On 5 March, I will present a new paper at @cammbhw.bsky.social titled 'Racism and Imperial Retreat', examining the impact of British anti-non-white immigration sentiment on the Conservative government's negotiation of HK nationality rights. For more info, sign up to lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/h...

Finished reading Rian Thum's fascinating ISLAMIC CHINA: AN ASIAN HISTORY. Thum manages to transmute a detailed bibliographical essay on Islamic texts by Chinese writers (fluent variously in Persian, Arabic, and classical Chinese) ... 1/ . @rianthum.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Cloisonne Enamel Pekingese #Dog Effigy China, 20th c. H 5.8 x W 7 cm (2.25 x 2.75 in.) “Cloisonne animal effigies were produced in China during the 20th c. as decorative objects, w/ the Pekingese modeled after a breed traditionally associated w/ imperial & domestic settings.” #ChineseArt #DogsInArt

OTDT 1930 Wolfgang Bauer, the great Munich sinologist was born. He must have been an extraordinarily inspiring teacher, judging from the wonderful stories by his students collected in the memorial volume dedicated to him (1/5)

#DOTD: Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮 (1427–64), Ming 明 Emperor Yingzong 英宗, who ascended the throne twice under the era names Zhengtong 正統 (1436–50) and Tianshun 天順 (1457–64) after being captured at Tumu Fortress 土木堡 in 1449 during a botched campaign against the Oirat Mongols.

#BOTD: Liang Qichao 梁啟超 (1873–1929), Chinese historian, intellectual, and revolutionary #ModernChina #NewHistory #新史學

Cool, but I don't know what they're doing in Times Square; the whole point of cheap vanilla soft serve - which back in the olden days was a McDonalds thing - is that it's a palate cleanser after a spicy meal, so you want a tiny storefront in an area full of interesting restaurants like the E Village

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Otome Inari Shrine, on the grounds of Nezu Shrine in Tokyo. #ToriiTuesday #Shinto #Japan

[SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER] The mood, the beat, and the trance rhythm are so purely entertaining and Travolta is such an original presence that a viewer spins past these weaknesses. (1977)

Everything is fine.

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS. We will close our doors forever on 31 July 2026. Follow the link to leave thoughts, comments, memories 💗 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

All grad and undergrad students are invited to attend the Religious Studies Movie Talk Night, Feb 27, 6pm! Film: Children of Men, an all too timely film that explores a world ravaged by nationalism, xenophobia, and economic decline. Presenter: Wayne Chandira Room: LRW 1003 Bring your own snacks!

I was a bicycle courier in London for 8 years.

22 Feb 1945 // Corvette HMCS Trentonian was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U.1004 off Falmouth while on convoy escort duty. Six of her crew lost their lives. #RoyalCanadianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Folklore is so much a part of our collective culture that it cannot help but spill out everywhere. It tumbles out of pub signs, street names, graffiti spat from spray cans. Manifests as wondrous acts of knitting. It is an essential element of us. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreSunday

The Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch, known as the "The Artist of Death", met his own death #onthisday in 1731. Why the nickname? This engraving of one of his remarkable "still life" displays gives a clue. More in Luuc Koojimans' essay: publicdomainreview.org/essay/f... #OTD

Weekly Wanderings: February 22, 2026 Thanks for joining me this week. Recommendations China Stories Susan Blumberg-Kason, “Social Mobility and Stagnation: How the university entrance exam and residency permits structure life for in China.” Omkar Khandekar, Emily Feng, and Pankaj Dhungel, “India…

Worn #onthisday in 1985 by Princess Diana to visit the Cirencester Police Station in Gloucestershire, UK. British designer Jasper Conran made the red wool suit. #OTD @hrp-palaces.bsky.social

Card of the day from the Thoth Deck for February 22 Nine of Disks hermetic.com/crowley... 🃏 #tarot #ThothDeck #CardOfTheDay #DailyTarot #divination #cartomancy

#OTD in 1944, the Washington State Elks Association adopted a resolution calling for the deportation of "all alien Japanese and all American citizens of Japanese descent who have been disloyal to the United States." The resolution was adopted at the Elks annual midwinter convention. 🗃 #skystorians

More children’s books about people of Chinese heritage in the 20th-21st century chinesebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/1...

