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Found out the other day that one of the titles in the running for the GHK biography has been approved by the sponsor of the book, the Taipei...

As I have mentioned a couple of times , I'm going to be participating in a roundtable on the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association in Chi...

I have turned in the grades for my two summer classes, so now I can focus a bit more on the three things that I want or need to work on the...

Just noticed that a footnote in my " Formosa Delayed " article (I'm already regretting the title) has the wrong date for Basti...

The spring semester is over here--and just in time, as a hay fever-driven lethargy has overtaken me, making it hard for me to concentrate on...

A couple of updates about the George Kerr biography: We have a publisher! (I'm not going to reveal the details yet, though. I'm not ...

I'm working on an application for a Humanities Center fellowship right now--here's their blurb about it: 2026-2027 Theme: Revolution...

It occurred to me this morning to change the name of my offline journal, which I've been keeping for the better part of 20 years. Right ...

My article about the pre-life of Formosa Betrayed  has just come out. Here's the abstract if you don't feel like clicking on the lin...

Saw this on LinkedIn recently. Reminds me of the " exploratory essay " assignment I've been doing in First-Year Writing for th...

I just emailed a draft of the third chapter I am working on to my partners. I am not confident in it, but at least it's done. Now I can ...

I am close (I think) to finishing this chapter that I'm working on, and I really need to get it done asap so that I can prepare for my c...

I sent to the other authors the first of the three chapters that I'm responsible for in the GHK biography. It's actually the second ...

I liked the language of "developmental editing" vs. "copyediting" from this. It might be a good way to explain to studen...

Just a note here to let all of my reader know that I'm still around. I've been working on my book chapter drafts, trying to crank ou...

Just a few days left with the two (!) Summer 1 courses I'm teaching. Although these are pretty intensive, cramming 14 weeks worth of wor...

My contributions (?) to this blog are going to slow down in the coming months, I'm afraid. I'm looking forward to heavy grading the ...

New Books Network has a great interview with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison about their book, Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhoo...

I have two on-ground classes tomorrow--two sections of "Advanced Writing in the Business Administration Professions." I have been ...

Back in August, I wrote up a few new year's resolutions for the 2024-2025 academic year. In the past, I've usually written them up ...