Postdoc at Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. Working on 🌾 & 🐟
Taipei City, Taiwan
Joined March 2018
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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/depart…
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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/S17400228261…
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I’m happy to share my new article in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. The article is open access. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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Migrant workers or future citizens? Taiwan’s foreign mid-skilled workers program tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Some thoughts (and reporting) on Australian universities and what’s at risk if they don’t get fixed abc.net.au/news/2026-04-05/u…
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Happy 30th birthday, Pokémon! 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
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I am thrilled to share our newest peer-reviewed work, "Feeling Blue: Public Support for Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement and Legislative Reform" with @poscwty & @hannahjunekim out now at @chinaquarterly !
A🧵on Taiwanese public opinion and independent voters:
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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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.cornell…
📷: Ryan Young
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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-inter…
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Please join us with @jamestwotree on Friday, November 28, 2025 for a public lecture, “In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan.” 3–5 PM (PST), Liu Institute for Global Issues, xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees)
RSVP: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gl…
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This @AAPNewswire article features our new report ‘Australian public and institutional responses to Taiwan Strait crises’, warning 🇦🇺 is not “equipped to provide an effective response should tensions escalate in the region.”
📚👉 bit.ly/43BHggS
canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
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Job! Thanks to a generous donation from anonymous donors and matching funding from UNSW, we are advertising for 2 x two-year postdocs in History. Any region. Any period. Any method.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.e…
Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.
Leo Chu retweeted
The Weatherhead Scholars Program invites applications for the Sang Kee Kim Postdoctoral Fellowship from early-career scholars whose research focuses on East Asia and Southeast Asia (excluding Japan and China).
Application Deadline: October 15
tinyurl.com/2emzpr5y
Leo Chu retweeted
My short essay on @somatosphere: This analysis expands biopolitical frameworks by incorporating a question of affect and temporality while also rethinking queer futurity by interrogating the relationship between queerness, biopolitics, and right to life.
somatosphere.net/queer-ties-…
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The final article from our special section of @WomensHistNet is out! Important work from @catherinekevin5
'Towards a history of reproductive coercion and abuse in mid-twentieth century Australia'
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Call for Papers: "Traversing Trans-Asian Imaginaries: Anime, Manga, and Media Cultures," Mechademia 2026 Conference - to be held at National University of Singapore, May 29-30. Submit paper and panel proposals by October 15.
mechademia.net/conferences/a…
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About 14 million people are displaced; at least 150,000 people have died in Sudan's civil war.
"But no statistics can express the sense of pointlessness, of meaninglessness, that the war has left behind alongside the physical destruction."
From my new Atlantic cover story
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Weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & here is our upcoming events🧵
In June Thai & Cambodian's orgs called on both govt's to deescalate the border situation. They didn't listen.
This week civilians have been killed & migrant workers have been attacked
#NoWarThaiCambodia
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เชิญองค์กร/กลุ่มชาวไทยและกัมพูชา ร่วมลงนามในแถลงการณ์จุดยืนและข้อเรียกร้องเพื่อสันติภาพ
We invite Thai and Cambodian organizations/groups to sign the statement calling for peace.
#NoWarThaiCambodia
#สันติสู่ชายแดน
#សន្តិភាពដល់ព្រំដែន
