Shane Bobrycki's The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages shows the importance of collective behavior in early #medieval Europe.
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Find The King’s Road by @xinwen.bsky.social included in this month's list!
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On the occasion of the book’s paperback edition:
Wen, Xin. 2023. The king’s road: Diplomacy and the remaking of the Silk Road. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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Thrilled and humbled that my book The King's Road from @princetonupress.bsky.social has been awarded the James Henry Breasted Prize from the @ahahistorians.bsky.social!
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) history of the city of Chang'an after the Tang dynasty that I am tempted to title The Whalefall
2) paper was widely adopted in China because of Buddhism
Thrilled to learn that my book The King's Road had been awarded this year's Levenson Prize (pre-1900 category)! I am very happy and extremely humbled by this recognition.
The ebook version of my book is on sale for $2.99 along with many others at @PrincetonUPress! Please check it out if you are interested!
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Paperback version of my book officially came out yesterday!
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On the occasion of the book’s paperback edition, which has just been published: Wen, Xin. 2023. The king’s road: Diplomacy and the remaking of the Silk Road. Princeton: Princeton University P…
(데일리대구경북뉴스=이준호 기자) 계명대학교(총장 신일희)는 지난 25일 오전 11시, 성서캠퍼스 동천관 국제세미나실에서 ‘2024 계명 실크로드 학술상’ 시상식을 개최했다고 밝혔다. 이 상은 실크로드 연구를 촉진하고 문명 간 교류의 정신을 확산하기 위해 계명대학교 실크로드연구원이 제정한 상으로, 올해 두 번째 시상을 맞이했다. 학술상 운영위원회는 지난 4
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2023 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2023 awardees! 🗃️
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) A translation and study of the first single-authored book of erotic verse in China
2) The agency of landscapes /sites
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We are pleased to announce the honorees whose work will be recognized at the #AAS2025 Awards Ceremony on March 14. Congratulations to all!
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The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2023 prizes.
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American Historical Association
Tom Mazanec
Association for Asian Studies
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) A book about Buddhist mass media in the early 20th century, accessible to non specialist readers
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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞戈
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) a short essay on what the 'engagement' in 'engaged buddhism' could mean
2) the affordances of 'thin' theories of meaning
aohsu
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) a book on metal caster artisan organizations in medieval Japan
2) public historical engagement through random rock art
Dr. Paula R. Curtis
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) book on life writing by medieval disabled authors & disability justice today
2) a global literary history of dumplings
Jonathan Hsy 許維成
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) monograph on the British cultural history of anti-vaccination in c18/c19
2) social media transformations of language use
Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴)
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) dirtbag medievalism;
2) post-9/11 medievalism (esp GoT) as allegory for the failure of secularism as geopolitical paradigm
Megan L. Cook
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
1) a mini-monograph on heresy and magic.
2) the heretical corruption of scripture. (you can see it, right?)
Shaily Patel
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
1) Turning the diss into a book on soldiers who reported atrocities
2) Air Force chaplains.
Chris Levesque
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
1) Britain in the First Bombing War, 1914-1918: An Emotional History
2) balloon riots: when, where, who, why?
Brett Holman
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
1) exploring women's mags as political communication
2) News Corp's influence on rising transphobia
Dr Blair Williams
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
