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Writing Geography in Early Medieval China J.H. Huesemann9 minute read A review of Patterns of the Earth: Writing Geography in Early Medieval China, by David Jonathan Felt. In hardly any… 0 Shares 0 0
The Rural and the Modern in Chinese Cultural Imagination, 1915-1965 Mark McConaghy5 minute read A Review of To The Soil: The Rural and the Modern in Chinese Cultural Imagination, 1915-1965, by Zhang Yu. Zhang… 0 Shares 0 0
Feasting & Sacrifice in the Chinese Bronze Age Zhen Qin5 minute read A review of Politics of Food, Feasting and Sacrifice in the Chinese Bronze Age, by Katrinka Reinhart. An old Chinese… 0 Shares 0 0
Displaying Votive Paintings in Edo Japan Jeannie Kenmotsu 1 share 7 minute read A review of Ema: Display Practices of Edo Period Votive Paintings, by Hilary Katherine Snow. This dissertation by Hilary K.… 1 Shares 0 1
WWI & Russia’s Religious Intelligentsia Sergei Zhuk7 minute read A review of Providential Empire: Russia’s Religious Intelligentsia and the First World War, by Christopher A. Stroop. In this impressive… 0 Shares 0 0
Nakagami Kenji & the Literature of the Echoing Chamber Yukiko Shigeto7 minute read A Review of The Literature of the Echoing Chamber: Nakagami Kenji and the Theory of the Utsuho, by Hisaaki Wake.… 0 Shares 0 0
The Social Life of Water in Mumbai Tarini Bedi7 minute read A Review of Infrapolitics: The Social Life of Water in Mumbai, by Nikhil Anand. Nikhil Anand’s dissertation is a nuanced,… 0 Shares 0 0
Bishu Shanzhuang & the Kangxi Landscape Kristina Kleutghen9 minute read A review of Creating the Kangxi Landscape: Bishu Shanzhuang and the Mediation of Qing Imperial Identity, by Stephen Hart Whiteman.… 0 Shares 0 0