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James A. Benn

James A. Benn

@jamesabenn.bsky.social

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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.

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Helen Davidson @heldavidson.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 journo job! 🚨
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
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China Correspondent

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers award-winning, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of journalists, c...

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Guelph On Two Wheels @guelphontwowheels.bsky.social · 9h

And just like that, Guelph bike lanes will no longer be plowed.

An entire mode of transport has been made less accessible and more dangerous as cyclists will be forced to ride in the middle of the road with limited daylight.

#safestreets #cardependency #bikesky

"How the Guelph Grinch is stealing our bike lanes!" with Mayor Cam Guthrie as the Grinch rolling up a green bike lane as he steals it.

Credit: The original version of this comic was made by Theo Moudakis in a Toronto Star editorial cartoon.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 12h

Ottawa announces more protection for steel industry, new money for lumber mills

Carney says Canada will further limit imports of steel in effort to boost domestic demand

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12h

Pam Hogg, the Scottish fashion designer who created looks for stars including Rihanna and Kate Moss, has died. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pam Hogg: Scottish fashion designer who created looks for Rihanna and Kate Moss dies

She was known for eccentric and outlandish designs, worn by stars like Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue.

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 14h

Lecturer in Religion at York St John University

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Lecturer in Religion at York St John University

An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Religion is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social · 14h

Sitting on the south bank of the river Loire, construction finished at the Château de Chanteloup in 1778 on an imposing new edifice, a seven-story Chinese-style pagoda.

Built by a once-exiled French army officer, the pagoda at Chanteloup remains one of the few remnants of the palace.🧵
🗃️ 📜 #France

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1945 News @80yearsago.bsky.social · 17h

[November 26th, 1945] The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to President Truman

Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

history.state.gov 3.0 shell

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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 17h

A 1842 French sinology article cover with 4 CN characters 其事好还” with Latin trans: “Quod ore prodit ad os revertitur. Prov.”
written by Guillaume Pauthier, who was comparing his own Dao De Jing道德经 trans with Stanislas Julien.
It’s one episode in longrunning debate between the two over trans of DDJ.

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Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social · 18h

There are 3 types of people in the world. Those who marvel at the beauty of a ginkgo tree in autumn, those who in seeing a ginkgo tree are reminded of Bo Xilai’s crazy obsession with them, and those who can hold both of those thoughts in their head at the same time.

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 18h

📣Hurry! You only have until 6 December to visit the #CuriousCures exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

🔗Book your FREE tickets now: https://loom.ly/kVqsPRY

🔎 Vein Man and Zodiac Man, from a leaf of medieval folding almanac. MS Add.3303(3)

A page from a medieval folding almanac showing images of Vein Man and Zodiac Man, plus lots of handwritten labels and text.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 19h

Japan's version of the moon rabbit tale is a perfect example of self-sacrifice. Originating from a Sanskrit tale, it tells of a fox, a monkey, and a rabbit who found an exhausted old man collapsed in the mountains. The monkey gathered fruit and nuts, and the fox brought fish...
#WyrdWednesday
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A white rabbit with pink eyes and ears sits in a loaf.

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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 20h

A large Chinese junk style rudder, photographed c.1920 - large rudders like this - up to 120ft - were developed long before western style rudders came into widespread use.

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 20h

Worn #onthisday in 1937 by actress Jill Esmond, trying on her "principal boy" costume for "Beauty and the Beast"--a Christmas pantomine staged by the Lyceum Theatre--at Will Clarkson's wig and costume studio in London. It was the first time she had ever worn tights. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social

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Joseph Torigian @josephtorigian.bsky.social · 20h

A special home state/alma mater book talk at the University of Michigan next week.... I'll present "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" on December 2 at noon

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Events | U-M LSA International Institute

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Marco Pouget @marcopouget.bsky.social · 1d

Some amazing insights from #DVCS #conference of #Sinology #Hamburg:
-Qing soldiers needed tokens to use the toilet. (Schneider/Pessl)
-In German schoolbooks, Confucianism is shown as a never-changing continuum. (Schmid)
-Kang Youwei himself described Qianlong's battle copperplates. (Moll-Murata)
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Prof. Dr. Michael Hö (Sinologist) 何彌夏 🇹🇼🇪🇺🇭🇰 @medievalchina.bsky.social · 1d

#BOTD: Li Xian 李顯, Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 (656–710), r. 684—deposed by his mother, Empress-regnant Wu Zetian 武則天—and 705–10.

