Jeppe Mulich
@jmulich.bsky.social
Teaching history and politics at City St George's. Work on Asia and the Caribbean. Too much time thinking about RPGs. Currently Brighton, previously Hong Kong, New York, Copenhagen.
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Jeppe Mulich
@jmulich.bsky.social
· Mar 17
In a Sea of Empires
Cambridge Core - Global History - In a Sea of Empires
www.cambridge.org
An (updated) Bluesky intro: I work in the intersection of history, sociology, and IR, thinking about empire, law, revolution, and int'l theory. My first book is on the Caribbean in the age of revolutions, new research is on protests and policing in Hong Kong and history of int'l order in the Pacific
Imperial decline is an ugly business.
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Imperial decline is an ugly business.
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My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions.
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
careers.ceu.edu
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions.
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
Latest HK national security news: A 16-year old kid sentenced to three and a half years in jail for involvement in online pro-independence group.
Teen jailed for 3.5 years over HK independence group involvement
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for conspiring to commit secession by "actively participating" in a Taiwan-based group that advocates Hong Kong independence.
hongkongfp.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Latest HK national security news: A 16-year old kid sentenced to three and a half years in jail for involvement in online pro-independence group.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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HK court finds Jimmy Lai guilty on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications.
Jimmy Lai: conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy figure decried as attack on press freedom
Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
HK court finds Jimmy Lai guilty on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications.
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2/2 Our look into the absurdity of Xi's international propaganda push as local and regional centers leap to the challenge.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
2/2 Our look into the absurdity of Xi's international propaganda push as local and regional centers leap to the challenge.
chinamediaproject.org/2025/12/12/g...
chinamediaproject.org/2025/12/12/g...
Rest in peace, Tom Stoppard, one of the twentieth century's best playwrights.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Rest in peace, Tom Stoppard, one of the twentieth century's best playwrights.
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We may not know our neighbours' names or socialise with them but Hongkongers will help complete strangers when the need arises. I've seen it time and time again. Including in 2019.
Hongkongers really do community so well.
Hongkongers built their own SOS map as seven towers burned
When a fatal fire tore through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, thousands of families were glued to a single webpage that offered updates far more quickly than official governmen...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We may not know our neighbours' names or socialise with them but Hongkongers will help complete strangers when the need arises. I've seen it time and time again. Including in 2019.
Awful news out of Tai Po with the death toll rising to 44 and 279 still missing. Seems like contractors cutting corners and government agencies failing to act.
Tai Po fire: 44 dead, 279 missing; 3 arrested as blaze under control
44 people are dead, 279 are missing and dozens are injured after a fire engulfed seven residential towers in Tai Po on Wednesday. Of those hospitalised, 45 remain in a serious condition.
hongkongfp.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Awful news out of Tai Po with the death toll rising to 44 and 279 still missing. Seems like contractors cutting corners and government agencies failing to act.
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powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
Hong Kong: Young activists suffer in silence – DW – 11/25/2025
Five years after a Beijing-imposed national security law reshaped Hong Kong, two young ex-prisoners discover a freedom defined by an unsettling silence.
www.dw.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
I'm trying to finish some writing. Guess the topic.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm trying to finish some writing. Guess the topic.
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In this year's high school diploma exams in Hong Kong, a question about China's "Great Leap Foward" and "People's Commune" policy in Chinese History has sparked debate after the authorities announced that many students failed to discuss the "positive aspects" of those policies.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In this year's high school diploma exams in Hong Kong, a question about China's "Great Leap Foward" and "People's Commune" policy in Chinese History has sparked debate after the authorities announced that many students failed to discuss the "positive aspects" of those policies.
This arrived at the perfect time, just as I'm preparing to cover Taiwan in my modern China module.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This arrived at the perfect time, just as I'm preparing to cover Taiwan in my modern China module.
Rockstar North engaging in some absolutely gross union busting.
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Rockstar North engaging in some absolutely gross union busting.
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Sheffield Hallam University caving to pressure from the PRC to stop research into forced labour in Xinjiang.
UK university caved to China pressure over forced labour research: professor
A UK university halted research into forced labour in China following pressure from Beijing, a professor who has spearheaded the work and successfully fought the move said Monday.
hongkongfp.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Sheffield Hallam University caving to pressure from the PRC to stop research into forced labour in Xinjiang.
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Patreon backer @jmulich.bsky.social brings you this special episode all about a vision of another world, a harbinger of disaster, visited upon ... er, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
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Monster Man: Special Episode: Mothman
Patreon backer Jeppe brings you this special episode all about one of America's most famous ... cryptids? Ultraterrestrials? Alien visitors? If you're enjoying the show, why not consider ? You'll...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Patreon backer @jmulich.bsky.social brings you this special episode all about a vision of another world, a harbinger of disaster, visited upon ... er, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
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Excellent book talk yesterday, showcasing Kerry Goettlich's pioneering work on the history of borders and their importance for international order.
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excellent book talk yesterday, showcasing Kerry Goettlich's pioneering work on the history of borders and their importance for international order.
The US continues to murder people without due process in the Caribbean Sea.
US has seized survivors of attack on alleged narco-sub in Caribbean
In the six attacks on similar vessels launched by Trump, this is the first where any survivors have been reported
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The US continues to murder people without due process in the Caribbean Sea.
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The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Attendance this year has (so far) been at a new high, even for the early weeks of term which are always pretty good.
'It is no secret that student attendance has plummeted in recent years, with near-empty lecture halls a staple of the post-pandemic world.'
Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2
Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2
Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes
University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Attendance this year has (so far) been at a new high, even for the early weeks of term which are always pretty good.
Rest in peace, Jerry.
Remembering Jerome A. Cohen
Jerome Alan Cohen (July 1, 1930 – September 22, 2025) was a renowned American lawyer who was one of the foremost foreign scholars of Chinese law. After studying law at Yale, Cohen embarked on a career...
www.chinafile.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Rest in peace, Jerry.
It's not just the US that is shutting down foreign language programs and funding. We are dismantling the tower of babel with our own hands and replacing it with the broken toaster of automatic translation.
Chinese Universities Abandon English Departments Amid Policy Changes and AI Disruption – Chinascope
English departments, once among the most popular programs at Chinese universities, are facing widespread closures across the country. Multiple factors including government policies, AI advancement, an...
chinascope.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's not just the US that is shutting down foreign language programs and funding. We are dismantling the tower of babel with our own hands and replacing it with the broken toaster of automatic translation.