Jongsik Christian Yi

"Three Little Pigs: Swinocentric Studies of 20th Century China and the World"
-Chair/Discussant: Jongsik Christian Yi (POSTECH, in place of Qiliang He)
-Presenters: Siou-meng Syu (Academia Sinica); Hairong Huang (University of Toronto); and Niu Teo (University of Chicago)

"Energy, Environment, and the Great Acceleration in Asia"
-Chair: Buhm Soon Park (KAIST)
-Discussant: Fa-ti Fan (SUNY Binghamton)
-Presenters: Iida Kaori (Graduate University for Advanced Studies Japan); Jack Greatrex (Nanyang Tech); Jongsik Christian Yi (POSTECH); and Buhm Soon Park (KAIST)

Are you attending #AAS2025 in Columbus, Ohio and interested in animals, energy, and the environment in modern China and East Asia? If so, please consider joining these two panels:

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Thank you so much @casntweets.bsky.social for having me! #animalhistory #china

Best China Books of 2024 | China Books Review Party luminaries. TV chefs. Poetry. Scandal. Our annual round-up of notable titles on or from China, split across nonfiction and translated literature, nominated by a roster of experts.

Here's the complete @chinabooksreview.bsky.social list of the top books of 2024, with insightful reviews by @jwassers.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @jeremiahjenne.com and others well-versed in China: chinabooksreview.com/2024/12/19/b...

My next book is now Amazon official.

Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People: The Burden of Conservation in Modern China a.co/d/8GJpnx3

I'm thrilled that my new article has been published in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. It explores how Mao-era China responded to major epizootic and zoonotic diseases.

Please find the article:
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Fresh off a whirlwind tour of talks at KAIST, POSTECH, and SNU. Thrilled to have had the chance to speak to colleagues and students about my work and #histstm more broadly. With much thanks to Buhm Soon Park, Jongtae Lim, and especially @jongsikyi.bsky.social for the invitations and arrangements 🙏☺️

New book to be published by Polity Press, March 2024. Another shit book, some may say:

Thank you so much for inviting me to Bluesky, Victor! 😊