Andrea Janku
@zamarginalities.bsky.social
‘sinologist’ at soas.ac.uk/about/andrea-janku. me. things I care about. blurry photos now mostly on instagram.com/zamarginalities #ActuallyAutistic
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"With dismay we witness our university leadership making soulless choices that hollow out our institutions from within and erode the critical and self-reflective fabric of academia".
[from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']
[from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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‘What is to be done?’ Important piece about the British Library.
‘… the new interim chief executive … needs to build a top team and board who have a greater understanding of its academic users – knowledge that is currently held by specialist staff rather than the leadership.’
‘… the new interim chief executive … needs to build a top team and board who have a greater understanding of its academic users – knowledge that is currently held by specialist staff rather than the leadership.’
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
‘What is to be done?’ Important piece about the British Library.
‘… the new interim chief executive … needs to build a top team and board who have a greater understanding of its academic users – knowledge that is currently held by specialist staff rather than the leadership.’
‘… the new interim chief executive … needs to build a top team and board who have a greater understanding of its academic users – knowledge that is currently held by specialist staff rather than the leadership.’
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for October 2025, Part One
"Topics targeted include: sentencing of officials over a detainee's death; environmental issues; Nobel Prizes; the deadly crash of a Xiaomi electric vehicle; the re-sentencing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan …"
"Topics targeted include: sentencing of officials over a detainee's death; environmental issues; Nobel Prizes; the deadly crash of a Xiaomi electric vehicle; the re-sentencing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan …"
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for October 2025, Part One
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “...
chinadigitaltimes.net
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for October 2025, Part One
"Topics targeted include: sentencing of officials over a detainee's death; environmental issues; Nobel Prizes; the deadly crash of a Xiaomi electric vehicle; the re-sentencing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan …"
"Topics targeted include: sentencing of officials over a detainee's death; environmental issues; Nobel Prizes; the deadly crash of a Xiaomi electric vehicle; the re-sentencing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan …"
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As the lack of English secondary literature specifically dedicated to Gongyang Confucianism #公羊學 makes this School of Chinese Philosophy and #Confucianism rather inaccessible, I have decided that it is time for a bibliography post including introductory and more specific works on Gongyang thinkers.
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As the lack of English secondary literature specifically dedicated to Gongyang Confucianism #公羊學 makes this School of Chinese Philosophy and #Confucianism rather inaccessible, I have decided that it is time for a bibliography post including introductory and more specific works on Gongyang thinkers.
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a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
OutSavvy - To Your Ear - Thursday 13th November 2025 at St Catherine's Church. Find event and ticket information here - www.outsavvy.com/event/30652/...
To Your Ear Tickets - London - OutSavvy
To Your Ear returns to St Catherine's for a concert of music for strings and piano. There will be two brand new pieces: an octet for violin, viola, cello, three guitars, piano and keys by James M Cree...
www.outsavvy.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
OutSavvy - To Your Ear - Thursday 13th November 2025 at St Catherine's Church. Find event and ticket information here - www.outsavvy.com/event/30652/...
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It’s getting dark very quickly.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s getting dark very quickly.
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[“Female Student” (女學生)] was one of 240 works included in the 1930 Poetry of Chin-chuan (金川詩草), making Huang the first Taiwanese woman to have her own poetry collection.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
Taiwan in Time:Bound talent: A female poet’s lament - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
[“Female Student” (女學生)] was one of 240 works included in the 1930 Poetry of Chin-chuan (金川詩草), making Huang the first Taiwanese woman to have her own poetry collection.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
‘He didn’t ask for permission to center his community—he started with his community at the center and asked the rest of us to meet him there.’
Important message to a world that only allows for difference as long as it fits in reasonably smoothly.
Important message to a world that only allows for difference as long as it fits in reasonably smoothly.
"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
‘He didn’t ask for permission to center his community—he started with his community at the center and asked the rest of us to meet him there.’
Important message to a world that only allows for difference as long as it fits in reasonably smoothly.
Important message to a world that only allows for difference as long as it fits in reasonably smoothly.
Pendant mon séjour à Taiwan, j'ai eu l'occasion d'enregistrer une série de trois émissions pour la branche francophone de RTI, d'abord avec Li Ang 李昂 autour des traductions et adaptations de son oeuvre
www.rti.org.tw/fr/programne...
www.rti.org.tw/fr/programne...
Voyages, traductions et adaptations du Banquet ahprodisiaque de Li Ang - Rti
La traductrice Coraline Jortay et l'autrice Li Ang (李昂) parlent des voyages du Banquet aphrod...
www.rti.org.tw
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Wait, is Blue Sky actually HAPPY?!?!?! I forgot we had it in us.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Wait, is Blue Sky actually HAPPY?!?!?! I forgot we had it in us.
