Tom Burnham
@tcburnham.bsky.social
Zijiang Young Scholar at East China Normal University
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I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
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'Even a book that has sold 15 million copies worldwide cannot be held responsible for the politics of how China is represented in the West.'
Nick Holdstock: The sequel to Wild Swans
Nick Holdstock: The sequel to Wild Swans
After Mao
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September 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
'Even a book that has sold 15 million copies worldwide cannot be held responsible for the politics of how China is represented in the West.'
Nick Holdstock: The sequel to Wild Swans
Nick Holdstock: The sequel to Wild Swans
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Think once, think twice, think
DO NOT PUT MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW INTO AI
DO NOT PUT MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW INTO AI
September 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Think once, think twice, think
DO NOT PUT MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW INTO AI
DO NOT PUT MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW INTO AI
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The University of Exeter plans to open a joint institute in China catering for up to 1,200 students – the institution’s first major overseas campus. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports
#Intled #EduSky
#Intled #EduSky
University of Exeter's joint China campus approved by government
Russell Group institution will offer five courses in partnership with Zhejiang University of Technology
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September 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The University of Exeter plans to open a joint institute in China catering for up to 1,200 students – the institution’s first major overseas campus. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports
#Intled #EduSky
#Intled #EduSky
'The mood of Abundance is that of a chirpy regional sales manager; Overshoot’s is a wild-eyed buccaneer. Klein and Thompson blame liberals and liberalism for the decline of an abundant future; Malm and Carton blame fossil capital....
'Some things are already abundant.'
'Some things are already abundant.'
How to Blow Up a Planet | Trevor Jackson
What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared
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September 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'The mood of Abundance is that of a chirpy regional sales manager; Overshoot’s is a wild-eyed buccaneer. Klein and Thompson blame liberals and liberalism for the decline of an abundant future; Malm and Carton blame fossil capital....
'Some things are already abundant.'
'Some things are already abundant.'
Zhang Ning | From Microhistory to Global History: A Conversation with Professor Henrietta Harrison (Part 1)
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September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Zhang Ning | From Microhistory to Global History: A Conversation with Professor Henrietta Harrison (Part 1)
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Half durian, half Hawaiian pizza? Well, I don't mind if I do
June 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Half durian, half Hawaiian pizza? Well, I don't mind if I do
Yang Songyu: Leftwing American Historiography Exposes the Myths of Mainstream Historical Narratives
杨崧愉：美国左翼史学戳破主流历史叙事神话
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June 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Yang Songyu: Leftwing American Historiography Exposes the Myths of Mainstream Historical Narratives
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On advance access: "A Chinese Doctor in Eighteenth-Century Naples and the Practice of Pulse Diagnosis"
by Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
#OpenAccess
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by Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
#OpenAccess
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A Chinese Doctor in Eighteenth-Century Naples and the Practice of Pulse Diagnosis*
Abstract. Diagnosing a patient on the basis of their pulse alone is an impressive demonstration of medical ability for which early modern Chinese doctors w
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June 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
On advance access: "A Chinese Doctor in Eighteenth-Century Naples and the Practice of Pulse Diagnosis"
by Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
#OpenAccess
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by Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
#OpenAccess
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#New #OpenAccess
“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
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“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
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May 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#New #OpenAccess
“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
@chrisdec71.bsky.social
“L‘Internationale on the move: Case studies on the world’s most translated anthem”
In Chronotopos: A Journal of Translation History, 1/24, p. 163.
chronotopos.eu/cts/issue/vi...
@chrisdec71.bsky.social
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New deep dish communion wafer?
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New deep dish communion wafer?
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Short thread on the very first official Chinese Star Wars comic ⤵️ #ChineseStarWars #StarWars #lianhuanhua
In 1981, the Chinese science-fiction monthly 奥秘 (Aomi) featured Russ Manning’s first run of Star Wars comic strips. Collected and re-arranged to fit a fullpage format, the comics remained virtually identical to their American original—if not for one key difference. Let’s look at one exemplary strip.
March 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Short thread on the very first official Chinese Star Wars comic ⤵️ #ChineseStarWars #StarWars #lianhuanhua
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At the April 1955 Bandung Conference, Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai took a moderate stance, easing fears among some anticommunist delegates. A decade later, China and Indonesia pushed for a second Asian-African conference, but India, Yugoslavia, and Egypt organized rival nonaligned meetings.
April 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
At the April 1955 Bandung Conference, Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai took a moderate stance, easing fears among some anticommunist delegates. A decade later, China and Indonesia pushed for a second Asian-African conference, but India, Yugoslavia, and Egypt organized rival nonaligned meetings.
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I'll be giving a talk at Oxford on Thursday 1 May. Everyone is welcome!
