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Leo Chu

@Leo_CL_Chu

Postdoc at Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. Working on šŸŒ¾ & šŸŸ

 Taipei City, Taiwan
Joined March 2018
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Check out my review on Revolutionary Natures by @UWAPress tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.ā€¦
Revolutionary natures: grassroots environmental histories of Chinaā€™s Mao era

Revolutionary natures: grassroots environmental histories of Chinaā€™s Mao era

Published in Asian Studies Review (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Back in 2024 I attended a conference on global soy expansion in JKU Linz. The papers will be published finally this September. Check out the surprising multiple cropping soy story in Taiwan & more! beck-shop.de/schermer-langthā€¦
Schermer / Langthaler | Soy and Agro-Food Change

Schermer / Langthaler | Soy and Agro-Food Change

Schermer / Langthaler, Soy and Agro-Food Change, 2026, Buch, Fachbuch, 978-3-7065-7011-4. BĆ¼cher schnell und portofrei innerhalb Deutschlands.

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New (shared) office!
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Mom is satisfied with the progress of the experiment šŸ‘©šŸ½ā€šŸ”¬
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Come and join us for the final Laureate Centre symposium to celebrate 5+ years of wonderful research by friends & colleagues! eventbrite.com.au/e/populatiā€¦
Populating Global History

Populating Global History

A Final Laureate Symposium

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Will give an online talk next week @ucsantabarbara about my PhD research which will soon (fingers crossed) become a book!
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The University of Oxford is advertising a 1-year Departmental Lectureship in Economic and Social History to be held in the Faculty of History from 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sep 2027. Applications close 27 May 2026. jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL580/departā€¦
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New out! Bruno Walter Renato Toscano offers a new perspective on how national contexts were shaped by the global politics of family planning. #familyplanning #populationcontrolmovement #UnitedStates #Italy #coldwar #globalhistory Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S17400228261ā€¦
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Iā€™m happy to share my new article in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. The article is open access. Iā€™d love to hear your thoughts. ā€”- Migrant workers or future citizens? Taiwanā€™s foreign mid-skilled workers program tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.ā€¦
Migrant workers or future citizens? Taiwanā€™s foreign mid-skilled workers program

Migrant workers or future citizens? Taiwanā€™s foreign mid-skilled workers program

This paper critically examines Taiwanā€™s Foreign Mid-Skilled Worker Program, introduced in 2022, which offers select blue-collar migrant workers pathways toward permanent residency and citizenship. ...

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Another article on Taiwan's family planning, published by Rural History @CambridgeUP, where I connects policies for agricultural production to human reproudction. cambridge.org/core/journals/ā€¦

Green revolution, demographic revolution: Planning (re-)production in rural Taiwan, 1950ā€“79 | Rural...

Green revolution, demographic revolution: Planning (re-)production in rural Taiwan, 1950ā€“79 - Volume 37 Issue 2

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Damien Cave@damiencaveApr 5
Some thoughts (and reporting) on Australian universities and whatā€™s at risk if they donā€™t get fixed abc.net.au/news/2026-04-05/uā€¦
The 'enshitification' of the system has left Australia's unis at a crossroad

The 'enshitification' of the system has left Australia's unis at a crossroad

A generation ago, studying in Australia opened doors. Today rising costs and falling satisfaction are making international students think twice, and locals feel sidelined.Ā 

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New publication! Building on the biopolitical literature of family planning, my article scrutinizes population and development in postwar Taiwan from the perspective of political theology. @PolTheoNetwork tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.ā€¦
Latecomer time: Theologizing development and population in Cold War Taiwan, 1950-1969

Latecomer time: Theologizing development and population in Cold War Taiwan, 1950-1969

This paper applies Carl Schmittā€™s katechonā€”the restrainer of doom in Christian eschatology ā€“ to ideas about population and development in Cold War Taiwan. Focusing on the authoritarian regimeā€™s all...

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@NatureFeb 27
Happy 30th birthday, PokƩmon! Since 1996, the Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity. go.nature.com/4tZOzKY
PokĆ©mon turns 30 ā€” how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science

PokĆ©mon turns 30 ā€” how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science

Nature - The Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity.

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nice paper on the critical history of bananas @NTU_TW šŸŒ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ā€¦
Living With Epidemic Plant Diseases: Colonial Plantation Regimes, the Transformation of Indigenous...

Living With Epidemic Plant Diseases: Colonial Plantation Regimes, the Transformation of Indigenous...

This article examines the entangled histories of biosecurity, colonial governance and plantation capitalism by examining the case of Taiwan's banana industry. By focusing on the impact of banana...

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Lev Nachman@lnachman32Feb 3
I am thrilled to share our newest peer-reviewed work, "Feeling Blue: Public Support for Taiwanā€™s Bluebird Movement and Legislative Reform" with @poscwty & @hannahjunekim out now at @chinaquarterly ! AšŸ§µon Taiwanese public opinion and independent voters: cambridge.org/core/journals/ā€¦
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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! 2026-28 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies Application Deadline: January 15, 2026 Read the full call here: societyhumanities.as.cornellā€¦ šŸ“·: Ryan Young
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Exciting PhD opportunity at Basel and Birmingham looking into history of synthetic fertilizers in Morocco, Turkey, and South Africa! @Europainstitut data.snf.ch/grants/grant/100ā€¦
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Call for Proposals: University of Pittsburgh conference on "The Future(s) of International and Area Studies: Challenges, Opportunities, Goals," May 8-10, 2026. Submit proposals by December 4; hybrid participation possible. global.pitt.edu/future-interā€¦
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UBC CCR@UBC_CCR15 Nov 2025
Please join us with @jamestwotree on Friday, November 28, 2025 for a public lecture, ā€œIn the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan.ā€ 3ā€“5 PM (PST), Liu Institute for Global Issues, xŹ·ĪøəĪøiqətəm (Place of many trees) RSVP: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/glā€¦
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@ASPI_org31 Oct 2025
This @AAPNewswire article features our new report ā€˜Australian public and institutional responses to Taiwan Strait crisesā€™, warning šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗ is not ā€œequipped to provide an effective response should tensions escalate in the region.ā€ šŸ“ššŸ‘‰ bit.ly/43BHggS canberratimes.com.au/story/9ā€¦
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