Be sure to come find us – see the schedule attached. See you there! #AAS2025 #SongYuanStudies
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Society for the Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies @ssycds.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
For those attending the AAS in Columbus, we’d like to warmly invite you to our roundtable discussion on Christian Lamouroux's La dynastie des Song: Histoire générale de la Chine (960-1279). Join us from 12:15–1:45 PM at Pheoris West A, Hilton Columbus.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My review of Peter Bol's Localizing Learning: The Literati Enterprise in Wuzhou is out in Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. A must-read book please check it out! muse.jhu.edu/pub/109/arti...
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Project MUSE - <i>Localizing Learning: The Literati Enterprise in Wuzhou, 1100–1600</i> by Peter K. Bol (review)
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Posting on behalf of the Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties: we are hosting this exciting roundtable at the AAS in March. This promises to be a wonderful occasion to reflect on the present and future of our field and celebrate the study of Song. Everyone is warmly welcome—see you there!
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is a must read for anyone interested in the study of North China.
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Scott Gregory @xiaoshuoing.com · 30/11/2024
I shared some thoughts about Huan Jin’s excellent book The Collapse of Heaven: youtu.be/H6ySX68b9uo
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Booktalk - The Collapse of HeavenThe Taiping Civil War and Chinese Literature and Culture, 1850-1880
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Jason Protass @protass.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
First copies just arrived: COUNTLESS SANDS: MEDIEVAL BUDDHISTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS (2025) The publisher’s website is shipping now go.hawaii.edu/bXG
Eleven copies of our book “Countless Sands” are stacked one atop the other, with every other spine showing the title. One copy at left is facing out, to show the books cover.
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My book, the Chinese translation of Shen Gua's Empiricism (Harvard, 2018), has been selected for a feature by the Southern Weekly--another major newspaper I grew up with. This is the fifth feature I've received in a month. It still feels unreal...https://www.infzm.com/wap/#/content/283388
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Wayne Soon @waynesoon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Bluesky, here's my 2023 article on the histories of military medicine in East Asia titled, "Military Medicine in East Asia: Histories of Instrumentalism, Resistance, and Agency" in the EASTS journal 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Military Medicine in East Asia: Histories of Instrumentalism, Resistance, and Agency
Published in East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (Vol. 17, No. 2, 2023)
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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
You, tragically falling over while everyone else is tearfully saying goodbye. 7/7
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Ya Zuo 左娅 @zuoya.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I gave a talk on the theory of emotions in Quanzhen Daoism at Harvard last Monday, and I was so touched to see a full room of people there. The insightful questions from colleagues left me feeling energized. It’s exciting to see emotions studies really gaining momentum in premodern China studies!
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