Charles Randles
@randlesc.bsky.social
Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS. Freelance editor of works about China and Korea.
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#histbookchat #sinology Out July 2026, from Cambridge University Press, edited by Cong Ellen Zhang #SongDynasty
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#histbookchat #sinology Out July 2026, from Cambridge University Press, edited by Cong Ellen Zhang #SongDynasty
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Exciting research news! I have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for my project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia." Looking forward! More info about the project: www.hf.uio.no/english/abou...
Million grant for research on goddesses and rituals in Asia
- Faculty of Humanities
Aike Peter Rots will study some of the most popular deities in the world, how people relate to them, and changes in their surrounding environments.
www.hf.uio.no
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Exciting research news! I have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for my project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia." Looking forward! More info about the project: www.hf.uio.no/english/abou...
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From 3 February 2026, the special exhibition "Samurai" will be at the British Museum. I've had a lot of fun working on this together with the brilliant Rosina Buckland. If you happen to be in London, and feel that you need more samurai in your life, do drop by!
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Samurai
This major exhibition reveals the real story of the samurai, from medieval battlefields to modern blockbusters.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From 3 February 2026, the special exhibition "Samurai" will be at the British Museum. I've had a lot of fun working on this together with the brilliant Rosina Buckland. If you happen to be in London, and feel that you need more samurai in your life, do drop by!
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
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The American Society for Premodern Asia web portal is now live on our new domain name: www.aspa1842.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The American Society for Premodern Asia web portal is now live on our new domain name: www.aspa1842.org
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There's a bunch of high-quality stuff about #Chinese #printmaking and #graphics on the Youtube channel of the Muban Educational Trust, quite the resource:
www.youtube.com/@mubaneducat...
www.youtube.com/@mubaneducat...
Muban Educational Trust
The Muban Educational Trust was established in 1997 by Christer von der Burg and the late Verena Bolinder-Müller. It is a small charity based in south-west London and is dedicated to the preservation,...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There's a bunch of high-quality stuff about #Chinese #printmaking and #graphics on the Youtube channel of the Muban Educational Trust, quite the resource:
www.youtube.com/@mubaneducat...
www.youtube.com/@mubaneducat...
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Do you want to know about experts in Chinese history? How astronomers, artisans, interpreters, servants, sailors, diviners, and surveyors worked? Then check out this special issue edited by Sarah Schneewind and Yang Qiao!
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Latest issue | Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 | Cambridge Core
Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊
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December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Do you want to know about experts in Chinese history? How astronomers, artisans, interpreters, servants, sailors, diviners, and surveyors worked? Then check out this special issue edited by Sarah Schneewind and Yang Qiao!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Our #StAndrewsDay sale is live!
We're sharing the celebrations with you by offering 50% off all published and pre-order books over the weekend!
Enjoy!
https://edin.ac/32O7hNr
We're sharing the celebrations with you by offering 50% off all published and pre-order books over the weekend!
Enjoy!
https://edin.ac/32O7hNr
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our #StAndrewsDay sale is live!
We're sharing the celebrations with you by offering 50% off all published and pre-order books over the weekend!
Enjoy!
https://edin.ac/32O7hNr
We're sharing the celebrations with you by offering 50% off all published and pre-order books over the weekend!
Enjoy!
https://edin.ac/32O7hNr
Just a heads up, especially to those in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Edinburgh University Press will once again have its St. Andrew’s Day sale. 50% off all books. November 29th and 30th.
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just a heads up, especially to those in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Edinburgh University Press will once again have its St. Andrew’s Day sale. 50% off all books. November 29th and 30th.
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Excited to say that my article on horse names in China's ancient postal system has been published with Early China! 🐎✉️🌿 Meet Skittish Fish, Calm at the Carriage, and, my personal fave, Cinnamon Stick, at the link below:
#animalhistory
#animalhistory
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November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Excited to say that my article on horse names in China's ancient postal system has been published with Early China! 🐎✉️🌿 Meet Skittish Fish, Calm at the Carriage, and, my personal fave, Cinnamon Stick, at the link below:
#animalhistory
#animalhistory
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Have you started making holiday gift lists? Find books for all the readers in your life, and mark your calendars for our first ever sitewide sale, taking place November 26-December 3!
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Have you started making holiday gift lists? Find books for all the readers in your life, and mark your calendars for our first ever sitewide sale, taking place November 26-December 3!
