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Jonathan Hsy 許維成
@jonathanhsy.bsky.social
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(he/他/伊) Literature & language & theory & disability & donuts & ampersands. Cripqueer. Antiracist Medievalisms: From "Yellow Peril" to Black Lives Matter (2021)
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Just saw this in my local Little Free Library box and this did not age well
Twitter for Dummies in a Little Free Library box. Yellow cover with stylized blue bird logo. Making Everything Easier! 3rd Edition Twitter FOR DUMMIES® A Wiley Brand Learn to: • Sign up for an account and start making connections • Make your Tweets unique • Stay under 140 characters with the latest shortcuts • Promote your business or cause with Twitter Laura Fitton, @pistachio Anum Hussain, @anum Brittany Leaning, @bleaning Foreword by Jack Dorsey Twitter founder
July 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I’ve signed the book contract! Disabled Storytellers in the Global Middle Ages (Cambridge UP), coming soon! #DisabilitySky #SkyStorians #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges
Photo with black text: “I’ve signed the book contract!” Pink text: “Disabled Storytellers in the Global Middle Ages (Cambridge UP), coming soon!” Background: paper contract showing the Cambridge University Press logo and insignia, on top of some partially obscured disability related books.
May 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Ok this car is the physical manifestation of #TheGothAges vibe. #MedievalSky #MakeMedievalGothAgain
Photo of the back of a black car with bumber stickers saying “I ❤️ Aging and Dying” and (in capital letters using a medieval style font) “I Brake for Joan of Arc”
April 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I'm co-convening two NCS 2026 sessions: a group of short papers on "Medievalists Moving Together: Social Movements and New Solidarities," and a seminar (pre-circulated papers among participants) entitled "Involuntary Mobility: Displacement, Migration, Language, Refuge" (info in images)! #MedievalSky
Screenshot from CFP: 14. Medievalists Moving Together: Social Movements and New Solidarities Organizers: Jonathan Hsy (jhsy@gwu.edu) and Shoshana Adler (shoshana.adler@vanderbilt.edu) Session format: Short papers This session of short presentations explores medievalist forms of collective action in the field of higher education and the world. If as Seeta Chaganti states 'solidarity means looking beyond the invention of a better medieval studies' to transforming the underlying sociopolitical structures in which medievalists are embedded, how can NCS members address urgent issues such as the devaluing of humanities, rise of authoritarianism, and willful destruction of academic institutions around the world-wherever we may be located? Proposals may include critical reflections on solidarity movements such as the Chaucer-inflected Refugee Tales Walk (ongoing effort to end immigration detention in the UK), new approaches to social justice in medieval studies (including critical approaches to race, gender, language, migration, or disability), public outreach in the field (such as the Multicultural Middle Ages podcast), or successful strategies for teaching and organizing within and beyond institutional structures. Screenshot from CFP: 15. Involuntary Mobility: Displacement, Migration, Language, Refuge Organizers: Jonathan Hsy (jhsy@gwu.edu) and Misho Ishikawa (mi2501@nyu.edu) Session format: Seminar This seminar of pre-circulated papers is a venue for works in progress on the theme of involuntary mobilities. Medievalist explorations of mobility can tend to focus on people who travel to pursue their own goals such as trade, diplomacy, education, pilgrimage, or adventure. However, people can be compelled to relocate against their will due to conflict, disaster, political persecution, or economic circumstances. How do historical subjects in medievalist archives find 'new homes' in unfamiliar spaces, geographies, languages? What strategies can medievalists take to trace the lives of displaced people or communities in transit? Topics may include: literatures of exile; histories of genocide, expulsion, and diaspora; theories of cultural displacement or belonging (race, religion, language, disability); restricted mobilities and travel restrictions; connections between medieval studies and contemporary fields (e.g., raciolinguistics, or critical refugee studies). Participants can workshop any form of writing (e.g., academic paper, book proposal, public writing, etc.).
April 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Monument to Mansplaining on UNM campus lol

#AcademicSky #CampusArt #SignOfTheTimes
Monumental sculptures on the campus the University of New Mexico of some dudes who are gesticulating and appear to be explaining things to obliging women.
April 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Hard to believe it’s been a year since my dad passed away. I think of him almost every day and am grateful for the time we had together.

