Chinese History & Society-Interdisciplinary
This group is for scholars interested in Chinese history and society, broadly defined. Those who are working on the intersection of Chinese history, law, culture, politics, and society are particularly welcome.
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@lchen2024.bsky.social
@aozora485.bsky.social
@puckengman.bsky.social
Teaches and writes about Chinese socialism https://history.berkeley.edu/puck-engman
@yunliyuetianxia.bsky.social
Started in 2020, this has become a highly-respected multimedia platform for sharing the best & newest scholarship on China, having publicized 200 issues about academic talks, roundtables, articles, and new book announcements http://t.cn/A6mLJNrd
@yuanchongwang.bsky.social
1. A native Shandongese from Shandong Peninsula, China 2. Associate Professor, Department of History, The University of Delaware 3. Editor-in-Chief, The Chinese Historical Review (since July 2024)
@shellyk.bsky.social
Cinema / film art in China, Hong Kong, & Taiwan especially independent films & films from within the Chinese borderlands (Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hong Kong…). And I create English subtitles for Chinese-language films.
@nianshen.bsky.social
Historian at Tsinghua University. Focus (more or less) on Chinese and East Asian histories from early modern to contemporary period, history of cartography, and urban studies. Love painting, music, arts, and antique maps
@bennoweiner.bsky.social
History, Carnegie Mellon University. Author of The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier and co-editor of Conflicting Memories: Tibetan History under Mao Retold. Inner Asia Book Reviews, Journal of Asian Studies
@zedzeppelin2048.bsky.social
Sociologist studying China's political economy, education, organizations and technology. Associate Professor at U Hawaii Sociology. Author of The Fruits of Opportunism
@amymatthewson.bsky.social
Historian of China in the British Imagination, 19th and early 20th centuries, Visual and Material Cultures. Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham
@greenlawchina.bsky.social
Professor of Law @ UCLA School of Law; faculty co-director, Emmett Inst on Climate Change & the Environment; Walter & Shirley Wang Chair in US-China Relations; Chinese law & politics. alexwang.org
@danlynch1994.bsky.social
Professor of international relations at the City University of Hong Kong, and formerly at USC. China, cross-Strait relations, econ, and more. Like to read medical science studies. Enjoy rock, jazz, films, and novels. Profoundly detest all rightwingery.
@plausistory.bsky.social
#Historian ; (early) modern #China; #Qing state and administrative knowledge; PhD@Renmin University of China You may see me at: The First Historical Archive of China (FHAC) Mastodon: @plausistory@hcommons.social Blog: qing.observer
@mindyzhang.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in History, UCLA Modern China Aspiring Historian of Information, Libraries, Books, and Sinology
@norayitongqiu.bsky.social
Permanent Lecturer in Modern East Asia History at UCL; Glocobank Associate Faculty at University of Oxford
@jiathk.bsky.social
Historian@HKU, late imperial and modern China, social history, religious history, women and gender
@eastasiascitech.bsky.social
Historian of technology, science, and industry @ Harvard. Author of CARBON TECHNOCRACY. Currently writing a history of industrial psychology in China. More about my work here: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow
@mattingly.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University, focusing on China's domestic and international politics.
@camerondcampbell.blog
Stratification, inequality, population, China, history https://camerondcampbell.blog ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-1941 Photos https://CamerondCampbell.smugmug.com https://www.instagram.com/cameron_d_campbell/
@gowder.io
Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter. Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
@isclh.bsky.social
The official account of a U.S.-based non-profit professional association for international scholars of Chinese law and history, broadly defined, with dues-paying members from leading research institutions worldwide. https://www.chineselawandhistory.com
@feihsienwang.bsky.social
Historian of modern China and Taiwan @ IUBloomington | knowledge making, historical imagination, home cooking,law & economic life
@ruoyunbai.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media Studies/Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto, working on Chinese Media, Culture and Society. Author of "Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics" and co-editor of 3 books. Writing a book on scandals in China.
@yiyi2020.bsky.social
Assistant professor of classical Chinese literature at UMass Amherst. Scholar of classical Chinese literature, poetics, court culture, history, and religions. https://www.umass.edu/east-asia/about/directory/yiyi-luo
@wooldridge.bsky.social
Sometimes called 吳克強. Historian working on maintenance and repair, Chinese religion, Taiwan, Qing history.
