Xin Fan 范鑫
@XinFan9
Historian, Teacher, and Traveler; Author of "World History and National Identity in China" (@CambridgeUP, 2021) & "Global history in China" (Palgrave 2024).
The paperback of my book “World History & National Identity in China” is out. If you are still in need of a book for a spring course on world history, historiography, Chinese intellectual history and nationalism. Pls consider it. With 20 percent discount, it is under 25 bucks!
America was a mistake made by the Europeans when they were looking for China 🙃
Which opinion about history will get you like this?
There's still time to register for: Politics of Greek in the Roman World! Professor Tim Whitmarsh and Professor Bill Hurst explore the politics of the Greek speaking Roman world. Tomorrow at 5pm Online Reg & info: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/politic…
An interview with Dr. Irene Lok about her research on Dunhuang art. This conversation happened during the recent conference in Dunhuang. Dunhuang cave art with Dr. Irene Lok youtu.be/YUbN2Sv1xwE
#Japan's PM #Ishiba announces intention to resign w/in month, following breakthrough in trade talks w/ #US. This was inevitable, given need to take responsibility for 3 electoral defeats: metropolitan, lower & upper house elections yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20250…
Visiting book fairs and publishers has always deepened my knowledge of special edition (特制本). 包括1.特殊设计类：裸背装、毛边本、硫酸纸（装帧或内页用）、书口画、喷口、羊皮装、布面精装、函套/匣装。2.特殊制作类：手工印制、特种纸张。3.稀缺属性类：限量本、签名本、收藏版、豪华本
Congratulations to Prof Barak Kushner on being elected as a Fellow of the British Academy! thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/profes…
pleased to report both of my monographs are now on sales–– Re: "World History and National Identity in China," paperback is only GBP 24.00. cambridge.org/core/books/wor… Re: "Global History in China," digital copy is only GBP13.99. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
This seems to be very interesting but I am concerned with ethical issues in this research. It is unimaginable that Cambridge colleges could grant the investigator full access to interview data. So, this research will be “telling the Cambridge story well” as well…
"the study has focused on Chinese candidates, who have experienced an educational socialization that encourages them..to display ‘Cultural Confidence’ and ‘Tell the China Story Well’, and.. to be sceptical of the practice of Western liberal democracy" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (@qmHPT) & @tomaashby (@UTokyo_News), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first such piece our journal! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs not found anywhere else. They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs without any thought or debate.
Excellent advisement for a book! One day I am going to steal it and use it for mine🙃
Congratulations, Beth!
Librarians are among the most knowledgeable minds in the world—not only curating books, but also writing them. Congratulations to my dear colleague Beth Price at @AMES_Library on the publication of her new book, The Barahima’s Dilemma. Well done, Beth!
This is a thought-provoking piece. However, many of the issues it addresses are not unique to Ethiopia—just as critiques of Eurocentrism in China often risk falling into the trap of Sino-centrism. aeon.co/essays/should-…
Where does this Western obsession with Tianxia/All-under-heaven come from? Chinese leaders and senior officials make/publish hundreds of speeches/papers every year on foreign policy, I don't remember seeing Tianxia appearing in any significant way.
Reading amazing scholarship like this makes you wonder to what extent the 1911/12 divide is still applicable to modern Chinese history!
Back to reading and finished this new translation of the history of the Republic of China (originally in French). Very strong synthesis of the economic, political, social, and cultural in the last four chapters. Less focused on the revolutionary narrative.
From my Provost - I guess if any international student at Harvard who wants to do Qing history with me you have an offer if you contact me
•Length: 1344 pages 😁 This has to be a masterpiece!
Capitalism is coming to the UK! It wasn't easy to pull this off--but here is my take on capitalism's global history. In a bookstore near you this fall. penguin.co.uk/books/295668/c…