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Geographer of digital and China things Wanghong, digital territory, and contentious politics PI of European Research Council Project CHINA.EU Assistant Prof China Studies, Leiden University Fashion side hustle https://www.instagram.com/seventyfivelondon
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@ubleiden.bsky.social Chinese Queer Collection at Leiden University Library will be officially launched. An amazing resource for research and teaching. If you are interested in joining the inaugural workshop and learning more, see the post below!

Ian Johnson: LIAS China Seminar, 12 March. For the next seminar Ian discusses "Underground China." Ian presents a picture of Xi Jinping’s China where a vibrant movement of underground actors challenge the Communist Party's control of history. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

"sites in Cheese digital spaces" - Favourite term from a recent review. I'm quitting 'digital China' and going to focus on 'digital Cheese' 🧀 Nobody is asking the important questions about cheese digital sovereingty! Is it a 🫕, a 🍔, or a 🪤?

"The scholarships will cover the costs of flight tickets (in economy class) to and from Sweden, hotel in Stockholm for the period of the workshop, travel between Stockholm and Lund, and visa fee. Students who wish to be considered for the scholarships must indicate this in their application."

This is true! Fantastic opportunity for a motivated junior researcher looking for a stimulating research environment in which to grow while prepping to pursue a Ph.D.

This is today in leiden

Hiring RA: We (led by Chenchen Zhang) are hiring a Research Assistant. It is for a British Academy project: "Digital counterpublics, everyday geopolitics, and the emerging transnational activism of diasporic Chinese youth”. Requires UK right to work. See more: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

I and many others have been saying this for years. Glad we are pushing for that.

I'm looking to hire a student research assistant to work on a BA project on digital Chinese diaspora's engagement in progressive social movements. they could be based anywhere in the UK. if this is of interest to any of your students, please let them know! 🙏 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

be our student ra (or share this to one of your students)

great postdoc opportunity on China, gamification and green governance candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Hiring RA: We (led by Chenchen Zhang) are hiring a Research Assistant. It is for a British Academy project: "Digital counterpublics, everyday geopolitics, and the emerging transnational activism of diasporic Chinese youth”. Requires UK right to work. See more: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Leiden China Seminar: Oliver Moore 12th Feb 15.00 in-person Oliver Moore will be delivering the first Leiden China Seminar of the semester. No need to signup; just turn up. Event page: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... Unfortunately we don't have the support to stream these.

Postdoc opportunity! The position is part of a project on digital platforms and cities. I’m looking for someone with programming skills to map the uneven presence of places across platforms like Instagram, Google Maps, and TikTok. I’m happy to answer questions. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

For those of you interested in the interplay of social media and cities, check out this interesting discussion of wanghong urbanism as a phenomenon and concept: chaoyang.substack.com/p/wanghong-u... @carwynmorris.bsky.social @axz.bsky.social

🚨🚨Job alert🚨🚨 We're hiring a data engineer to join our @data.ft.com data journalism technology team in Sofia, Bulgaria. Details and application form are here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...

The Robert van Gulik Fund has established a Robert van Gulik Fellowship with effect from 2025, to support research on the sinological collections of the Leiden University Libraries. Details and application form available here: edu.nl/putg4 Deadline for submitting research proposals: 1 April 2025.

Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

How do content creators learn about a dozen platforms and push their content into the ‘for you’ page?🤔 In this new OA paper in New Media & Society, I explore transnational creators' algorithmic and visibility practices across multiple Chinese and US-based platforms. 🔗 shorturl.at/f0mAC

As promised, a reading list about Xiaohongshu is available now with the help of many Chinese social media researchers: qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi.... Special thanks to @carwynmorris.bsky.social for co-editing this. I am only hosting this on my personal website for logistic reasons.

Engaging with #Xiaohongshu ( #RED / #REDnote / #LittleRedBook): A Reading List. @qianhuang.bsky.social and I curated this crowdsourced reading list on Xiaohongshu - qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi... We're happy to add more suggestions! Hosted by Qian to make it accessible in China.

After 3 years and multiple job/country changes for us all, THRILLED to announce that the conference of the China Academic Network on Gender is back for a 4th edition! ✨ Join us on 17-18 June in lovely Paris with fab keynote speakers (Howard Chiang and Rachel Harris 💫 ) for "Voicing Gender in China"

I am hiring a postdoc! Excellent research support, minimal teaching load, and an overall wonderful set up. The research focus is flexible as long as some part of your practice involves critical making or hands-on research in some form. (1/3)

From 2022: How Xiaohongshu Censors "Sudden Incidents"

Hell yea I touch on Xiaohongshu I live and breathe it

The brilliant @violazhou.bsky.social is behind most of the great content @restofworld.org puts out on Xiaohongshu, Viola is a big part of the reason we have Rest of World on this Xiaohongshu Reading List bsky.app/profile/carw...

Engaging with #Xiaohongshu ( #RED / #REDnote / #LittleRedBook): A Reading List. @qianhuang.bsky.social and I curated this crowdsourced reading list on Xiaohongshu - qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi... We're happy to add more suggestions! Hosted by Qian to make it accessible in China.

Join us in Boulder for our ICA preconference 'Debating Creator Culture'!! Deadline for submissions is January 31st, all info linked below 👇🏃‍♀️💗

blogged about Xiaohongshu and why i thought about that time chinese people were on Clubhouse for a week ko-fi.com/post/Xiaohon...

Some Xiaohongshu(/小红书/Red/Rednote) texts: XHS pops up a bit in my (co-authored) work on internet fame/wanghong, including this piece on XHS and Düsseldorf - www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... - and wanghong urbanism www.mediapolisjournal.com/2022/11/wang... which has a spatial focus

Call for Abstracts, Global Southing Internet, Data and AI Studies workshop. University of Oxford, March 25-26. I'm sitting on the organizing committee, chaired by @jonasvalente.bsky.social . Send your abstract until Feb 11. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Also wish the XHS papers i've been writing with friends over the last year were out 😂