@elkelitzky.bsky.social
Historian of early modern China at the University of Oslo working on maps and maritime history
@zhangtaisu.bsky.social
Comparative historian, legal theorist, Chinese law and politics observer @Yale.
@albertgalvany.bsky.social
Prof. of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country. My research interests are focused on early Chinese intellectual history, classical Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy. https://ehu.academia.edu/AlbertGalvany
@mcgreenesd.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of History at Montana State, modern Chinese historian, XIV-er, pit bull lover, author of Resisting Spirits (UMich Press '19) http://bit.ly/2AqdYaQ , currently working on mountaineering & the PRC
@jamesabenn.bsky.social
Medieval Chinese Religions. McMaster Uni. Burning for the Buddha (Hawai'i 2007) pback 2016; Tea in China (Hawai'i, 2015), Chinese trans. 2019. Canadian, obvs.
@nwitkowski.bsky.social
Monasticisms | Empire, Caste, Gender, Law & Labor in South Asia | Buddhism, Virtuality & Death-tech | Familiality & Fascism | PhD @Stanford | Asst. Prof. University of San Diego: https://sandiego.academia.edu/NicholasWitkowski
@arunabhghosh.bsky.social
Historian, Modern China, Political Economy, Environment, Science and Tech, Energy, Dams, Statistics, etc. scholar.harvard.edu/arunabh.ghosh
@htheaker.bsky.social
Lecturer in History and Politics, University of Plymouth, researching histories of Islam, rebellion and minoritization in China; documenting the contemporary sinicisation of Islam in China
@shuangchen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History @ Univ. of Iowa. Chinese history, social and economic history, law and society, demography. Author of State-Sponsored Inequality (SUP 2017). President, International Society for Chinese Law and History (2024- ).
@lizhiliu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Georgetown (lizhiliu.com); Political Economy, Tech & China; Author of From Click to Boom (https://t.co/UL6RIfmdTm)
@jin-xu.bsky.social
Art historian at Columbia University. Chinese art and architecture. Archaeology and art history of the Silk Road. Materials and techniques of art.
@liuqiongyi.bsky.social
C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow, @BakerInstitute.blsky.social and Prof. in the Practice, Department of Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University; Sinologist studying China center-local political communication, propaganda, energy. My own views.🏳️🌈
@gusiting.bsky.social
China: society-digital-media / Christianity & Poetry & Piano / Professor for Contemporary China Studies at Trier University Senior Associate Fellow at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
@vierth.bsky.social
Chinese Lit, DH, Machine Learning, Dad of twins Assistant Prof of late imperial Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science at Princeton University
@zuoya.bsky.social
Historian, middle and late imperial China, cultural history, history of emotions, Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara
@egasmb.bsky.social
Intellectual history @SinologieFAU & @mpilhlt.bsky.social 曩昔 @ceao_uam. PhD @tohoku_univ & @UniHeidelberg. 東亞政法史を硏鑽し、言語学についての豆知識を多く呟いとる。'Too much in love with my primary sources.'
@yisuzhou.bsky.social
Educator & Sociologist from Macao. Current book project focus on Science and Technology development in contemporary China and higher education.
@jjakobowski.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Head of China Dept. at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) China, Europe, the post-Soviet space. Eurasian connectivity.
@wjhurst.bsky.social
Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Co-Director, Centre for Geopolitics Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) @rusi.bsky.social
@spoem.bsky.social
* #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
@linzhang.bsky.social
Critical Innovation Studies, Pro@UNH; Author of The Labor of Reinvention (Columbia UP, 2023). Working on a book about transnational biotech https://linzhangweb.org/
@christiangoebel.bsky.social
Prof of China Studies, Uni Vienna. Political scientist working on state-society relations, protest, government responsiveness in China. Data hoarder, computational methods.
@siegeweather.bsky.social
I work on medieval Chinese literature, calligraphy, book history, and material culture. PhD in Chinese, UC Berkeley. Professor. Translator. Teacher of Mandarin and Classical Chinese. Go/围棋/바둑 try-hard.
