Jon Howlett
@jonhowlett.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Colonial History at the University of York.
Research and teaching website: jonhowlett.com
Research and teaching website: jonhowlett.com
My daughter Emily (7) is raising money for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. Please support her if you can!
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Emily's Cycle for Centrepoint
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October 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
My daughter Emily (7) is raising money for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. Please support her if you can!
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If your Thursday needs a boost, can I recommend the delightful Jin Shengtan's 金聖嘆 "Thirty-three Nice Things", translated by @bokane.org?
www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
— if that’s not nice, what is?
www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
— if that’s not nice, what is?
What's Good? A Collection of Small Nice Things
Everything is awful, the dynasty is collapsing, and the vibes are fucked. Other people have been here before. Here's a few of Jin Shengtan's favorite things to distract you.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If your Thursday needs a boost, can I recommend the delightful Jin Shengtan's 金聖嘆 "Thirty-three Nice Things", translated by @bokane.org?
www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
— if that’s not nice, what is?
www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
— if that’s not nice, what is?
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For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...
Mid-Autumn, Tiger Hill, Late Ming
"Everyone was perfectly silent, even the mosquitoes."
www.burninghou.se
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...
Brilliant new research from York's @mrmhurst.bsky.social on the 88,000 Hong Kong colonial government records that remain at Hanslope Park, contributing new insights on how outgoing colonial officials handled records towards at end of the British Empire. #history
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park
Following the revelation in 2011 that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was sitting on the migrated archives of dozens of colonial governments, almost 20,000 files were transferred from s...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Brilliant new research from York's @mrmhurst.bsky.social on the 88,000 Hong Kong colonial government records that remain at Hanslope Park, contributing new insights on how outgoing colonial officials handled records towards at end of the British Empire. #history
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Brilliant to see York PhD student @mrmhurst.bsky.social win the @chinesestudies.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Prize last week for his work on the Hong Kong colonial government migrated archives at Hanslope Park - huge congrats Matthew!
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Brilliant to see York PhD student @mrmhurst.bsky.social win the @chinesestudies.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Prize last week for his work on the Hong Kong colonial government migrated archives at Hanslope Park - huge congrats Matthew!
Great to be welcomed so warmly in Whitehall at the Treasury today putting Uk-China relations in historical perspective (not my usual Tuesday!)
July 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Great to be welcomed so warmly in Whitehall at the Treasury today putting Uk-China relations in historical perspective (not my usual Tuesday!)
Monday's third annual York Asia Research Network PhD Conference was brilliant - we had 16 speakers from across ten different departments and centres. Their exciting work took us from conserving ponds in northern India to Shakespeare in China and melon seeds in medieval Merv. Thanks everyone!
June 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Monday's third annual York Asia Research Network PhD Conference was brilliant - we had 16 speakers from across ten different departments and centres. Their exciting work took us from conserving ponds in northern India to Shakespeare in China and melon seeds in medieval Merv. Thanks everyone!
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The British Association for Chinese Studies has announced the call for its 2025 Early Career Researcher Prize
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British Association for Chinese Studies
𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗦 𝗘𝗖𝗥 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲
The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) invites early career researchers to submit an original research paper for consideration for the.....
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May 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The British Association for Chinese Studies has announced the call for its 2025 Early Career Researcher Prize
www.facebook.com/bacsuk.org.u...
www.facebook.com/bacsuk.org.u...
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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 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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.
Join us at the University of York on 2 April for a research seminar by @viviankonghk.bsky.social with the intriguing title 'In and Out of Marginality: An Anglo-Chinese 'Brothel Keeper' in Cornwall, Hong Kong, and London, 1889-1942'.
www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
#York #history #chinesehistory
www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
#York #history #chinesehistory
March 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Join us at the University of York on 2 April for a research seminar by @viviankonghk.bsky.social with the intriguing title 'In and Out of Marginality: An Anglo-Chinese 'Brothel Keeper' in Cornwall, Hong Kong, and London, 1889-1942'.
