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Sabina Knight 桑稟華
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* #Chinese #Literature: A Very Short Introduction * (Oxford)
& *The Heart of Time* (Harvard)

Translator & Interpreter: En/Fr/繁中/简中/Ru
雙語 @SabinaKnight.bsky.social

Care ethicist @FairbankCenter
#PIPfellow @NCUSCR.bsky.social
Prof Emerita WLT @SmithCollege
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"Short #Stories from #Taiwan" 🀄📚

My @fivebooks.com recommendations for #Chinese -language fiction in English translation.

Link: fivebooks.com/best-books/s...
"Short Stories from Taiwan." recommended by Sabina Knight (Screenshot of the brightly coloured webpage from Knight's "Five Books" listicle.) "With careful literary crafting, Taiwan's writers have told the complex story of their country since World War II. Sabina Knight, a professor at Smith College and author of *Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction*, recommends five of her favourite short story collections." Interview by Sophie Roell, Editor. The covers of Sabina's five recommended books appear at the bottom of the screenshot. In the top right of the screenshot is the cover of Sabina's *Chinese Literature VSI*. The full title and author's name appear in larger black font below the image of the cover.
April 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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#History of the #Holocaust

A project connecting "the microhistory of the Holocaust and the transnational history of #migrations."

Bridging these two #historiographies, the project mitigates the "tendency 'to sequester the Shoah'."

@lubartworld.bsky.social: lubartworld.cnrs.fr/en/what-is-l...
"Combining two historiographies" On the left is a graphic with four yellow circles against a black background. In each circle is the name of one type of history: - History of migrations - History of the Holocaust - Transnational history - Micro-history On the right is a paragraph of text: "This project is at the intersection of two fields currently undergoing major renewal: the microhistory of the Holocaust and the transnational history of migrations. It will help to bridge the divide between these two historiographies, and to combat what some have labeled a tendency 'to sequester the Shoah' [1]."
April 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Is the U.S. set to lose the "great power competition" with #China and #Russia?

Yes. One key indicator = the *dismantling* of gov-funded media outlets vital to US #journalism & intelligence:

@voanews.com.web.brid.gy,
@radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social
& @rferl.org.web.brid.gy.
Post of a tweet from Edward Wong. The tweet reads: US is supposedly in "great power competition" with China and Russia. But Trump dismantles @VOANews @RadioFreeAsia @RFERL — which report on those countries and are denounced by autocrats. We who cover China have relied especially on the work of Uyghur and Tibetan reporters at RFA."
April 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Sat, March 28, 10:00-5:00

"Taking #Buddhist #Philosophy Seriously: A Symposium in Honor of Jay L. Garfield"

Panelists: @christiancoseru.bsky.social, @lauraguerrero.bsky.social, @kateahart.bsky.social, @ckassor.bsky.social, Karin Meyers, Chris Rahlwes, Karl Schmid, Davey Tomlimson

@SmithCollege
Poster for "Taking #Buddhist #Philosophy Seriously: A Symposium in Honor of Jay L. Garfield" Saturday, March 28, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Panelists: Christian Coseru, Laura Guerrero, Kate Hartmann, Connie Kassor, Karin Meyers, Chris Rahlwes, Karl Schmid, Davey Tomlimson Smith College Free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible
March 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The Encounter
By Abdurehim Otkur
Loose #translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I asked her, why aren’t you afraid? She said her God.
I asked her, anything else? She said her People.
I asked her, anything more? She said her Soul.
I asked her if she was content? She said, I am Not.

#poem
Post from the Uyghur Crisis Response Team The second poem by a #Uyghur #poet that we read was titled "The Encounter". You can read it below: The Encounter By Abdurehim Otkur Loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I asked her, why aren’t you afraid? She said her God. I asked her, anything else? She said her People. I asked her, anything more? She said her Soul. I asked her if she was content? She said, I am Not.
March 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Q: Why do I want my "suspended" X account back?

A: Expressions of concern matter.

My @SangBina #X account is my only way to reach many vulnerable #Chinese, #Uyghur, & #Tibetan individuals & orgs.

I want to ask them how they are doing.
I want to ask them what I can do to help.
Screenshot of X's "Account suspended" notification to Sabina Knight's X account. The Profile photos and bio are all gone. There's only a black background with a dark grey circle where the profile photo would be and a medium-shade grey band at the top. The Chinese characters for Sabina Knight's Chinese name appear in white font before her name in English. Below is her handle: @SangBina , also in white (though somewhat small) font. Below her name and handle are the words "Account suspended" in large white font. Below in smaller white font is the sentence "X suspends account which violate the X Rules." The "X Rules" is in bright blue font and is likely a clickable link to the rules.
March 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Welcome to Bluesky, @simpsontw.bsky.social and other new arrivals!