Today's the 5th day of Chinese #newyear, when we traditionally usher in Caishen, the god of wealth with rituals and offerings, here's me building #LEGO's Fortune Firecracker set and chatting about the scholar Caishen featured in this set. #culture youtu.be/A5Boh58BZ3c

A boon which Anubis, Foremost of the Westerners, grants! Your thousand of bread, your thousand of beer, your thousand of ointment, your thousand of alabaster, your thousand of clothing, your thousand of cattle! (PTF)

As seen from across Earth toward the end of this month – about 40 minutes after sunset – the bright planet #Jupiter will be in the east. Very low in the west – just above the horizon – are #Venus, #Mercury and #Saturn. Read more at: buff.ly/0AiDgTW

It’s a mixture of fashwave visuals c.2016 and 70’s British tv nostalgia. Very Jimmy Savile coded

Not difficult to imagine a near future where Google has been shattered, Chinese becomes the global language of prestige, and all baked goods are Bing.

In Chinese #folklore, Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to claim the imperial throne, once cherished palace cats. But after having Empress Wang and Consort Xiao executed, she was cursed with chilling words: “May I be reborn a cat, and you a mouse, so I may 1/2 #caturday

On this day in 1974, Tim Horton died. The founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain, he played 24 seasons in the NHL and won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

American fashion designer, heiress, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt was born #OnThisDay in 1924. She was photographed wearing this c. 1972 screen-printed silk chiffon and silk satin Zandra Rhodes evening dress at a New York party in 1983. FIDM Museum collection. #fashionhistory

Ontario is lowering OSAP so students only receive 25% of funding through grants. 48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%. Federal grants are also on the chopping block. Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.

Entrance gate to Xiantong Monastery, on the eastern side of Mount Wutai, 2016.

I've been documenting the locations and conditions of former Shinto shrines in Taiwan for several years by now. This map now shows 464 sites... and I'm sure there are dozens more to uncover! ⛩ spectralcodex.com/themes/taiwa...

on advance access: "Tibetan Gift-Giving, British Indifference, and the Erasure of Provenance in Colonial India" by @tibetcurator.bsky.social (@uomsalc.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Just gonna say, we are all #LowerEd now and it was never ever a doubt.

Orkney and Shetland, part of the Kingdom of Norway since 875, were absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland #OnThisDay in AD 1472, given in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark's marriage to King James III. They have been part of Scotland ever since 1/2

Call for applications: Chinese Object Study Workshops, summer program for graduate students in Chinese Art History. Apply by March 2 for 2026 workshops at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Royal Ontario Museum. https://umma.umich.edu/projects/chinese-object-study-workshops/

Was looking into some cartoons by Wang Dunqing王敦慶(1899-1990) for the book and stumbled upon this striking group portrait of 1930s Shanghai cartoonists from the BM collections www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Thai police say they've caught an elusive serial burglar by going undercover as lion dancers at a temple fair. Video footage released by the Bangkok police department showed officers hidden beneath a red-and-gold lion costume dancing toward the suspect.

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This bladder stone was "cut by Jer. Callot from Thomas Murray at Paris, 8th May 1676" Removing bladder stones was very dangerous as surgeons had to cut into the perineum and then into the bladder. Survivors often kept the stone as a memento like this one.

Worn #onthisday in 1972 by Queen Elizabeth II to host a farewell banquet on the HMS Britannia during a state visit to Singapore. Her red and white velvet Norman Hartnell gown echoed the Singapore flag's colors. When the last guests went ashore, the royal yacht set sail. #OTD 📷 RCT

Please destroy card.

The Kiss (Bela Lugosi), 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/1208812

Occasionally reminded that Georgia added a “post tenure review” process bc they were so certain that professors became deadweight once they had job security, and all the outcomes have proven JUST THE OPPOSITE! People work harder and in more complex ways when they feel secure in their employment.

Feb 19th 1998 - Trinity was ambushed by police and agents while inside the Matrix. 📽️📅 The Matrix (1999)

On this day in 1996, the Toonie was introduced by the Government of Canada. While the name Nanuq (polar bear) was suggested to honour the Inuit and Canada's North, Toonie became commonplace. The bear on the Toonie was named Churchill by the Royal Canadian Mint.

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757), Turko-#Sogdian general and first #emperor of the #Yan #燕 (756–63), founded after he seized #Luoyang #洛陽 in the #rebellion bearing his name. #Funfact: his name, Lushan (Roxshan), is of the same root as English #Roxanne.

The terrible colleague at UNIL using my name has published a new paper again.👀 I don’t particularly enjoy reading it, nor do I think that it will interest anyone. All errors are solely her responsibility, not mine. www.academia.edu/164750402/Th... glorisunglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/u...