www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
#York #history #chinesehistory
www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
#York #history #chinesehistory
74 years ago, in March 1951, ‘Rose, Rose I Love You’ (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你), sung by Yao Lee (姚莉, pictured) became the first Chinese record to become a hit in Britain and America. (1/8)
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
74 years ago, in March 1951, ‘Rose, Rose I Love You’ (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你), sung by Yao Lee (姚莉, pictured) became the first Chinese record to become a hit in Britain and America. (1/8)
Great to be back at @uobrishistory.bsky.social yesterday to talk to the wonderful Asian History Seminar Group about decolonisation, refugees, Hong Kong and even Tom Hanks at one point... Thanks @bickers.bsky.social, @viviankonghk.bsky.social and @sulinlewis.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Great to be back at @uobrishistory.bsky.social yesterday to talk to the wonderful Asian History Seminar Group about decolonisation, refugees, Hong Kong and even Tom Hanks at one point... Thanks @bickers.bsky.social, @viviankonghk.bsky.social and @sulinlewis.bsky.social
Opportunity at the University of Glasgow, historians of China particularly encouraged to apply:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer-in-asian-history-c-1500-2000-focussing-on-either-east-asian-history-slash-history-of-china-or-history-of-the-indian-ocean-world-r-and-t-track
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer-in-asian-history-c-1500-2000-focussing-on-either-east-asian-history-slash-history-of-china-or-history-of-the-indian-ocean-world-r-and-t-track
Lecturer in Asian History (c. 1500-2000), focussing on either East Asian History/History of China or History of the Indian Ocean World (R&T Track)
College of Arts & HumanitiesSchool of Humanities Lecturer in Asian History (c. 1500-2000), focussing on either East Asian History/History of China or History of the Indian Ocean World (R&T ...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Opportunity at the University of Glasgow, historians of China particularly encouraged to apply:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer-in-asian-history-c-1500-2000-focussing-on-either-east-asian-history-slash-history-of-china-or-history-of-the-indian-ocean-world-r-and-t-track
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer-in-asian-history-c-1500-2000-focussing-on-either-east-asian-history-slash-history-of-china-or-history-of-the-indian-ocean-world-r-and-t-track
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After 3 years and multiple job/country changes for us all, THRILLED to announce that the conference of the China Academic Network on Gender is back for a 4th edition! ✨
Join us on 17-18 June in lovely Paris with fab keynote speakers (Howard Chiang and Rachel Harris 💫 ) for "Voicing Gender in China"
Join us on 17-18 June in lovely Paris with fab keynote speakers (Howard Chiang and Rachel Harris 💫 ) for "Voicing Gender in China"
January 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
After 3 years and multiple job/country changes for us all, THRILLED to announce that the conference of the China Academic Network on Gender is back for a 4th edition! ✨
Join us on 17-18 June in lovely Paris with fab keynote speakers (Howard Chiang and Rachel Harris 💫 ) for "Voicing Gender in China"
Join us on 17-18 June in lovely Paris with fab keynote speakers (Howard Chiang and Rachel Harris 💫 ) for "Voicing Gender in China"
A great read to shake off the Xmas-New Year torpor:
Sitting at the crossroad of #feminism and Afro-Asian solidarity: “representations of Afro-Asian solidarity prioritise men’s internationalist activism&homosocial bonds, often simplify women’s role." #MabelRobinsonWilliams #blackfeminism
madeinchinajournal.com/2024/04/10/t... @madeinchinajournal.com
madeinchinajournal.com/2024/04/10/t... @madeinchinajournal.com
Tracing the Chinese Arc of Black Internationalist Feminism: An Archive Story | Made in China Journal
Ranging from the personal, political, and intellectual affinities between W.E.B. Du Bois and Mao Zedong to multiracial groups of muscular male revolutionaries on the front lines of the global charge a...
madeinchinajournal.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A great read to shake off the Xmas-New Year torpor:
A Christmas thread featuring Shanghai, Communists, Christmas trees, and Ded Moroz:
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I was surprised to see this heavily decorated Christmas tree in this collection of New Year posters from 1950s socialist Shanghai: chineseposters.net/posters/d85-...
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I was surprised to see this heavily decorated Christmas tree in this collection of New Year posters from 1950s socialist Shanghai: chineseposters.net/posters/d85-...
Celebrate the new year
From poster series "Children's pictures - Joyous holidays".
chineseposters.net
December 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
A Christmas thread featuring Shanghai, Communists, Christmas trees, and Ded Moroz:
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I was surprised to see this heavily decorated Christmas tree in this collection of New Year posters from 1950s socialist Shanghai: chineseposters.net/posters/d85-...
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I was surprised to see this heavily decorated Christmas tree in this collection of New Year posters from 1950s socialist Shanghai: chineseposters.net/posters/d85-...
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Here's the unlikely century-long story of how a non-gendered pronoun became gendered, and then got itself re-de-gendered.
This one's got everything! Poetry! Grammar! Love songs! Queer communities! Unicode! and ... Y.R. Chao!
What more could you want?
#langsky 🀄️📚
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This one's got everything! Poetry! Grammar! Love songs! Queer communities! Unicode! and ... Y.R. Chao!
What more could you want?
#langsky 🀄️📚
1/
November 25, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Here's the unlikely century-long story of how a non-gendered pronoun became gendered, and then got itself re-de-gendered.
This one's got everything! Poetry! Grammar! Love songs! Queer communities! Unicode! and ... Y.R. Chao!
What more could you want?
#langsky 🀄️📚
1/
This one's got everything! Poetry! Grammar! Love songs! Queer communities! Unicode! and ... Y.R. Chao!
What more could you want?
#langsky 🀄️📚
1/
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My new favourite historic form: do you exist? Can you prove it? Do you have a form to say so signed by a church minister, magistrate, doctor or banker?
November 21, 2024 at 12:59 PM
My new favourite historic form: do you exist? Can you prove it? Do you have a form to say so signed by a church minister, magistrate, doctor or banker?
New blog post by York PhD student Yutong Wang on slums and policing in Shanghai
A new post on our blog from Yutong Wang at the University of York on informal settlements and policing in 1930s Shanghai
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November 18, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New blog post by York PhD student Yutong Wang on slums and policing in Shanghai
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New to Bluesky: @Vischina -- Historical Photographs of China at the University of Bristol hpcbristol.net
November 18, 2024 at 4:49 PM
New to Bluesky: @Vischina -- Historical Photographs of China at the University of Bristol hpcbristol.net
I've put together a list of resources available in English for teaching and research on the People's Republic of China - designed with undergraduate dissertation students in mind: jonhowlett.com/resources/
resources
resources
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November 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I've put together a list of resources available in English for teaching and research on the People's Republic of China - designed with undergraduate dissertation students in mind: jonhowlett.com/resources/
Please excuse the recycled content from THE OTHER PLACE but my blank Bluesky wall needs some content. And it is #strictly season again, so why not?
Revisiting a book market find: ‘Concise Social Dancing for Beginners, an instructional pamphlet published in Shanghai in 1953: #china #history
Revisiting a book market find: ‘Concise Social Dancing for Beginners, an instructional pamphlet published in Shanghai in 1953: #china #history
November 15, 2024 at 11:57 AM