Andrew Grant
@angrant.bsky.social
Assistant Professor University of Tampa, PhD UCLA, Author of The Concrete Plateau, Cornell UP 2022, Living the subtropical dream/nightmare
Digitally visiting Centro SELISI in Venice on 10/23 to give this talk. Open to all who register: Unstable Bordering: Chinese Development at Two Nepalese Border Sites.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Digitally visiting Centro SELISI in Venice on 10/23 to give this talk. Open to all who register: Unstable Bordering: Chinese Development at Two Nepalese Border Sites.
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Some of the readings and materials I am folding into my Silk Roads History class this semester. Really enjoying it!
September 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Some of the readings and materials I am folding into my Silk Roads History class this semester. Really enjoying it!
Monsoonal rainfall contributed to the flooding of the Bhote Koshi River at the Rasuwagadhi border of Nepal and China, damaging the dry port and destroying a key bridge. Thankfully, Timure town is above the river. Here are two photos I took there last month.
July 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Monsoonal rainfall contributed to the flooding of the Bhote Koshi River at the Rasuwagadhi border of Nepal and China, damaging the dry port and destroying a key bridge. Thankfully, Timure town is above the river. Here are two photos I took there last month.
Follow up to my last post about maps on the sides of trucks at the Sino-Nepalese borders. This one is painted over. China is a bit sensitive about unauthorized cartography… Who knew?
June 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Follow up to my last post about maps on the sides of trucks at the Sino-Nepalese borders. This one is painted over. China is a bit sensitive about unauthorized cartography… Who knew?
I love the hand applied and painted maps on trucks at the Rasuwagadhi border. #rasuwa #cartography #sinonepalese #borderlands
June 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I love the hand applied and painted maps on trucks at the Rasuwagadhi border. #rasuwa #cartography #sinonepalese #borderlands
Finally, the invitation I've been waiting my whole life to accept! Everything has been building up to this point. 😇🚀🪐
June 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Finally, the invitation I've been waiting my whole life to accept! Everything has been building up to this point. 😇🚀🪐
Our panel on Global Asia at #aasinasia2025 in #kathmandu Thanks to Sanggay, Dorji, Sonika, and Yowei for being involved.
June 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Our panel on Global Asia at #aasinasia2025 in #kathmandu Thanks to Sanggay, Dorji, Sonika, and Yowei for being involved.
June 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Geography at the #DIA #aag2025
“Standing in front of her students, Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom in Greek mythology, teaches them how to read a map of the world. … based on a print published in The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion of the Fair Sex from London, England, in 1799.”
“Standing in front of her students, Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom in Greek mythology, teaches them how to read a map of the world. … based on a print published in The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion of the Fair Sex from London, England, in 1799.”
March 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I just noticed the AAS-in-Asia 2025 schedule was up. Excited to be a discussant in this panel with Dorje Tashi, Sanggay Tashi, Wandai Ji, and Sonika Gupta. Our session is on June 4th in Kathmandu. @asianstudies.org #aasinasia2025
March 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I just noticed the AAS-in-Asia 2025 schedule was up. Excited to be a discussant in this panel with Dorje Tashi, Sanggay Tashi, Wandai Ji, and Sonika Gupta. Our session is on June 4th in Kathmandu. @asianstudies.org #aasinasia2025
From Superman IV to Welcome to Mooseport, Gene Hackman left indelible marks on world cinema. He will be remembered.
February 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
From Superman IV to Welcome to Mooseport, Gene Hackman left indelible marks on world cinema. He will be remembered.
Caught in the Indiana blizzard…
January 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Caught in the Indiana blizzard…
My book Concrete Plateau in the wild at
#AAA2024 Thanks for stocking it @cornellupress.bsky.social Thanks to Brendan Galipeau for snapping the photo.
#AAA2024 Thanks for stocking it @cornellupress.bsky.social Thanks to Brendan Galipeau for snapping the photo.
November 21, 2024 at 9:31 PM
My book Concrete Plateau in the wild at
#AAA2024 Thanks for stocking it @cornellupress.bsky.social Thanks to Brendan Galipeau for snapping the photo.
#AAA2024 Thanks for stocking it @cornellupress.bsky.social Thanks to Brendan Galipeau for snapping the photo.