‘“Palestinians have a right to self-determination. They know how to govern themselves. I wouldn’t even say they should be consulted: no, they should have the leading role here. The people for whom this matters most must be at the table.”’ Navi Pillay
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A single shell, fired by the IDF at a fertility clinic: peace prize recipient explains what lies behind her genocide finding
Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
‘“Palestinians have a right to self-determination. They know how to govern themselves. I wouldn’t even say they should be consulted: no, they should have the leading role here. The people for whom this matters most must be at the table.”’ Navi Pillay
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
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This case would be a farce if it weren't so tragic. Chow Hang-tung and co are being accused of subversion for organising annual candlelight vigils to mourn the Tiananmen Square Massacre dead and seeking justice for them.
A HK court has rejected an application by Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tung to have the subversion charge against her quashed, saying prosecutors have adequately specified the allegations to ensure a fair trial. In full: buff.ly/3Kim6PG
Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tung’s subversion charge upheld by HK court
A HK court has rejected an application by Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tung to have the subversion charge against her quashed, saying prosecutors have adequately specified the allegations to ensure a...
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This case would be a farce if it weren't so tragic. Chow Hang-tung and co are being accused of subversion for organising annual candlelight vigils to mourn the Tiananmen Square Massacre dead and seeking justice for them.
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UK universities are being driven to bankruptcy because of Tory sledgehammer legacy and the Labour government's apathy and ineptitude.
Of course they'll seek funding abroad, and good luck with expecting them to live up to their humanistic rhetoric.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Of course they'll seek funding abroad, and good luck with expecting them to live up to their humanistic rhetoric.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
UK universities are being driven to bankruptcy because of Tory sledgehammer legacy and the Labour government's apathy and ineptitude.
Of course they'll seek funding abroad, and good luck with expecting them to live up to their humanistic rhetoric.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Of course they'll seek funding abroad, and good luck with expecting them to live up to their humanistic rhetoric.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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I actually think the BBC version does a better job of explaining quite how utterly outrageous this whole story is: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I actually think the BBC version does a better job of explaining quite how utterly outrageous this whole story is: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"In total, the documents show Sheffield [Hallam University] had earned £3.8m in 2021/22 from China and Hong Kong." That's how little was enough for them to sell out.
This is as bleak as it gets:
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"In total, the documents show Sheffield [Hallam University] had earned £3.8m in 2021/22 from China and Hong Kong." That's how little was enough for them to sell out.
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Now reversed, but only after eight months of disruption, cancellation of some work, and threats of legal action. Appalling.
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Now reversed, but only after eight months of disruption, cancellation of some work, and threats of legal action. Appalling.
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
This is as bleak as it gets:
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This is as bleak as it gets:
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Palestine 36 is a masterpiece on the 1936 Arab revolt - https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-36-masterpiece-1936-arab-revolt
Palestine 36 is a masterpiece on the 1936 Arab revolt
The film by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir is a sophisticated and devastating period piece set during the British Mandate
www.middleeasteye.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Palestine 36 is a masterpiece on the 1936 Arab revolt - https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-36-masterpiece-1936-arab-revolt
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Sorry to miss Beijing Forum on AI next week, but glad to be in Paris tomorrow afternoon for a retrospective on 4 years of DISTAM, a French network on Digital Research for African and Asian Area Studies, led by Prof. Marie Bizais-Lillig
For those in and around Paris: distam.hypotheses.org/21048
For those in and around Paris: distam.hypotheses.org/21048
Distam :“Fouille de texte et TAL en études aréales” le 3 novembre au Pôle des langues et civilisations (Paris)
Le consortium propose le 3 novembre une synthèse des travaux effectués au cours des quatre années passées ainsi que les perspectives d’exploitation des corpus textuels envisagés dans le cadre d’une pr...
distam.hypotheses.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Sorry to miss Beijing Forum on AI next week, but glad to be in Paris tomorrow afternoon for a retrospective on 4 years of DISTAM, a French network on Digital Research for African and Asian Area Studies, led by Prof. Marie Bizais-Lillig
For those in and around Paris: distam.hypotheses.org/21048
For those in and around Paris: distam.hypotheses.org/21048
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A reminder that we've not seen (new) photos of Joshua Wong in years as not only is he in prison but the authorities have prevented/barred journalists and others from photographing him (and, for that matter, all of Hong Kong's other political prisoners).
Artwork posted by @hkposter777
#JoshuaWong 🏴
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Link: twitter.com/1291307698848505858/status/1977529176258142400
#JoshuaWong 🏴
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More: mtag.info/gal2hash
#MilkTeaAlliance
Link: twitter.com/1291307698848505858/status/1977529176258142400
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A reminder that we've not seen (new) photos of Joshua Wong in years as not only is he in prison but the authorities have prevented/barred journalists and others from photographing him (and, for that matter, all of Hong Kong's other political prisoners).