They shouldn't be anxious! Our ad calls for "Native or near-native proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and English," which sounds to me like either way would be fine. Meaning, professional duties would require adequate levels of both for teaching and research.

...suggestions?

U of Arizona East Asian Studies is hiring a tenure-track Chinese Language Program director! I'm happy to answer any questions about it, the department, Tucson, etc. Please circulate widely:

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

The link gave me a 404 but I found the article here: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Playing around with AppleScript to automate boring professor stuff and how did I go so long without doing this?

It would also be nice if some elected officials representing districts with NRCs and FLAS would speak up about the benefits these programs bring. @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov

This would be the end of the University of Arizona's Center for East Asian Studies:

Inside Higher Ed reporting on funding for National Resource Centers like the one here at University of Arizona. If the already-awarded federal funds are not released by 9/30, they are gone and the Center for East Asian Studies will likely close.

We founded the U of Arizona Center for East Asian Studies three years ago with a US Dept of Education grant. Last Friday marked the end of year 3 of 4. Though the grant was for four years, we have not received word about year 4 funding. Without this support, we have no choice but to close down.

It's officially my book's publication date! The online open access version is available now, link below. Read online or download the pdf copy I want you to have, all without having to go to some shady website for a pirated copy!

www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Start your weekend with an ambient DJ tea ceremony

Ariel Stilerman - Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan

À paraître en mars aux Harvard UP

Start your day by watching James Brown commandeer David Letterman's show

Speaking of Genji, if anyone is interested, the audiobook of the Tyler translation, read by Brian Nishii, is quite good. Somebody please get him to do a Heike audiobook!

Great setup! Yoyaku record store?

I think an important thing about Genji is he is *meant* to be transgressive, hence the "Murasaki in Hell" discourse etc. IIRC, Bowring's "Student Guide" has a nice intro to all that.

On the bright side, we are spared people pronouncing it as “gee Yahtzee”

A job going in Singapore! ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...

I feel like I don’t know what I’m looking at unless I check out the intro first.

Wow, *two* new No Longer Human translations/audiobooks?

Living for those green smileys... Tideman here I come!
#CS50x

Guess we gotta do it ourselves then, 替天行道！

This, especially, is great! Outreach is so important. Thanks for doing this for the field.