William A. Callahan 柯嵐安
@billcallahan.bsky.social
China curious
filmmaker and writer
for films and articles see: SensiblePolitics.Net/
Latest film: "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China", see trailer: https://vimeo.com/962136803
filmmaker and writer
for films and articles see: SensiblePolitics.Net/
Latest film: "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China", see trailer: https://vimeo.com/962136803
Pinned
Hypervisible China
This is the second article in the four-part (In)Visible China: Understanding Chinese Global Orders series, co-hosted by LSE IDEAS’ China Foresight and the International Orders Research Unit. …
blogs.lse.ac.uk
My essay "Hypervisible China" examines how China’s presence in the Global South can be understood through the dynamic of invisibility and hypervisibility, which means that the PRC struggles to be seen in a “normal” way.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2024/11/...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2024/11/...
That's 22 film festivals and 6 awards, to date!
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (me and Kieran Hanson, co-directors) was just selected by two film festivals via FilmFreeway.com!:
1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan
2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India
1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan
2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
That's 22 film festivals and 6 awards, to date!
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (me and Kieran Hanson, co-directors) was just selected by two film festivals via FilmFreeway.com!:
1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan
2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India
1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan
2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (me and Kieran Hanson, co-directors) was just selected by two film festivals via FilmFreeway.com!:
1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan
2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India
1) International Burabay Short Film Festival, 30 Nov-2 Dec Kazakhstan
2) Jaipur International Film Festival, 13-15 Feb 2026, India
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🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
"Neoclassical Realist Theory of Populist Foreign Policy" just out with @risjnl.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
I explore how populism affects state behavior over time. This aims at further integrating populism scholarship into, and combining it with, IR theory.
1/9
"Neoclassical Realist Theory of Populist Foreign Policy" just out with @risjnl.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
I explore how populism affects state behavior over time. This aims at further integrating populism scholarship into, and combining it with, IR theory.
1/9
Neoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Neoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy
www.cambridge.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
"Neoclassical Realist Theory of Populist Foreign Policy" just out with @risjnl.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
I explore how populism affects state behavior over time. This aims at further integrating populism scholarship into, and combining it with, IR theory.
1/9
"Neoclassical Realist Theory of Populist Foreign Policy" just out with @risjnl.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
I explore how populism affects state behavior over time. This aims at further integrating populism scholarship into, and combining it with, IR theory.
1/9
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Goa Short Film Festival (India, November 15 – 16, 2025) via FilmFreeway.com!
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Goa Short Film Festival (India, November 15 – 16, 2025) via FilmFreeway.com!
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Here's me on the KMT chair election in my latest for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/10/taiw...
thediplomat.com/2025/10/taiw...
Taiwan’s KMT Has a New Chair
Cheng Li-wun, a deep-blue figure, won despite allegations that the CCP was interfering to boost her candidacy.
thediplomat.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Here's me on the KMT chair election in my latest for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/10/taiw...
thediplomat.com/2025/10/taiw...
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Little Venice Film Festival (London 22-28 October) via FilmFreeway.com!
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Amazing news! "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" was just selected by Little Venice Film Festival (London 22-28 October) via FilmFreeway.com!
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Congratulations to @audreyt.org for being one of the recipients of the 2025 Right Livelihood Awards
rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...
rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...
Audrey Tang - Right Livelihood
rightlivelihood.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Congratulations to @audreyt.org for being one of the recipients of the 2025 Right Livelihood Awards
rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...
rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...
@nhledbetter Thanks
Not sure I can add anything about this specific poster, but posters using pictures of the 4 of them appeared as early as 1983 in the post-Mao rehab of purged figures.
From chineseposters.net/posters/e13-...
From chineseposters.net/posters/e13-...
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@nhledbetter Thanks
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Any clues about this Chinese propaganda poster that seems to photoshop in Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De?
It's from a family house in a market town in Hainan, 2016
It's from a family house in a market town in Hainan, 2016
September 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Any clues about this Chinese propaganda poster that seems to photoshop in Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De?
It's from a family house in a market town in Hainan, 2016
It's from a family house in a market town in Hainan, 2016
Hey all, my article "The Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped Line" is published in _Geopolitics_ today: it's OA, so please click and download, for free!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped Line
This article develops ‘the imperial gaze’ concept to explore how maps not only represent the world, but also do things in geopolitics, even provoking mass demonstrations. It examines China’s early-...
www.tandfonline.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hey all, my article "The Imperial Gaze: Affective Governance, Hybrid Cartography, and China’s U-Shaped Line" is published in _Geopolitics_ today: it's OA, so please click and download, for free!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Seoul Whistler Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
September 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Seoul Whistler Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
thanks
September 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
thanks
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Entry level kids Mandarin books
September 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Entry level kids Mandarin books
@mikeygow.bsky.social
Wow! what is the source?
here he is at 2024 New Year Gala:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=onow...