This recent sight of fish swimming in a pond is the type of thing he enjoyed so much — and it brings me peace, for a moment, to reflect & remember.
Photo of orange and black koi fish swimming in the waters of a pond with wavy reflections of sparse tree branches on the surface of the water.
March 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Timeline cleanse: find the hummingbird!
Photo of a cute green hummingbird perched amidst vibrant flowering plants with bright yellow and red petals along with green leaves
March 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Timeline cleanse: this joyful sight from Little Tokyo this weekend 🥺
Photo of two contented shiba inu doggies seated in a stroller. In the corner of the photo you can see the hand of the owner gently holding one of their paws.
March 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Saying hi to this little gecko friend on the sidewalk during an afternoon stroll 🦎
Little geckog getting some sun on a sidewalk step with dramatic curvy late afternoon shadows
March 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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It was mysterious, fascinating, and cool to witness this massive crow migration last night. They were very sociable and loud. 🐦‍⬛ #CrowOClock
Silhouettes of large sparse trees against a pale orange sky, with shadows of crows perching and flying amidst the branches.
February 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Amidst everything, I'm wishing a happy #LunarNewYear to everyone who is celebrating! May this year be a time of transformation, community, and new resolve. 🐍🧧❤️
Photo of âng-pau (red money envelope) and happy vivid yellow chrysanthemums in a flower pot on my desk
January 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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It is *such* a relief to see San Gabriel Mountains covered in snow and shrouded in clouds today. #LAFires #EatonFire
Snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in the distance with dramatic clouds in the sky and orange trees in the foreground.
January 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Still safe with family and recovering away from the #EatonFire zone. Last night’s sky had an ominous beauty. #SoCal #LAFires
Beach photo of the deep red sun against a fiery orange sky with haze on the horizon above gentle waves.
January 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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A cool thing about being on fellowship at the Huntington: seeing which page of the #EllesmereMS is open at the moment. Its burnished gold captures glints of light, the gallery description waxing poetic about the text—with no mention that the Summoner’s Tale is a big fart joke 💨 #FartLit #MedievalSky
Photo of the bottom half of an illuminated and illustrated page from the iconic Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, on display under dim museum lighting. On this page there’s a portrait of the Summoner on horseback holding a sealed document in hand. There are beautiful leafy tendrils curving along the margins of the page, with one bottom tendril, burnished in gold, that is catching an ephemeral glint of angled light.
January 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#XmasEve decadence: making Andes mint chocolate cookies #foodporn
Closeup of freshly baked chocolate cookies with an Andes Mint melting on top of each one. The melted mints become a frosting that we have smooshed into a swirl pattern on the cookies in the foreground.
December 24, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Loving these SoCal Xmas vibes
Distant Xmas tree with lights and sleigh framed by the shadows of palm trees and varied foliage, with a peachy pink hazy sunset illuminating the sky.
December 22, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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We truly live in a techno dystopia (spotted at a bus stop in San Francisco) #TechBros #DontHireHumansApparently
Advertisement at a bus stop: a creepy digital image of a woman’s face against an illuminated purple futuristic background. Text above the face reads: “Artisans Won’t Cause Office Drama” and below: “The Era of AI Employees Is Here” / ARTISAN / artisans.co
December 18, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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Brief trip to San Francisco. Said hello to the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill 🦜 🦜 ❤️
Many bright lime green parrots, each with red heads, variously perched on the bare branches of a tree in front of a faded dark green building.
December 17, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Weekend getaway to #DeathValley where I am marveling at the gorgeous night sky. #DarkSky #SkySky
Mountains of Death Valley along the horizon with a deep blue sky full of stars. The Orion constellation is near the horizon and Jupiter shines brightly toward the left of top third of the photo .
December 8, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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Timeline cleanse: enjoying the pure yellow of this afternoon walk #SoCal #AutumnVibes
A bright yellow carpet of gingko leaves, punctuated by shadows, with the tip of my shoe in the edge of the photo.
December 5, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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Hello everyone!

I’m Jonathan Hsy, literary & cultural historian, currently completing a book about disabled life writing (Middle Ages to the present).

I’m eager to connect with folks interested in disability, crip & queer community, literature, medical humanities, critical theory, and donuts 🍩
Selfie in a donut shop! I’m an Asian American man, smiling and holding a pink sprinkle donut along with a paper bag that says “Happiness is a bag of donuts” (and the bag is decorated with pink sprinkle donuts)
November 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Just had a great time at UCSB presenting my work on disabled life writing in a #GlobalMiddleAges. Such a pleasure sharing this work with students & faculty in the fields of Medieval & Early Modern Lit, #DisabilityJustice, and #AsianAmericanStudies (an ideal mixed audience)! ...
November 20, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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So magical to step outside and see the #aurora borealis (faded/muted to the naked eye but more vivid on the phone camera). #GardenState
November 20, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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There is a library, halal and kosher food, people making art, reading poetry, discussing deep ideas, praying — oddly enough, it feels like what a university “should” feel like. Except for the cops. 2/2
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Day 5 of the DMV-wide Gaza solidarity encampment at GW. Last night protesters broke down the barricades, creating a porous space encompassing U-Yard and H Street. Faculty are taking shifts to be present to witness and to support the students. 1/2
November 20, 2024 at 1:20 PM