THE CRITICAL PROMISES OF THE HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE: PERSPECTIVES FROM EAST ASIAN STUDIES This essay, written from the vantage point of a historian specialized in early modern Japan, asks if and in what capacity the history of knowledge offers an advantage for our understanding of the pas...

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Latecomer time: Theologizing development and population in Cold War Taiwan, 1950-1969 This paper applies Carl Schmitt’s katechon—the restrainer of doom in Christian eschatology – to ideas about population and development in Cold War Taiwan. Focusing on the authoritarian regime’s all...

New publication! Building on the biopolitical literature of family planning, my article scrutinizes population and development in postwar Taiwan from the perspective of #politicaltheology.

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Transition without Transformation | 11 | Space Warrior and the Ambigui This chapter studies Space Warrior (taikong zhanshi, 1984–87), a television series produced by the Chinese Television System (CTS) in Taiwan, and juxtaposes a

In the fabulous volume edited by Sophia Staite, I wrote about an obscure but fascinating Taiwan-made tokusatsu series and how it reflects the ambivalence of justice in the final days of martial law.

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Just read CS Song's Third Eye Theology. Really drew me to contextual theology and Church's engagement with third-worldism in the 70s!

Monitor display of Northern Ryukyu Islands, Japan and coral bleaching alert area level 4 (high). Sea surface temperature anomaly is relatively high.

People looking down at the coral health monitor at ground level and looking up at video installation of "CORAL SONIC RESILIENCE." In the foreground is a solar-powered device that was part of Marco Barotti's acoustic intervention.

Sounds of healthy reefs can help corals grow! 🎶🪸 Reclaiming '🐢s All the Way Down' Working Group @mpiwg.bsky.social visited media artist Marco Barotti's exhibit "Beyond Us" @ berlinscienceweek.com/exhibition-beyond-us 日本の皆様、Coral Sonic Resilienceが2026年2月13-15日まで、DIGSHIBUYAで展示される予定です。 #ecology #marine

“To Be Mindful of Their Sensitivities:” The Chinese American Chemical Society and the Scientific Diaspora This paper investigates the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) as an organisation of the scientific diaspora at the end of the Cold War. Established in 1981 by mostly first-generation immigra...

Glad to publish with @shacorg.bsky.social on the Chinese American Chemical Society and science diplomacy in the 1970s-80s

Very grateful for the generous financial & research support of @sciencehistory.org

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Printed copies of Everlasting Flowers are gorgeous! But the digital version is #openaccess for anyone to read: brill.com/display/titl....

A book presentation takes place at the KB in The Hague on 3 December. You are warmly invited! To register: tickets.kb.nl/nl-NL/Show/D...

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Just published this article on how government tried to reduce "wasteful festivals" in postwar #Taiwan

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From Cold War to Cold Brew: Crop Replacement Strategies, Bean Logistics, and Ethnicized Coffee Commerce in Northern Thailand In the past three decades specialty coffees have gained greater visibility in the high-end consumer marketplace. These coffees include Arabica varieties grown in northern Thailand, the borderlands ...

New article on the Golden Triangle and the legacy of development-as-counterinsurgency @anu-chl.bsky.social

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Was in New Zealand last month for the #ICHST. The paper on rodent control in Cold War Taiwan is now part of the special issue proposal for BJHS theme!

Glad to present at the World Congress of Taiwan Studies 😎

Great commentary by @hung.bio and Po-hsun!

Fair Enough?—Scientific and Historic Perspectives on Sex Controversies at the Paris 2024 Olympics Published in East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2025)

Perhaps biology is not fair. We need generosity and inclusiveness instead.

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Counting Rats, Showing Progress: Rural Mobilisation and the Biopolitics of Pests in Taiwan,1950–1975 YouTube video by China Studies Centre

My talk on rodent control in Taiwan is now available online 🐀

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Medicine on a Larger Scale Cambridge Core - Global History - Medicine on a Larger Scale

in the fabulous anthology *Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine*, edited by Warwick Anderson, Jeremy A. Greene, and Ann Kweim Lie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025). The whole volume is #OpenAccess

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Will give a talk at 近史所 on 27 May 😊

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Recently I'm writing about a demographer who was among the first postwar student sent from Taiwan to Princeton under Rockefeller Foundation grant. Just realized that the person (98 yrs old!) is willing to have an interview. Has the rare moment when a historical figure comes alive 🤯🤯

Counting Rats, Showing Progress Join us for a webinar by Dr Leo Chu that traces rat eradication's biopolitics in postwar Taiwan

I'll talk about rodent control in postwar #Taiwan tomorrow

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