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BDG news: Buddhist Heritage: South Korea to Designate Two Goryeo-Era Pagodas as National Treasures
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/4bswskf5
#Buddhism #BuddhistTemple #SouthKorea #Korea #BuddhistHeritage #BuddhistHistory #Seon #Zen #Seosan #Yecheon #BuddhistCulture #Pagoda
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#Buddhism #BuddhistTemple #SouthKorea #Korea #BuddhistHeritage #BuddhistHistory #Seon #Zen #Seosan #Yecheon #BuddhistCulture #Pagoda
Buddhist Heritage: South Korea to Designate Two Goryeo-Era Pagodas as National Treasures - Buddhistdoor Global
The Korea Heritage Service said on Thursday that two Buddhist stone pagodas dated to the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) are to be designated National Treasures.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
BDG news: Buddhist Heritage: South Korea to Designate Two Goryeo-Era Pagodas as National Treasures
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/4bswskf5
#Buddhism #BuddhistTemple #SouthKorea #Korea #BuddhistHeritage #BuddhistHistory #Seon #Zen #Seosan #Yecheon #BuddhistCulture #Pagoda
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/4bswskf5
#Buddhism #BuddhistTemple #SouthKorea #Korea #BuddhistHeritage #BuddhistHistory #Seon #Zen #Seosan #Yecheon #BuddhistCulture #Pagoda
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Found this great illustrated edition of 子不語 (What the Master Didn't Say) from 1914. Printed using lithography, each volume has a few illustrations followed by the text in a compact font. All four volumes are on the @wikimediafoundation.org Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SS...
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Found this great illustrated edition of 子不語 (What the Master Didn't Say) from 1914. Printed using lithography, each volume has a few illustrations followed by the text in a compact font. All four volumes are on the @wikimediafoundation.org Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SS...
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New publication:
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October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New publication:
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The legendary 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 has been found. On 2 Dec, Stanford will reintroduce it to the world, featuring: Tom Mullaney, Yangyang Cheng, Emma Teng, David Brock, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Willie Liu, & Martin Wong
www.eventbrite.com/e/mingkwai-r...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The legendary 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 has been found. On 2 Dec, Stanford will reintroduce it to the world, featuring: Tom Mullaney, Yangyang Cheng, Emma Teng, David Brock, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Willie Liu, & Martin Wong
www.eventbrite.com/e/mingkwai-r...
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www.eventbrite.com/e/mingkwai-r...
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Coming (quite) soon
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September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Coming (quite) soon
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September 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Great news for the field!
Those interested in Japanese Studies librarianship will be delighted to learn that University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hamilton Library has established a new training program for mentoring Japan subject librarians! Learn about this exciting new opportunity: www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/09...
Hamilton Library launches Japanese studies librarianship training program | University of Hawaiʻi System News
The Uehiro Foundation gift makes the new training program possible.
www.hawaii.edu
September 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great news for the field!
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Pascal Quignard looks as surprised as anyone that he won this year's prix Jean Monnet de littérature européenne (beating out books by Josef Winkler and Mircea Cărtărescu). litteratures-europeennes.com/les-prix-lit...
September 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Pascal Quignard looks as surprised as anyone that he won this year's prix Jean Monnet de littérature européenne (beating out books by Josef Winkler and Mircea Cărtărescu). litteratures-europeennes.com/les-prix-lit...
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Finally, the Forms & Function exhibition: The Splendors of Global Book Making has opened! Best is coming in person, but for those who cannot, there is an online version (dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...) and a downloadable catalog ( dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...)
Forms & Function
dpul.princeton.edu
September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Finally, the Forms & Function exhibition: The Splendors of Global Book Making has opened! Best is coming in person, but for those who cannot, there is an online version (dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...) and a downloadable catalog ( dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...)
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Seems like a good reason to return to social media. Happy to share my article in NYT books featuring some of my favorite fantasy authors, including works by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Rebecca Roanhorse, John Wiswell and more. #fantasybooks
Great Fantasy Novels With Unlikely Heroes
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September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Seems like a good reason to return to social media. Happy to share my article in NYT books featuring some of my favorite fantasy authors, including works by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Rebecca Roanhorse, John Wiswell and more. #fantasybooks
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"Echoes of Great Brightness" conference will be live-streamed, on 16 and 17 September, and you can watch a great roster of speakers on art of the Ming and art of the non-Ming, online: the link is here: web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
Echoes of Great Brightness: The Ming Dynasty and Beyond.
An International Conference in Honour of Craig Clunas.
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September 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Echoes of Great Brightness" conference will be live-streamed, on 16 and 17 September, and you can watch a great roster of speakers on art of the Ming and art of the non-Ming, online: the link is here: web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
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New documentary out now!
Around Luang Prabang is one of the world’s few regions where traditional manuscript culture still thrives. Researchers Agnieszka Helman-Wazny & Volker Grabowsky spent years capturing the voices of those keeping this legacy alive.
🎞️Watch the full film here: uhh.de/csmc-laos
Around Luang Prabang is one of the world’s few regions where traditional manuscript culture still thrives. Researchers Agnieszka Helman-Wazny & Volker Grabowsky spent years capturing the voices of those keeping this legacy alive.
🎞️Watch the full film here: uhh.de/csmc-laos
July 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New documentary out now!
Around Luang Prabang is one of the world’s few regions where traditional manuscript culture still thrives. Researchers Agnieszka Helman-Wazny & Volker Grabowsky spent years capturing the voices of those keeping this legacy alive.
🎞️Watch the full film here: uhh.de/csmc-laos
Around Luang Prabang is one of the world’s few regions where traditional manuscript culture still thrives. Researchers Agnieszka Helman-Wazny & Volker Grabowsky spent years capturing the voices of those keeping this legacy alive.
🎞️Watch the full film here: uhh.de/csmc-laos