5月1日木曜にオックスフォード大学で講演します。来てください！
'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
Thursday 1 May 2025, 5pm
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5月1日木曜にオックスフォード大学で講演します。来てください！
'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
Thursday 1 May 2025, 5pm
global.history.ox.ac.uk/event/making...
'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
2025
global.history.ox.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'll be giving a talk at Oxford on Thursday 1 May. Everyone is welcome!
5月1日木曜にオックスフォード大学で講演します。来てください！
'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
Thursday 1 May 2025, 5pm
global.history.ox.ac.uk/event/making...
5月1日木曜にオックスフォード大学で講演します。来てください！
'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
Thursday 1 May 2025, 5pm
global.history.ox.ac.uk/event/making...
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"The right needs a Gramsci," Rufo added, "and my own ambition is to serve in a similar capacity, an architect of the new right politics."
"The right needs a Gramsci," Rufo added, "and my own ambition is to serve in a similar capacity, an architect of the new right politics."
Essay | Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist
Conservative activists like Christopher Rufo are taking inspiration from Antonio Gramsci, the 20th-century Marxist thinker who drew up a battle plan for winning culture wars.
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April 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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"The right needs a Gramsci," Rufo added, "and my own ambition is to serve in a similar capacity, an architect of the new right politics."
"The right needs a Gramsci," Rufo added, "and my own ambition is to serve in a similar capacity, an architect of the new right politics."
The World of the Cold War — timely reading in an age of US, Russia and China tensions - on.ft.com/4jfgMYg via @FT
The World of the Cold War — timely reading in an age of US, Russia and China tensions
Vladislav Zubok’s monumental account is not just history, but a reassessment of a stand-off that still shapes geopolitics today
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April 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The World of the Cold War — timely reading in an age of US, Russia and China tensions - on.ft.com/4jfgMYg via @FT
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📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢
We're excited to hear from scholars working on the history of South China through new sources, methods and approaches, for a one-day workshop at Oxford!
📅Deadline 9th May
📍Workshop 4th July @ox.ac.uk
For more information and abstract submission: bit.ly/HistoryofSou...
We're excited to hear from scholars working on the history of South China through new sources, methods and approaches, for a one-day workshop at Oxford!
📅Deadline 9th May
📍Workshop 4th July @ox.ac.uk
For more information and abstract submission: bit.ly/HistoryofSou...
April 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢
We're excited to hear from scholars working on the history of South China through new sources, methods and approaches, for a one-day workshop at Oxford!
📅Deadline 9th May
📍Workshop 4th July @ox.ac.uk
For more information and abstract submission: bit.ly/HistoryofSou...
We're excited to hear from scholars working on the history of South China through new sources, methods and approaches, for a one-day workshop at Oxford!
📅Deadline 9th May
📍Workshop 4th July @ox.ac.uk
For more information and abstract submission: bit.ly/HistoryofSou...
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In just over a week, we invite all scholars and students of Chinese comics to Heidelberg for our first #ChinaComx workshop! Revolving around the theme "Lianhuanhua as Method", expect lively discussions and fascinating case studies. For the program and details, go to: tinyurl.com/LianhuanhuaA... 🌟
April 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In just over a week, we invite all scholars and students of Chinese comics to Heidelberg for our first #ChinaComx workshop! Revolving around the theme "Lianhuanhua as Method", expect lively discussions and fascinating case studies. For the program and details, go to: tinyurl.com/LianhuanhuaA... 🌟
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'This comparison points to the reactionary nature of metamodern memory, which should serve as a cautionary tale for memory studies.'
'This comparison points to the reactionary nature of metamodern memory, which should serve as a cautionary tale for memory studies.'
Metamodern memory: on Blade Runner, then and now
In this article, we analyze the film Blade Runner 2049 to point to the emergence of a contemporary form of memory – what we call ‘metamodern memory’ – which correlates with the structure of feeling...
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April 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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'This comparison points to the reactionary nature of metamodern memory, which should serve as a cautionary tale for memory studies.'
'This comparison points to the reactionary nature of metamodern memory, which should serve as a cautionary tale for memory studies.'
@nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202... 'Debates about Kennan invariably focus on his fraught relationship with the strategy of containment.'
The Enigma of George Kennan | Benjamin Nathans
Frank Costigliola's biography of George Kennan explores the contrast between the supreme confidence of his policy prescriptions and the perpetual turbulence of his inner life.
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April 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
@nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202... 'Debates about Kennan invariably focus on his fraught relationship with the strategy of containment.'
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Good Pesach to those who observe.
April 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Good Pesach to those who observe.
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Critical China Scholars syllabus is out! I did the labor section
Critical China Scholars
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April 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Critical China Scholars syllabus is out! I did the labor section