@donaldcclarke.bsky.social
Professor emeritus, George Washington University Law School, specializing in modern Chinese law. Gradually shifting over from Twitter/X. Website: http://donaldclarke.net Twitter: @donaldcclarke
@jayjamescarter.bsky.social
Author, historian, China scholar. Between Philly and NYC. Weekly words @ https://tinyurl.com/bdecudb4 Books: Champions Day: https://tinyurl.com/yrxk942f Heart of Buddha https://tinyurl.com/3kh5pav8 Creating a Chinese Harbin https://tinyurl.com/3vw9s48u
@tommazanec.bsky.social
Author, Poet-Monks (Cornell UP). Assoc prof at UC Santa Barbara. Premodern Chinese lit & religion, translation, digital humanities. JAOS editor. Father of 2. Cantonese learner. Christ follower. https://eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/thomas-mazanec
@jamestwotree.bsky.social
Historian of Taiwan & the World. Assistant Professor, University of Washington Jackson School. Author of In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan (University of California Press, 2025) Website: ocf.io/jameslin he/him
@qiaoj.bsky.social
History of language politics in China & Sinophone Asia -- literary feminism and translation history -- Research Fellow, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (& 🏊🏻♀️🚴🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️) -- She/her
@uselesstree.bsky.social
I teach contemporary PRC politics and ancient Chinese philosophy at Williams College. Currently Director of Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford.
@hildedw.bsky.social
Professor Chinese & Global History KULeuven | IISH Amsterdam global intellectual history | social history of infrastructures | digital research design https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-674X
@mauracunningham.bsky.social
She/her. China historian and writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Also reader, knitter, Phillies/Flyers fan, road tripper. https://mauracunningham.org/
@letahongfincher.bsky.social
Author of LEFTOVER WOMEN: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China and BETRAYING BIG BROTHER: The Feminist Awakening in China. https://letahongfincher.com
@jwassers.bsky.social
Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia out in June https://indiepubs.com/products/the-milk-tea-alliance?srsltid=AfmBOoot8bW8ddRXno-tjJbRKTV99aXVFPFQn-Q8KaAAQixLtka0HWxd
@kuorum.bsky.social
Expert on international order and Asian security. Director, Taiwan Policy Initiative and Senior Political Scientist @ RAND. 🇹🇼🇺🇸 Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/
@profyangzhang.bsky.social
Sociologist studying contentious & elite politics, state & empire, social networks, knowledge, theory, & China. Associate Professor @ausis.bsky.social.
@guobin-yang.bsky.social
Sociology & communication prof at Penn researching: Internet, activism, digital culture, narratives, emotions, performance theories, communication=translation, sinology. All views my own. Website: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/guobin-yang-phd
@nadmussen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Chinese literature at Cornell, poet, translator. My current project is "On Stricture: Chinese Poetry and American Culture." More (incl links to open-access research) at nickadmussen.com.
@andreaghiselli.bsky.social
Lived 10+ years in China, now University of Exeter and ChinaMed Project. Published a book on China, its military, and its interests overseas (OUP, 2021): https://shorturl.at/S2BjTo More at https://andreaghiselli.com/ 无巧不成书
@katemh.bsky.social
Also 梅凯悦. Historian of Modern China. ME carer. Books: Women and Their Warlords (2024), The Rural Modern (2016).
@rudyakmarina.bsky.social
China scholar @UniHeidelberg | Decoding (Global) China & CCP, #ChineseAid, 🇨🇳-🇷🇺& 🇨🇳-Central Asia relations | ex aid-worker | 🌹 www.decodingchina.eu www.deconspirator.eu
@hushuo.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Chinese, gamer, reader of books. Translator of Zhang Tianyi's The Pidgin Warrior and Mao Dun's Waverings among other things. Ex-98G. @HuShuo@mastodon.social
@yingaa.bsky.social
Leiden University, Professor of Chinese History 🐌 🇳🇱 🇨🇳🇩🇰 Joint PhD in History & Women’s Studies (Univ of Michigan) Premodernist, 14-18th century political culture, gender, family, bureaucracy, religion, etc.
@mikeygow.bsky.social
China Studies academic. Research focus on CSR, business ethics, consumerism, citizenship and state-building in Contemporary #China. Cultural Studies. Gramsci. Bourdieu. #Everton FC “Top Wool” @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social All posts in personal capacity
@tristangbrown.bsky.social
Historian of China @MIT focusing on law, environment, economy, science, and religion Author, Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (Princeton, 2023) China Book Editor, Journal of Asian Studies
@imweiwei.bsky.social
Legal+Economic History. Chinese+Global History. JD/PhD. Assistant Prof @FSU. Not really on here much.
@lchen2024.bsky.social
JD/PhD, UToronto historian of post-1500 Chinese law/politics/culture/intl relations; law & empire & postcolonial studies. Author of "Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics”.