Wow! what is the source?
here he is at 2024 New Year Gala:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=onow...
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@mikeygow.bsky.social
Wow! what is the source?
here he is at 2024 New Year Gala:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=onow...
Wow! what is the source?
here he is at 2024 New Year Gala:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=onow...
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It's a great pleasure to see this published, my translation of Second Skin, the Chinese novelette by emerging female writer Dan Shi, science fiction about feminism, technology and the female body. #scifi #China #sff www.easternwood.co/herstory-en-1/
September 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's a great pleasure to see this published, my translation of Second Skin, the Chinese novelette by emerging female writer Dan Shi, science fiction about feminism, technology and the female body. #scifi #China #sff www.easternwood.co/herstory-en-1/
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We just launched the new 7th edition of Wilkinson, this time as a digital-only version but available through Kindle and Apple Books as well as through Pleco. $59.99, or $29.99 if you buy it in Pleco as an upgrade from 5/e or 6/e.
Chinese History: A New Manual, Seventh Edition
www.pleco.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We just launched the new 7th edition of Wilkinson, this time as a digital-only version but available through Kindle and Apple Books as well as through Pleco. $59.99, or $29.99 if you buy it in Pleco as an upgrade from 5/e or 6/e.
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A level entry data revealed today shows that Economics and Politics continue to grow in popularity with students – while other social sciences, humanities and arts face declines. See the full story here:
A level results 2025: Economics and Politics still popular with students, while other social sciences and humanities continue to decline
New A level entry data reveals that Economics and Politics continue to grow in popularity with students – with entries up by +5.5% and +1.2% respectively compared to last year.
buff.ly
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A level entry data revealed today shows that Economics and Politics continue to grow in popularity with students – while other social sciences, humanities and arts face declines. See the full story here:
This is an excellent article that deserves to be widely read and cited.
Congratulations Sara Wong!
Congratulations Sara Wong!
🚨New First View Article🚨
"Towards an anti-colonial aesthetic politics: Surrealist praxis and epistemic refusal" by Sara Wong is now available #OpenAccess!
Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/Dqt5SD3
"Towards an anti-colonial aesthetic politics: Surrealist praxis and epistemic refusal" by Sara Wong is now available #OpenAccess!
Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/Dqt5SD3
August 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is an excellent article that deserves to be widely read and cited.
Congratulations Sara Wong!
Congratulations Sara Wong!
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It could have been better but was good enough that I’ll keep watching
"First Two Episodes of 'Zero Day Attack' are a Mixed Bag, But Show Potential for Improvement" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
First Two Episodes of "Zero Day Attack" are a Mixed Bag, But Show Potential for Improvement - No Man Is An Island
For all the enthusiasm around the release of Zero Day Attack, the first two episodes prove a mixed bag. This can be attributed to that the TV series is an anthology, with a different director for each...
nomanisanis.land
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It could have been better but was good enough that I’ll keep watching
Is Libgen working?
if so, which one?
if so, which one?
August 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Is Libgen working?
if so, which one?
if so, which one?
Hey academic peeps,
does anyone have an e-version of Wood and Fels, The Natures of Maps (2008)?
I'm away from my library, and need to take a look.
does anyone have an e-version of Wood and Fels, The Natures of Maps (2008)?
I'm away from my library, and need to take a look.
August 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hey academic peeps,
does anyone have an e-version of Wood and Fels, The Natures of Maps (2008)?
I'm away from my library, and need to take a look.
does anyone have an e-version of Wood and Fels, The Natures of Maps (2008)?
I'm away from my library, and need to take a look.
My film "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (2024, 23min) is showing in London next Tues 10 June, 6:30-8pm
Film trailer: vimeo.com/966479344
Place:
Royal Asiatic Society
14 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HD
maps.app.goo.gl/cYfssY37fYgt...
Film trailer: vimeo.com/966479344
Place:
Royal Asiatic Society
14 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HD
maps.app.goo.gl/cYfssY37fYgt...
The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China - Trailer (2024)
Logline: What can noses tell us Chinese identity, and the PRC's increasingly important place in the world? Abstract: There are so many different kinds of…
vimeo.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My film "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" (2024, 23min) is showing in London next Tues 10 June, 6:30-8pm
Film trailer: vimeo.com/966479344
Place:
Royal Asiatic Society
14 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HD
maps.app.goo.gl/cYfssY37fYgt...
Film trailer: vimeo.com/966479344
Place:
Royal Asiatic Society
14 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HD
maps.app.goo.gl/cYfssY37fYgt...
Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by South Asian Short Film Festival (India) and the KKIFF2025 - Cinebalu Screenings (Malaysia) via FilmFreeway.com! and by the
Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
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June 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by South Asian Short Film Festival (India) and the KKIFF2025 - Cinebalu Screenings (Malaysia) via FilmFreeway.com! and by the
Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Pune Short Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
FilmFreeway.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Amazing news! The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China was just selected by Pune Short Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!