Matthew W. Mosca
@matthewmosca.bsky.social
Historian of early modern China and the world.
Fight fiercely, Harvard, fight, fight, fight!
Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fight fiercely, Harvard, fight, fight, fight!
Google the alleged Confucian quotation "The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes" (= 欲治其國者, 先齊其家?) and you'll discover that a Confucianism-US conservatism nexus exists in the hokiest possible form.
Vance, in fact, is Neo-Confucian here. This is basically the Great Learning 大學 in a nutshell.
Investigate things 格物 -> extend knowledge 致知 -> make thoughts sincere 誠意 -> rectify the mind 正心 -> cultivate self 修身 -> bring order to family 齊家 -> govern the state 治國 -> illuminate luminous virtue 明明德.
Investigate things 格物 -> extend knowledge 致知 -> make thoughts sincere 誠意 -> rectify the mind 正心 -> cultivate self 修身 -> bring order to family 齊家 -> govern the state 治國 -> illuminate luminous virtue 明明德.
I mean yes, there is such a concept in Christianity. It appears quite notably in the letters of Paul, for instance, where it’s a concept he *relentlessly* argues against, and in the Gospel where it’s a concept Jesus very much repeatedly scorns. So it is technically in there!
January 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Google the alleged Confucian quotation "The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes" (= 欲治其國者, 先齊其家?) and you'll discover that a Confucianism-US conservatism nexus exists in the hokiest possible form.
Canada's smartest people: "We're outraged by talk of making Canada the 51st state! Let us remind you of one little thing: our country is chockablock full of crucial petroleum, hydroelectricity, uranium, and potash the USA can't live without. Yeah, meditate on that for a while, eh! Checkmate."
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Canada's smartest people: "We're outraged by talk of making Canada the 51st state! Let us remind you of one little thing: our country is chockablock full of crucial petroleum, hydroelectricity, uranium, and potash the USA can't live without. Yeah, meditate on that for a while, eh! Checkmate."
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We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...
Academic Programs - Taiwan Studies Program
Taiwan Track in East Asia Studies The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. This new M.A. degree is in the final approval stage and should be granted in the new year in which applicants will choose from various
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December 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM
We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...
Just discovered that my phone autocorrects Zheng to Zhang. Congratulations, Zhangs, that's a real power move! (Obviously congratulating both halves of the 張/章s condominium.)
December 12, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Just discovered that my phone autocorrects Zheng to Zhang. Congratulations, Zhangs, that's a real power move! (Obviously congratulating both halves of the 張/章s condominium.)
Based on my inbox, there are now apparently (at least) two competing businesses offering to write Wikipedia pages for academics. Spiel almost word-for-word, so maybe the first company rebranded and changed its alias, but as believer in karma I'd like to think someone just stole the idea and blurb.
December 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Based on my inbox, there are now apparently (at least) two competing businesses offering to write Wikipedia pages for academics. Spiel almost word-for-word, so maybe the first company rebranded and changed its alias, but as believer in karma I'd like to think someone just stole the idea and blurb.
Wu Tingfang on Canada, 1914
December 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Wu Tingfang on Canada, 1914
Battle against graduate admissions websites requiring recommenders to create login and password is slowly being won. Visited about 20 so far this year, only Michigan and Northwestern are on the walk of shame.
November 26, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Battle against graduate admissions websites requiring recommenders to create login and password is slowly being won. Visited about 20 so far this year, only Michigan and Northwestern are on the walk of shame.