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Doug Rooney @dougrooney.bsky.social · 1d

New Article: A (Very Short) Queer History of China

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A (Very Short) Queer History of China

The Lives of Ancient Chinese Queer People

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James A. Benn @jamesabenn.bsky.social · 1d

Let me know if you need a letter of recommendation or similar.

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Konrad Lawson @kml.muninn.net · 1d

Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...

Reader or Professor in Chinese Studies - AC2219 at University of St Andrews

James A. Benn @jamesabenn.bsky.social · 1d

Never seen this picture but it’s somehow exactly as I imagined it.

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Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) @buddhistdoor.bsky.social · 1d

BDG feature: Finding Them Gone: A Conversation with Bill Porter/Red Pine on Pilgrimage, Poetry, and the Art of Showing Up

🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/25fc6psu

#Buddhism #China #Poetry #Poets #ChineseCulture #RedPine #BillPorter #ChinesePoetry #ChinesePoets #Interview

Finding Them Gone: A Conversation with Bill Porter/Red Pine on Pilgrimage, Poetry, and the Art of Showing Up - Buddhistdoor Global

My introduction to the work of Bill Porter/Red Pine was his translation of The Heart Sutra, which I first read back in 2005 when I was living in Illinois. For years, it has had pride of place on the t...

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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 1d

The editorial offices of the Commercial Press in Shanghai, c.1920s by Paul Hutchinson. The building was destroyed in 1932 during the Japanese attack in Shanghai..

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Afec @etudeschinoises.bsky.social · 1d

Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco afec.hypotheses.org/11672

Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco

OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :Laurent Chircop-Reyes (25 novembre 2025). Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco. Associati...

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 1d

At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 1d

Taking a moment from #aarsbl25 to celebrate this recently award-winning #hongkong film #Queerpanorama 眾生相. #Queer and #Buddhist at the same time (each trans-boundary encounter contributes to the making of the protagonist’s sense of identity).

#goldenhorse #filmsky #moviesky #buddhism

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 1d

Silk scarf worn #onthisday in 1952 by Second Lieutenant Christopher "Kit" Hoare, 21, of the Royal Fusiliers when he was killed in action while leading a nighttime raid on a Chinese position in Kigong-Ni during the Korean War. Only 7 out of 21 men in his platoon survived. #OTD 📷 Imperial War Museum

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RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social · 1d

Suffering from the sniffles? Here's a recipe to make a "fine tablet for the cough and coold" from our 18th century herbal notebook.

handwritten recipe for a cough tablet using sugar, aniseed and ginger

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School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomsalc.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
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University of Manchester Modern Languages Academic wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize

Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (SALC) at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category. The Leverhulme Trust administered awards commemorate the work undertaken by Philip, Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Lever, founder of the Trust.The pri...

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 1d

🚨THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE🚨 Samurai honour? Hollywood nonsense. 🎥🙄
@matt-okuhara.bsky.social dismantles the movie myth that Japan’s warriors turned their backs on guns. Turns out, the truth is far more explosive… 💣

🎧 Catch the full episode! www.patreon.com/post...
#Samurai #Japan

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 1d

Black British Voices: Black British Collections.

Cambridge University Library is forming a community panel of Black British & Black Northern Irish individuals to help shape its 2027 exhibition & events programme.

🗓️ Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
🔗More info: https://loom.ly/9lDrGVY

Black British Voices: Black British Collections

Join a community panel to shape Cambridge University Library's 2027 public exhibition and programme

www.lib.cam.ac.uk