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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · 16d

I guess a journal to somewhat avoid.

Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · 19d

Did they say anything human in the end about the suspected AI paper? I was chatting to a friend just now about this in another journal and the editors were really on top of the issue. So, there is hope!

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jul 11

AAS Vancouver Panel: Global Wanghong, Global China. I'm putting together a panel for the AAS on the global nature of wanghong and how it helps us understand a global China. If you wish to participate send me a title and abstract by end of day July 17: cm89 [ at ] soas . ac . uk

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jul 2

if the footballers get water breaks every 20 minutes i think we're allowed multi day exercise break. Left Paris yesterday for a talk today in Duisburg. Looking forward to going back to lovely London weather.

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jul 2

I'm definitely telling myself it's too hot.

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jun 30

Two fully funded PhDs with me at SOAS. Within my ERC project; one researching in Paris, the other in Düsseldorf. Exploring the impact of Chinese capital on European urban space, the cultural industries, and social media. More info here:

drive.google.com/file/d/12srA...

Deadline is 21 July.

2_ Fully Funded PhDs SOAS ENG.pdf

drive.google.com

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jun 30

Definitely not in my paper, unless you're a building. But I'm sure the other papers will have the key to success!

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm down for making Canada even greater againer. I'm personally not planning on participating in any US based conferences for a few years. Though only caveat is, US colleagues who are worried about getting back into the US if they leave.

Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Jun 26

Looking to participate or co-organise an AAS Vancouver 2026 panel on internet fame, wanghong, or Xiaohongshu. If anyone is interested let me know.

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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today I had my first experience of seeing a paper (and to be clear: a research paper, not a student paper) cite a paper I'm a listed author on where that paper does not actually exist.

It's clearly an AI-generated fabrication.

*sigh* #generativeAI #artificialintelligence

Brooke Hutchinson, Michael Smith, Joshua Drake, Ryan McKinnon, Jonathan Phillis, Eleanor
Short, Thomas Cribbin, Mark Spierings, and Tama Leaver. Social media moderation of harmful
content: A systematic review. New Media & Society, 24(5):1124–1151, 2022.

(An AI generated false citation.)

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Tommy Tse @tommytse.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 Upcoming Global Africa Seminar @Rm0.16, BG1, Univ of Amsterdam. Join us on 20 Jun | 15:00 – 16:30 CEST. Speakers: Dr. Andrea Pollio (Turin) & Dr. Maria Repnikova (GSU). Moderated by Dr. Carwyn Morris
Zoom link: uva-live.zoom.us/j/85202106220
Details: www.chinaafricafashionpower.org/event-detail...

ASCA Global Africa Seminar Series Event #4 | CAPF

The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce the details of our fourth and final seminar event for this academic semester. For our final session, we will be having a book salon. This ...

www.chinaafricafashionpower.org

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jun 4

Exciting! Folks in London, please mark your diary and come to listen to @coralinglingxu.bsky.social discuss her book The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social. @carwynmorris.bsky.social

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jun 4

A bit of planning ahead--for colleagues and friends who will be in London in Jan, please mark this for your diary. I will give a book talk on The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social SOAS China Institute on 26 January 2026 at 5 pm. See you!

www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China

Dr Cora Lingling Xu will introduce key arguments of her latest book on 'The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China'.

www.soas.ac.uk

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · May 28

For sure. I'll be moving in next week, so maybe we can grab a coffee sometime then.

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · May 28

Back in the UK, working at SOAS. Happy to travel across the British Isles and say hi/give a talk.

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David Brenner @davidbrenner.bsky.social · May 13

Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) are key actors in Myanmar's revolutionary war. But their positioning towards the crisis has been far from clear. How do we make sense of their strategies?

I hope to shed some light on this with my new open access article: doi.org/10.1080/0047...

Some takeaways🧵1/8

Rebel Politics after the Coup: Ethnic Armed Organisations and Myanmar’s Spring Revolution

Ethnic armed organisations or EAOs play a pivotal role in the revolutionary war against Myanmar’s junta. These ethno-national rebel movements have not only captured large swathes of territory, but ...

doi.org

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · May 12

i can't see jumping spiders or octopus (octopi/octopodes) without these books manifesting themselves. Unsure if these creatures are even real anymore.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Apr 22

I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Why So Many MAGA Men Look Like Joe Rogan

The slim-fit uniform of grindset entrepreneurs and right wing podcasters can be traced back decades.

www.bloomberg.com

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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · Apr 28

📣 New book cover!!!!

INFORMATIONAL PERIPHERIES: RETHINKING THE URBAN IN A DIGITAL AGE

Free OA with a fantastic lineup of authors.

It's been a pleasure working with @fennaimara.bsky.social

Shoutout to @uclpress.bsky.social for being so supportive and organised.

uclpress.co.uk/book/informa...

Informational Peripheries

Urbanisation and urban life in a digital age needs to be examined through a lens of information – encompassing both its politics and its geographies. The periphery in an information age is located sim...

uclpress.co.uk

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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Apr 17

Guess who has finally arrived on bluesky?

Here we’ll be sharing lots of digital geography delights: conference news, new publications, spotlights on brilliant research, calls for papers, upcoming events, and the occasional musing.

#digitalgeographies #blueskynewbe

a woman is standing in front of a door with the words i 'm here written in red

ALT: a woman is standing in front of a door with the words i 'm here written in red

media.tenor.com

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Apr 17

New Text Book Alert: Studying Political Communication and Media in East Asia, by Florian Schneider. It covers everything, including methods + key literature across disciplines & time periods. It also includes detailed guidance on setting up a gamified, XP focused course.

www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Studying Political Communication and Media in East Asia

Communication is at the heart of politics, and certainly in East Asia, where vibrant media systems and cultural industries connect with political processes that range from the democratic to autocratic...

www.aup.nl

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National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · Apr 2

Applications are now open to join the next generation of American China specialists as the ninth cohort of the Public Intellectuals Program (PIP).

Deadline: May 11, 2025
Learn more: www.ncuscr.org/applications...

Call for Applications: Public Intellectuals Programs Ninth Cohort (2025-2027)

This two-year program is designed to identify outstanding members of the next generation of American China scholars, enrich their understanding of policymaking processes in the United States and Great...

www.ncuscr.org

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Apr 11

Agreed, our BA project has highlights similar things. A law based international order in which China is very active in determining the 'law' and the 'order.' Doesn't mean it's the same that came before, some might consider it Lawful Evil.

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Aquabats are one of the strangest and weirdly wholesome bands. Can't believe they've been going for over 30 years.

Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Apr 3

Chinese companies have been scouting out the UK as a destination to counter/work around US tariffs for quite a while. I guess yesterday continues to make the UK attractive to Chinese capital.

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Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hosting a #slowfashion and #artisan sample sale, trunk show, and collection preview this weekend in London. Come along and chat to me/us about ANYTHING. It's seventyfive, Monad, The Backward Vendor, and Provision at 18 Iliffe Yard SE17 3QA

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