"how grateful am i to have people to share space with"
– *Winnie-the-Pooh*
Cartoon with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet on a couch together. The caption in white lettering reads, "how grateful am i to have people to share space with."
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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🧵 #indie #rock @fountainsofwayne.bsky.social

I hear these songs by Fountains of Wayne and think of my Marc (1956-2019).

I miss him so much.

"You Gotta Know the Rules,"
a playlist Marc made for me.

Listen on our #memorial website at MarcSteinberg.org: marcsteinberg.org/music-playli...
Webpage from the MarcSteinberg.org memorial website. At the top is a bar that says Marc Steinberg on the left. From left to right thereafter are the tabs for Home / Meet Marc / Media / Teaching / Scholarship / Testimonies / Blog / Causes. Underneath the bar is the title "Gotta Know the Rules" Underneath the title is a screen from YouTube showing an album name by The Fountains of Wayne and a shot from one of the music videos of a song from the album. The black-and-white image shows a man in a suit at a diagonal in front of a large bull's eye target.
March 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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" #AI #care #ethics," I propose.

"Say what?" (Y'all answer.)

"Focus on #AISafety," I explain, "points to dangers, fears, manipulation, aggression . . ."

"What #conversations might emerge," asks me, "were we to embrace AI care ethics?"

#AISummit #IA #IASummit
Color photo of Sabina Knight appearing on stage at a conference via a large screen. Knight delivers comments from her home on another continent. She wears a bright blue blouse and a necklace. Her long reddish blond hair is draped over her shoulders, held back only by a black headband. On screen behind the speaker can be seen two wooden bookshelves with books on the lower shelves, and mostly stuffed animals and framed watercolors on the upper shelves. In front of the large screen are two tables with white flowers on them.
February 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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May your father's memory be a blessing. May your loss become less acute with more time.
________________
Vicky Knight (1942-2019), #watercolor on paper
Watercolor of a tree on the viewer's right and plants and a pink, blue, and at the top yellow sky in the background.
February 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Wonder
ALLWAYS BE KNOWLING image. Shows a cute raccoon peering over a wooden fence. An open book with white pages appears to go from the bottom to the top which in this case is a little over halfway up the fence. On the left hand side of the black-and-white book page is a classy black and white abstract work of art. On the right side are the directions for "HOW TO KNOLL." The title "How to Knoll" is underlined. Four (one to four, with numbers) appear below "How to Knoll," the title.
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Know your #meme?
Web page with "*Know* Your *Meme*" at the top. Above the title of the webpage are S's selection for the strip that appears at the top of the screen below the url that reads bsky.app/profile/tylerborchers.com/post/3lf3ury3xb226. (Error is not impossible.)
January 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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好👌
January 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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United States downward arrow 12345 Continue arrow going from left toward right Four credit card symbols: VISA Mastercard AMEX something I don't recognize Discover?
January 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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At #MLA25!

Historian Ann Waltner let me treat #her to dinner.

&

Chris Lupke let me #treat him to dinner!

Two days later, he also told a #Chinese colleague to let me treat them to the lunch we had just finished at a nice #NOLA restaurant.

It's time for #supper now.
cropped photo of the cover of the Program of the 140th MLA Annual Convention in New Orleans.
January 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Perhaps I was already doing the minimum necessary?
(I realized that the minimum possible would be zero.)

The @fairbankcenter.bsky.social is located at @harvard.edu.
Screenshot of Sabina Knight's profile at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. There is a photo of Sabina in a round circle on the bottom right. The colors are red, black and white.
January 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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It was my pleasure to help you today.

Have a nice day.
Sabina Knight peering up from down inside one of the Chu Chi tunnels in Vietnam.
January 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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您發布這些資料，非常感謝。
Thank you for posting this cool reading material about protest music in HK.
Photograph of Sabina Knight in Wuzhen, near Shanghai. Sabina is sitting on a bench on a dock-like architectural structure overlooking a canal. (The dock-like structure has a traditional Chinese-style railing type structure. It's very elegant.) Two-story structures in the background are examples of Chinese architecture. The photo was taken by her friend and colleagues, Michael Berry.
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I'm so, so sorry.

Thank you for taking this opportunity to let #Facebook readers know your feelings.
Photo of Sabina Knight 桑稟華 smiling. She stands in front of a wall with many posters announcing events at the Fairbank Center at Harvard University. Her name tag is pinned to the folded-back collar of her shirt. A journalist's microphone is being held just under the nametag toward the middle of Sabina's body. Sabina is wearing glasses, a necklace of glass purple beads, and a medium blue shirt.
January 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I know what you mean . . . *and* it's hard to balance priorities.

