New Books in East Asian Studies
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Genealogies of Modernity Episode 2: What Is Modernity?
We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at leas
Lawrence Zhang, "Power for a Price: The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China" (Harvard UP, 2023)
An interview with Lawrence Zhang
Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
An interview with Kenneth W. Harl
Book Chat: Eco-translation from Taiwan and Wu Ming-yi’s The Stolen Bicycle 單車失竊記, with Darryl Sterk
In this episode, our host, Ti-han, invited Dr Darryl Sterk, a Canadian eco-translator who is now based in Lingnan University in Hong Kong and dedicated his work in Taiwanese eco-literature and translation. In our conversation, Darryl told us how he ends u
Shuchen Xiang, "Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2023)
An interview with Shuchen Xiang
Henrietta Harrison, "The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators Between Qing China and the British Empire" (Princeton UP, 2021)
An interview with Henrietta Harrison
Jeffrey Angles, ed., "Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again: The Original Novellas by Shigeru Kayama" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
An interview with Jeffrey Angles
Andrew Monaghan and Richard Connolly. "The Sea in Russian Strategy" (Manchester UP, 2023)
An interview with Andrew Monaghan
Harry Harootunian, "Archaism and Actuality: Japan and the Global Fascist Imaginary" (Duke UP, 2023)
An interview with Harry Harootunian