Students of #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies and related fields are invited to apply to present at Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP).
#AIP2026 is free, online, and a perfect opportunity for first-time presenters. anthrozoologyconference.com
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I feel that most people underappreciate Local Gazetteers #地方志 for their artistic value. They often contain lots of beautifully drawn pictures and maps of natural and populated areas in the region. Check out some of these pictures from the 熱河志!
Close-up of a globe focusing on China and surrounding countries for a dissertation workshop on Global China’s transregional connections.
*Updated CFP* PhD candidates are invited to apply for the AAS Global China dissertation workshop, October 3-5 at NYU Shanghai. All application materials must be submitted by May 30.
Thanks to Henry Luce Foundation for its support!
https://bit.ly/AAS-GlobalChina
A glimpse into St Michael's Church (聖彌愛爾大教堂), Qingdao (China). Construction began in the German concession around 1932 under the auspices of the Steyler missionaries. It is a Roman-style architecture and was used until around 1950.
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Today we launch a new mini-series on the History of Philosophy in China podcast, covering "fa" thought or "Legalism."
Was it a coherent tradition, and does it deserve its nasty reputation?
www.historyofphilosophy.net/legalism
#philosophy #podcasts #legalism #chinesephilosophy #philsky
A late Qin 秦 dynasty wooden map, excavated in Fangmatan 放馬灘 No. 1 (Gansu, Tianshui 甘肅省天水市). #cartography #chinesehistory #china #manuscripts #maps #geography #research #history #archeology #asia
The Year of the Horse is celebrated with a play on words at this hotel in China: 马屁拍拍，好运即来, "Pat pat the horse butt, and good luck will come soon". The proverbial phrase "patting the horse butt" means "to flatter someone" in Chinese.
*...lesser known is that...
A sign at the Laoshan Daoist Temple, saying that minors are not permitted to participate in religious activities. Under 18-year-olds may not be present at religious ceremonies under Chinese law.
Qingdao No. 9 High School traces its roots back to German missionary and sinologist Richard Wilhelm (衛禮賢, 1879-1930), who translated a large number of Chinese classics into German. Lesser known that the Chinese scholar Lao Naixuan 勞乃宣 (1843-1921) helped him with the translations .
An early ad for #Tsingtao beer.
A vision of Wang Chaoge 王潮歌, there is a lot of interactive elements and humour in some plays. For example, the observer can become part of a bickering Chinese high school class from the 80s, navigating puberty through instruction in the Hongloumeng by a passionate teacher, a nostalgic reminiscence.
There are overall 20 different plays put on, and some visitors come several days in a row to see them all. Some are interactive, and they all interweave bombastic light and visual effects and narration with the stageplay.
I was interviewed about my impressions of the Dream of Red Mansions plays at Langfang Hongloumeng Huancheng 廊坊《紅樓夢》幻城, a kind of artist's dreamland that interweaves influences from the classic novel with very large-scale stage technology. I will share some thoughts below.
Another view of the CNAPC.
Impressions from the exhibitions of textual and cultural heritage at the China National Archives of Publications and Culture (中國國家版本館）. They are not yet publicly accessible, but house a comprehensive collection of textual artefacts in an effort to preserve China's cultural heritage.
A Qing-era city gate in Hengchun, #Taiwan.
Talisman in a temple in Hengchun 恆春, #Taiwan.
Please join us on 29 April 2026 for PLANTS, an online workshop and the third event in our Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia. #HistSTM
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2026/0...
The 2026 call for scholars at risk is open until 24 April at my alma mater
Up to ten 1-year postdocs (renewable once), all disciplines, admin and mental health support, colleagues who care
I like to call it CMOS (Chia-wei Manual of Style).
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This open-access interdisciplinary volume on #insects looks intriguing! Seems like it will have a contribution on insects in #HanChina, specifically the Lunheng #論衡 , by a weirdly familiar guy @lmu.de ... www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb... #history #animalstudies #sinology #philosophy
/2 Another depicts "Accepting the red-haired foreigners' submission" (shoufu hongmao fan 收服紅毛番), commemorating Koxinga's victory. This temple is hidden in a pretty remote fishing hamlet between Taitung and Hualien.
Illustrations at a #Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功) shrine in #Taitung 臺東 (Eastern #Taiwan). One shows Zheng's ships (flying banners with the character Zheng 鄭) attacking a Dutch fortress (marked by the character He 荷 for Helan 荷蘭). /1
The mountaneous areas of #Miaoli county are famous for their strawberries. This is a "pick your own"...field (but no need to bend down). Tip: ask for a sample from different owners, the difference was noticeable (even at adjacent plots). #Taiwan
Notice that the name #Trump is written/pronounced differently in mainland China and #Taiwan respectively (I am not sure if there are also differences across regions of #China): in China, he is called Telangpu 特郎普, in Taiwan Chuanpu 川普, just as here.
Ad for a #Taichung local politician (sorry his face is covered) who says he "would very much like to kick #Trump's arse" (很想揍川普). Not sure what this says about his goals for a Taiwanese city district (北屯, biggest current discussion topic is a high road expansion) flashy campaign for sure.
Steak restaurant near Yongchun 永春 MRT (Taipei) that combines three characters consisting of first one, then two, then three "human" radicals: 人从众. What is supposedly meant as visual play revals a philosophic message: "humans follow the crowd". Profound for a place selling slices of dead cow. #台北
