It's a very convenient passage for use in the big East Asian traditions survey class, where I have to cram the basics of all Three Teachings into one 75-minute session.
The AAS election portal opened today. If you're part of it, consider voting for me.
Professional friends: I’m running for a seat on the East and Inner Asia Council of the AAS (Association for Asian Studies). If you’re a member, consider voting for me. I think I’m the only philologist on the ballot. Candidate statement in next post. www.asianstudies.org/aas-2024-ele...
We are pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the fall 2024 AAS elections. The online ballot will open on September 17, and all current AAS Members will receive an email with instructions for...
The Buddha was not a family man. (from the Scripture in Forty-two Sections 四十二章經, ca. 1st–2nd cent CE, trans. Sharf)
I was pretty proud of using “Confucian” as a verb at one point in Poet-Monks (and getting it past my editors).
Excited to announce that my university is doing a TT hire at the assistant level this year in Late Imperial China! Please spread the word. careers.insidehighered.com/job/3224146/...
DescriptionThe University of Virginia’s Corcoran Department of History invites applications for a tenure-track position, at the Assistant Professor ra
So does “Gauchos” fall under jobs?
I've been annually making the same depressing chart about humanities majors for 10 years; in 2022 I couldn't even bring myself to write it up the numbers were so bad. But in 2023, although most fields continue to decline, the US actually had more history majors for the first time in 15 years!
Was recently reminded of this great review of Dan Brown’s Inferno (by Michael Deacon for Telegraph in 2013)…