Can you guess why I might post this image now?
Cropped image of PMLA journal cover. The text in the grey left-hand column reads: September 2024; Volume 139, Number 4. PROGRAM: The 140th MLA Annual Convention, New Orleans In the center of the journal cover (and a little above the middle) is the abbreviated name of the journal:"PMLA," the abbreviation for "Publications of the Modern Language Association." The color photo on the left two-thirds of of the cover shows a colorful street in New Orleans. There are bright flags hanging from the second-stories of row houses.
January 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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🧵 #sociology

#Latin socius (“companion, fellowship”)

+ #Greek suffix -λογία (-logía), from #Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, knowledge”)

🖼️ www.freepik.com/free-vector/...
Illustration in bright colors with the title "Sociology" at the top. On the right half of the image a woman with long hair sitting on an orange filing cabinet. The front of the cabinet bears the label "sociology." The woman is sitting on the edge of the cabinet working on a laptop computer. The woman's feet rest on one side of the top of a scale of justice. The scale has two golden-colored hanging cups, both empty. The scale is thus perfectly balanced. The brown scale sits atop a large green object. On its (to the viewer's) left edge sits another woman holding a book. At the right side of the large green object stands a man with arms spread wide. In the front of the other objects and people is an glass hourglass a red top and bottom, as well as red-tinted glass. At least half of its sand is still in the top segment. A steady stream of sand is descending to the bottom sphere, where about a quarter of the sand has collected. A large paperclip lies on the ground to the (viewer's) right of the hourglass.
January 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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If you see this, post a pic from your device without any explanation.
A close-up color photograph of two small homemade art objects on a light wood bookshelf. On the left is a small oval-shaped piece of white paper with the words "Love, your Marc" handwritten in small block (all capital) letters. To the right is a small hand-painted watercolor card. The watercolor has five very simply painted birds and three very simply painted plants. The birds are basically stick figures of birds flying, each one rendered with just two brushstrokes. Each of the plants are also rendered with just two brushstrokes. The background has red hues on the top and bottom with yellow in between and green in the middle. The watercolor washes are dotted with darker spots that somehow make the background look like a pond behind the plants and birds. Behind the two little art objects sits a color photograph, but only the bottom is visible in the close up.
January 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Hop into a Happy New Year!

#Watercolor by @sabinak
Watercolor painting of a frog. He looks perhaps as if he's ready to jump. The main colors for the frog include red, light blue, medium blue and very dark blue (almost black), orange, and a very tiny bit of white to show light. The white may be unpainted paper showing through. The background is mostly very dark modulated green with some red and reddish orange on the left side from the viewer's point of view.
January 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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In #Academe

As undergrads we read
#classics East and West.

In grad school we talked
#philosophy,
believing theory to be best.

Early career we still read
scholars' tomes
to publish our own #books.

Once tenured
the reviews poured in,
as did students' papers,
so full of thorns and hooks.

#EduSky
White lettering against a black background: Reasons for Time Constraints: Heavy Teaching Loads: Professors juggle teaching multiple courses, preparing lectures, creating assignments, grading exams, and holding office hours, leaving limited time for in-depth reading of every student submission. Research Obligations: Many professors are actively involved in research, requiring them to dedicate time to writing grant proposals, conducting experiments, and publishing their findings, further limiting their availability for extensive reading. Administrative Duties: Professors often have administrative responsibilities, such as serving on departmental committees, attending faculty meetings, and participating in university governance, which can consume a significant amount of their time. Impact on Reading Practices: Reduced Reading Time: Professors may have to prioritize reading student work that is most crucial to their course objectives or that is required for a specific grade, leading to a reduction in the amount of time they can spend on other assigned readings.
December 31, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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🧵 As I develop this project, I'm still discerning its parameters.

I'm researching broadly. Yet I must choose how wide to cast my net in writing for others.

Do I stick to Sinophone works by non-Han authors? Or include works in other languages (via #Chinese, French, or English #translation)?
2023 “Slaughtered Dreams: Cultural Struggle in Literary Borderlands,” for “Transnational Turns and the Future of China Studies,” University of California, Santa Cruz, May. 2023 "Intimacy and Empire: Non-Han Fiction and Poetry," for "Constructing and Deconstructing China,” East and Inner Asian Council (EIAC) designated panel, Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting, Boston, March.
December 29, 2024 at 5:06 AM