Look what I got in the mail! @catielila.bsky.social @jimmillward.bsky.social @jagevans.bsky.social and Taomo Zhou

The sheer moral injury of being alive as a middle class American and having nothing you can do but post and peaceful protest with a cute little poster… man, I’m really worried we’ll spend the rest of our lives living in shame from this moment. Not secondhand shame

In 2021, when the pandemic hit Taiwan, nice people on Twitter launched a fundraising for local NGOs (I have the feeling @catielila.bsky.social was among them, apologies if I'm wrong). Since then, I have been supporting the Homeless Taiwan Association. Here's their website for more info:

Delighted that our Decolonizing Chinese History Roundtable is now available in Chinese translation as a book! Thanks to the wonderful team at Uli books and for my brilliant co-authors @jimmillward.bsky.social @catielila.bsky.social Taomo Zhou, and James Evans www.bookrep.com.tw?md=gwindex&c...

twinning Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison: www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=...

I am honored to have reviewed @catielila.bsky.social and @mhar4.bsky.social's book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" for The China Quarterly. I highly recommend this book, and I hope my review convinces you to check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“There is no single Taiwan story, much as various groups have continually tried to stamp one imprint on its past and future. It is a glorious cacophony.” Michelle T. King reviews two new books on Taiwan’s modern history. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-island-many-histories/

Another review of the excellent 'Revolutionary Taiwan' @catielila.bsky.social www.globalasia.org/v20no2/book/...

Review of Mark Harrison and Catherine Chou's book 'Revolutionary Taiwan' "Packed with elegant analogies, deftly illustrated examples, and subtle but clear, compelling arguments, this book is both educational and immensely enjoyable." […]

I look forward to reading this book by two of the most astute observers of Taiwanese history and society. For anyone interested in truly understanding Taiwan and its people, I would recommend you seek out their writing.

Big thanks to @jamesbaron.bsky.social for his review of "Revolutionary Taiwan" in this week's Taipei Times: "Taking an innovative approach to Taiwan’s contradictory status both 'outside & at the center' of the internat'l system, this book is a superb introduction" www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

wrote about 里長s and more for this month's newsletter: buttondown.com/telegraham/a... with links from @michellekuo.bsky.social @minchao.bsky.social @catielila.bsky.social @kerim.one and more~ subscribe!

Warmest thanks to @jamesbaron.bsky.social from me and @catielila.bsky.social for this generous review of our book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making nationhood in a changing world order." www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

For Broadsides, the blog of the North American Conference on British Studies, I wrote on restarting my academic career in Taiwan, a place that underwent a fierce struggle for democracy & freedom of speech in the 80s & 90s, at a time when both are under threat in the US www.nacbs.org/post/teachin...

🙏 to @briankerg.bsky.social for having me & @mhar4.bsky.social on @cimsec.bsky.social's podcast to discuss "Revolutionary Taiwan". Why was democratization in Taiwan linked to demilitarization & why does Taiwan need to remilitarize now to protect its democracy? 🎹 to learn! cimsec.org/sea-control-...

I had a blast hosting @catielila.bsky.social and @mhar4.bsky.social on the #SeaControl podcast at @cimsec.bsky.social to discuss their book, "Revolutionary #Taiwan." Give it a listen! #ReadFightWin open.spotify.com/episode/2LV1...

Delighted that @catielila.bsky.social and I had an opportunity to speak to @briankerg.bsky.social for the @cimsec.bsky.social Sea Control podcast about our book "Revolutionary Taiwan". Warmest thanks to Brian for the invitation and for his generous questions. cimsec.org/sea-control-...

Sea Control 571 - Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison discuss their book, “Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" and the making of the Taiwanese nation. cimsec.org/sea-control-...

The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives. This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.

I'm glad to see the University of Illinois stand up for academic freedom and international students in the face of Trump admin attacks. Princeton, Wesleyan, Eastern Michigan, and some other schools are doing similarly. Much better than the misguided appeasement attempts of Columbia and others.

Princeton President Chris Eisgruber continues to be such a crucial voice - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.

I think it’s important that we place blame on the institutions which led to this moment. It’s not just Trump and the Republican Party—it’s the presidency, the US Senate and the two party system. If we want to protect against dictatorship, we will need a new political system.

