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Xin Fan 范鑫

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Historian, Teacher, and Traveler; Author of "World History and National Identity in China" (CambridgeUP, 2021) & "Global history in China" (Palgrave 2024).

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Nov 24

New to Bluesky, so I thought I'd reintroduce my work! My first monograph, World History and National Identity in China, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. It explores #IntellectualHistory, #Historiography, #Nationalism, and the development of the #WorldHistory discipline in China.

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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Sep 2

A timely talk by Professor Klaus Muehlhahn in ShanghaiTech University on 8 September: Beyond the Black Hole: How Humanities and Liberal Arts Can Thrive in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. 上海的小伙伴请考虑参加:-)

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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am humbled to share my newly published essay (金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘) about Dr. Louis Cha, Honorary Fellow of both Robinson and St John’s Colleges. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues Judith (Robinson), Miki, Beth, and Elmo at @AMES_Library for their kind support.

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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 17

Super happy to share the news on behalf of the team for the Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collection of Chinese Materials at Cambridge University Library: our Hopkins Oracle Bones (2D set CUL1–610) and 50 3D images are now freely accessible to the world. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Aug 5

You are welcome

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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Jul 28

Cambridge PhD students: please consider this great opportunity to use the Chinese collections at UCSD library for your PhD studies, under the WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme. Application deadline: 30 September 2025. For details, please see: library.ucsd.edu/news-events/...

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Jul 12

pleased to report both of my monographs are now on sales––

Re: "World History and National Identity in China," paperback is only GBP 24.00.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Re: "Global History in China," digital copy is only GBP13.99.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · May 29

Reading amazing scholarship like this makes you wonder to what extent the 1911/12 divide is still applicable to modern Chinese history!

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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · May 27

Hello #AsianStudies community! 👋

We’re thrilled to join #Bluesky. Follow us for updates on our books, journals, digital resources, events and CfPs covering Asian Studies—across #history, #philosophy, #religion, #literature and #culturalstudies.

We can’t wait to connect with you all!

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Bin Xu. Emory University @binxu013.bsky.social · May 28

Call For Contributions to an Edited Volume
Trauma, Reconciliation, and Mnemonic Justice in Modern China
Bin Xu (Emory)
Zhiyi Yang (Frankfurt)
Thomas B. Gold (Berkeley)
Abstract by September 1, 2025. Full paper by March 31, 2026. Volume to the press summer 2026. Details: binxu.net/call-for-con...

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · May 28

Back to reading and finished this new translation of the history of the Republic of China (originally in French). Very strong synthesis of the economic, political, social, and cultural in the last four chapters. Less focused on the revolutionary narrative.

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · May 7

YouTube Livestream: www.youtube.com/@centreformo...

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · May 7

Conference on “Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self” on May 19 & May 21 in Göttingen, co-organized by Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen) and Wang Hui (Tsinghua), which will be featured with a range of renowned artists, writers, and scholars. Programs below.

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History of South China Workshop @southchinahistory.bsky.social · Apr 17

📢CALL FOR PAPERS📢

We're excited to hear from scholars working on the history of South China through new sources, methods and approaches, for a one-day workshop at Oxford!

📅Deadline 9th May

📍Workshop 4th July @ox.ac.uk

For more information and abstract submission: bit.ly/HistoryofSou...

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Mar 30

Looking forward to my talk on the history of emotions at City University of Hong Kong on 9 April! So exciting to visit Hong Kong after so many years…

Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Mar 29

Ta-Nehisi in town. What a treat!

Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Mar 28

Hello!

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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · Feb 27

Permanent academic positions in Asian studies/history soon to open for applications in France in this job cycle, a 🧵

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1) Asst/Assoc Prof in "Culture and societies of the contemporary Sinophone world" at Université Paris Cité (Paris) (deadline: April 4)

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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Feb 15

Our database on periodicals from the late Qing and Republican era has surpassed 10,000 views! Even recently, I’ve continued to receive positive feedback on how useful and convenient it is. This is truly encouraging, and I will be adding more titles soon. See: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Index database on periodicals from Late Qing and Republican eras.

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Jan 23

Book received, and intrigued by the topic. Looking forward to reading it! @mihatsch.bsky.social

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Jan 20

I would translate it as “that Three Ages established by Tang ang Yu.” Sort of creation story here…

Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Jan 16

It's a great honour to be on board!

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Jan 16

News! We would like to welcome four new members to our International Board! @xinfan.bsky.social (University of Cambridge), Ployjai Pintobtang พลอยใจ ปิ่นตบแต่ง (Chiang Mai University; มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่), @orrosenboim.bsky.social (Università di Bologna), and Tomohito Baji 馬路智仁 (University of Tokyo; 東京大学)

A world map from 1602 with annotations in Chinese characters

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Dec 11

Welcome to Bluesky👋

MOFBA • Advertising History in China (dormant) @mofbacn.bsky.social · Dec 11

A fashionable Chinese "New Woman" chilling on the couch in this 1933 magazine cover ad for My Dear cigarettes.

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Moss on Stone @mossonstone.bsky.social · Dec 9

Over 200 East Asian Newspapers and Periodicals (1850-1950) on Internet Archive. A total of over 378,000 issues. All of these can be downloaded as PDFs. archive.org/details/east...

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social · Dec 9

The legendary “Moss on Stone” is back! 👏👏👏

Moss on Stone @mossonstone.bsky.social · Dec 9

There are now over 50 issues of the "Tokyo Gazette" from 1937 to early 1942 on the Internet Archive (with PDF download). This publication is a useful English language source for pro-Japanese state perspective on domestic and international affairs. 1/

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