Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia By Chiara Formichi This is a multilayered book about the colonial, national, and religious landscape of Indonesia in the first half of the twentieth century, and especially h

And more from the advanced articles, Ilyse R Morgenstein Fuerst's review of Chiara Formichi's Domestic #Nationalism: #Muslim Women, Health, and #Modernity in #Indonesia:

The Oxford Handbook of Lived Buddhism Edited by Courtney Bruntz and Brooke Schedneck Scholars in Buddhist studies have long engaged in debates over the scope and location of authority within a field in which knowledge production has been de

Beiyin's insightful review of The Oxford Handbook of Lived #Buddhism edited by Courtney Bruntz and Brooke Schedneck:

//Building on the broader turn toward “ #livedreligion”... “lived Buddhism” offers an overarching framework through which Buddhism in the plural...can be more fully represented//

Buddhism and Islam: Mutual Engagements in Southeast Asia and Japan By Kieko Obuse In a field often dominated by narratives of conflict and civilizational clash, Kieko Obuse’s Buddhism and Islam: Mutual Engagements in Southeast Asia and J

Iqbal's brilliant review of Kieko Obuse's #Buddhism and #Islam: Mutual Engagements in Southeast #Asia and #Japan:

"In a field often dominated by narratives of conflict and civilizational clash...amplified in recent decades by media coverage of violence in Myanmar, southern Thailand, and elsewhere"

New PUB👀! This article traces #filialpiety from its origins in ancestor worship, its institutionalization in #legal codes, state examinations, & state-sponsored rewards, its religious dimensions in Daoism & Buddhism, to its incorporation in modern state #governance: Filial Piety in #EastAsia:

typo, *Journal of the American Academy of Religion

The point of diff Chinese translations is indeed interesting; the PRC one is the most #secular, to avoid religion in popular imagination & discourse (& for “religion” to serve the official, implicit political religion)

Issues | Journal of the American Academy of Religion | Oxford Academic The official journal of the American Academy of Religion. Publishes research that covers the full range of world religious traditions together with provocative studies of the methodologies by which th...

Journal of the American of Religion March 2026: Stephanie Wong on Scottish Missions to China/ #JamesLegge #理雅各 ‘s legacy, Iqbal Akhtar on Teena Purohit’s Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of #Muslim #Modernism, Nevin Reda on God’s Other Book: The Qur’an between History and Ideology and more:

“We don’t need a coupon. We’re the government.”
“Which government?”
“All of it.”

#projecthailmary

Episode 7 | Being Muslim in China | Made in China Journal This month, China’s National People’s Congress held its annual meeting and passed a new law on ‘promoting ethnic unity and progress’. The legislation further codifies the suppression of non-Han langua...

The new episode of our 开门见山 podcast is out! In the wake of the adoption of the new 'ethnic unity law', @yangyangcheng.bsky.social speaks with @dbyler.bsky.social and @rianthum.bsky.social on centuries of Islamic life in China, the repression in Xinjiang, and how identities survive state violence.

In the case of #Taiwan, the changing role of #religion in official #politics further reflects how traditional Chinese religions can contribute to #democratic and #decolonial processes.

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Examining the role of traditional Chinese #religions in official HK politics further reveals the dual nature of colonialism and the double decolonial empowerment in embracing traditional religious symbols as a form of resistance, providing a valuable perspective for post/ decolonial studies. 3/

while the same religious ties can also contribute to #democratization and help decentralize this internal hegemony and #colonialism

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Religion and Official Politics in Contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan With increasing discussions on political deification and the official references to traditional religions in the People's Republic of China (PRC), recent debates on the PRC's alleged infiltration ove....

OPEN ACCESS! a decolonial perspective from #Sinophonestudies demonstrates how religious ties can be instrumentalized by internal hegemony, marginalizing #hongkong & #Taiwan in both “Greater #China” and global power imaginaries,

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14/3 10:30 Pedagogy Under Threat (in the U.S. and Beyond), VCC 212
19:30: Society for the study of Chinese religions, challenges of journal editing roundtable, Pan Pacific Hotel, Oceanview Suite 6

Friends! Let me know where & when your panels are, and hope to see you there!