This part of the Tufts declaration somehow warms my heart the most: a full-throated defense of Rümeysa Ötürk's op-ed criticizing the Tufts president, signed by the Tufts president! This is how it's supposed to be!

I'm reminded of Jamelle Bouie's point about the need for people with ambition at this moment. Eisgruber has the potential to become a historically important figure in higher education, not just at Princeton, but in the U.S. as a whole. Others could, too!

Relatedly: University President Christopher Eisgruber signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government in an interview with Bloomberg after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the University’s research grants.

As a birthright citizen and an academic who has worked both in & outside the US, I recognize it as a duty to put my name next to the ideals I believe in, esp when so many non-citizens are being targeted for doing the same. 'A democracy is only as strong as its commitment to intellectual integrity.'

川普指控澤連斯基「你將引發第三次世界大戰」，也許不久後他也會相同的指控賴清德「你將引發世界大戰」。支持川普的台灣人和台美人誤解了，如果他們認為台灣比烏克蘭更特別或重要。不要認為烏克蘭只是來要錢，相較於台灣這麼棒帶來錢。烏克蘭已經抵擋了三年的侵略，台灣經過一樣的經驗會處於什麼狀況?

228就該讀學校當初沒有教我的台灣歷史 @catielila.bsky.social

🔊 Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison talk about their book 'Revolutionary Taiwan' on the New Books in East Asian Studies podcast https://newbooksnetwork.com/revolutionary-taiwan #Taiwan #taiwanstudies #book #Podcast #台灣

Thanks to Anthony Kao for having @mhar4.bsky.social and me on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social East Asia Studies podcast :) "Revolutionary Taiwan helps readers understand why Taiwan’s democratization process encompasses a series of “revolutionary” transformations" newbooksnetwork.com/revolutionar...

It’s happening! Bernie Sanders is in Omaha tonight - and stopping here in Iowa City tomorrow morning. I’ll be there!

So many people showed up for Bernie Sanders in Iowa City that a second event was held a block away. Another thousand heard Sanders declare, “We are here to stop oligarchy!”

I was also honored to organize a roundtable about Decolonizing Chinese History, first at AAS and then as a publication in @historicaljnl.bsky.social with @jimmillward.bsky.social, James Gethyn Evans, @catielila.bsky.social and Taomo Zhou www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Really delighted to have had the chance to talk to Anthony Kao for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with my co-author @catielila.bsky.social about our book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making nationhood in a changing world order". newbooksnetwork.com/revolutionar...

Book Talk: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Chou and Mark Harrison

So grateful to be home on the west coast - even, especially now - on a mini-book tour for "Revolutionary Taiwan". @mhar4.bsky.social & I are speaking to the @ucsandiego.bsky.social community today, Feb 3rd at 12 pm @ the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club. Thanks to the UCSD Center for Taiwan Studies!

Waiting, feat. @karissachen.bsky.social and @catielila.bsky.social.

Excellent piece about the Taiwanese community in Houston, Texas, by @josephinelee.bsky.social Looking forward to visiting Houston and the University of St. Thomas in early Feb. to talk about "Revolutionary Taiwan", by @catielila.bsky.social and me. www.amazon.com/Revolutionar...

Inizio del primo capitolo di Revolutionary Taiwan. Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order di Catherine Lila Chou e Mark Harrison

Autumn reading list... Myanmar, Black anarchism, Taiwan. Should keep me busy. A theme runs through these despite the diffrent contexts. Learning from each others stuggles so as to be more effective in our own & so that we can understand & support each other better.

È Taiwan! Da Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order di Catherine Lila Chou e Mark Harrison.

Very cool! Adding to my reading list. Congrats on the new book!

Excited to be speaking with @catielila.bsky.social at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington next January 30 about our book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making nationhood in a changing world order". jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/event...

Thanks to the Center for International Maritime Security and @briankerg.bsky.social for including "Revolutionary Taiwan" by me and @catielila.bsky.social in the CIMSEC 2024 Holiday Reading list. cimsec.org/cimsecs-2024...

Thrilled to say that "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making nationhood in a changing world order" by Catherine Chou and me, is now available on Amazon. Heartfelt appreciation to Catherine for guiding the book to completion and her deep insights into the Taiwan story. www.amazon.com/Revolutionar...

Wrote today on the permanent crisis of labor in Taiwan. It's so angering that there is no citizenship route for workers here, even though we are in a state of population collapse. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...