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My AAS schedule:
10 - 11/3 Backreading Hong Kong Symposium, Asia Centre Auditorium, UBC (my own book talk at 2 PM, 10/3)
13/3 9:00 Democratic Strategies under Threats of Fascism, VCC 115
14/3 8:30 discussant for the Longue Durée Perspectives on Secularization in the Sinophone World, VCC 219

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No matter which institution you hail from, we'd love to hear about your experiences navigating these turbulent times across the globe. Read more and bookmark the event here! cdmcd.co/XKv9qq

Pedagogy Under Threat (in the U.S. and Beyond) - Sponsored by AAS Diversity and Equity Committee Sat, March 14, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Location: VCC, Room 212 Over the last decade, higher education has experienced a disconcerting variety of threats which have taken a variety of forms at institutions globally, include but are not limited to restrictions on academic freedom, budget cuts and the adjunctification of instruction, the elimination of entire departments, surveillance, and much more. In recent years, the United States in particular has been a site of further and accelerated existential attacks on the infrastructure of the humanities, area studies, higher education as a whole, and students whose identities or activism make them vulnerable, destabilizing the foundations of critical pedagogy and rejecting the necessity of diversity, equity, and justice for educators and students alike. The reckless and often extractive push towards new and little-understood technologies like generative AI without consideration of their influence on teaching, research, or student development further hinders instructors of every discipline and background. Finally, the militarization of campus security, including intensive surveillance technology, has restricted free speech. With repercussions far beyond North American academic circles, these trends both echo and resonate with the experiences of colleagues and institutions around the world. These targeted forms of disempowerment have effects well beyond US borders, necessitating that we both raise awareness of these issues and collaborate on strategic paths forward.

As we get closer to #AAS2026, a number of scholars on the Diversity and Equity Committee panel "Pedagogy Under Threat (in the U.S. & Beyond)" have found that they cannot attend the conference due to visa issues. We are therefore encouraging scholars to stop by and share in this important discussion.

Call for Informal Participants - Pedagogy under Threat

Sat 3/14, 10:30 (VCC Rm 212). Designed Panel, Diversity and Equity Committee @asianstudies.org

Several scholars cannot attend due to visa issues. Please stop by & join this important discussion! Thank you!

AAS Diversity and Equity Committee

If in #Vancouver/ going to #AAS2026 !

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 2:00-2:45pm, Auditorium, Asian Center, UBC

To register: hksi.ubc.ca/events/event...

@tingguowrites.bsky.social's book talk on 27 Jan (Tuesday) at @utsc.utoronto.ca!

Beating the Villain with a Slipper: Rituals of Reparation in Urban Hong Kong - CURE

The Reparation Blog: Beating the Villain with a Slipper: Rituals of Reparation in Urban Hong Kong

by @myetcetera.bsky.social:

As friends in the US sharing rage & heartbreak for #alexpretti , some young activists #hk47 in HK were finally released after all these years. It’s not only a time for comparing global authoritarianism, but also for rethinking the foundations & trajectories of democracy and liberalism…

The most inspiring aspect of Anderson’s Imagined Communities: how colonialism engenders anti-colonial nationalisms (& its relationship to the paradox of Marxist nationalism).

“… Lineage formation in China is not so much a matter of residence and “biology” as it is of politics and economics.”

Noticing smth new each time in Village Life in #HongKong: #Politics, #Gender,& #Ritual in the New Territories: it was written during the Cultural Revolution/right after the “67 riot” in HK; the Watsons contextualised the political-economic making of Chinese patrilineage (“ #Confucianism”❌)

The Burdens of Love in Public Discourse in China Thu, Jan 29 2026, 4:30 - 6pm |

This looks wildly similar to my book. 1) who at Yale invited him 2) will anyone challenge him at the talk?

macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/eve...

中国Z世代：快速吸粉近200万的抖音号背后，“电子爸妈”让他们迷上别样的家庭 - BBC News 中文 “电子爸妈会且只会嘘寒问暖，问我今天开不开心……我上班和同事沟通已经很累了，不想再听吃了一代红利的人教我怎么做人情往来。”

Honored to have contributed to the reporting of this fascinating phenomenon of "digital parents" & Q of "East Asian families;" thx for quoting my book on the politicization of (parental) love => the Internet has become a resort for expressing familial intimacy & #love:

www.bbc.com/zhongwen/art...

Happy new year! 1st book talk in 2026 & first time on UTSC campus! RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#toronto #love #booksky #utsc

👇 The traditional Chinese characters translation of The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing will be available at Eslite among other places once it publishes soon www.eslite.com/product/1001...