Jeremiah Jenne
@jeremiahjenne.com
PhD historian & storyteller. 20+ years making history come alive through teaching, tours, & writing. Co-host: Barbarians at the Gate & By Their Own Compass.
Short Bio: Birth. School. Work. More School. Asia.
Short Bio: Birth. School. Work. More School. Asia.
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Jeremiah Jenne
@jeremiahjenne.com
· Dec 16
Evil dragon lady? Misunderstood proto-feminist reformer? Empress Dowager Cixi is one of the most famous and debated rulers in history. Jeremiah and @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social
recount the life, times, and legacy of this remarkable woman.
Episode link below:
recount the life, times, and legacy of this remarkable woman.
Episode link below:
The Tang Dynasty is remembered as a "Golden Age" of art and peace, but it was also marked by a decade-long civil war that left millions dead.
I joined Matt Lewis on Echoes of History to talk about the An Lushan Rebellion and the story behind Assassin's Creed: Dynasty.
Listen at the link below:
I joined Matt Lewis on Echoes of History to talk about the An Lushan Rebellion and the story behind Assassin's Creed: Dynasty.
Listen at the link below:
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The Tang Dynasty is remembered as a "Golden Age" of art and peace, but it was also marked by a decade-long civil war that left millions dead.
I joined Matt Lewis on Echoes of History to talk about the An Lushan Rebellion and the story behind Assassin's Creed: Dynasty.
Listen at the link below:
I joined Matt Lewis on Echoes of History to talk about the An Lushan Rebellion and the story behind Assassin's Creed: Dynasty.
Listen at the link below:
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He spent over three decades living and traveling in Southern and Central Africa and became one of the most famous explorers of Africa in Victorian Britain. But there’s so much more to the story of David Livingstone than what people (including Stanley)…presumed.
Link below:
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January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
He spent over three decades living and traveling in Southern and Central Africa and became one of the most famous explorers of Africa in Victorian Britain. But there’s so much more to the story of David Livingstone than what people (including Stanley)…presumed.
Link below:
Link below:
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Sacagawea was mostly in the background of the Lewis and Clark Expedition until the Corps of Discovery reached Oregon and, in the middle of a long, boring winter, decided to go to the beach to see a whale...without her.
This is our reimagining of that conversation.
This is our reimagining of that conversation.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Sacagawea was mostly in the background of the Lewis and Clark Expedition until the Corps of Discovery reached Oregon and, in the middle of a long, boring winter, decided to go to the beach to see a whale...without her.
This is our reimagining of that conversation.
This is our reimagining of that conversation.
In the latest episode of @bytheirowncompass.com, Sarah and I delve deeper into the life and legacy of Sacagawea. We also talk about AI and podcast production, and I decide, against all good sense, to write a K-Pop musical about our subject's life.
No, seriously.
Links below.
No, seriously.
Links below.
January 16, 2026 at 8:37 AM
In the latest episode of @bytheirowncompass.com, Sarah and I delve deeper into the life and legacy of Sacagawea. We also talk about AI and podcast production, and I decide, against all good sense, to write a K-Pop musical about our subject's life.
No, seriously.
Links below.
No, seriously.
Links below.
Will the battle for AGI between China and the US heat up? Do kids still need to learn how to write Chinese characters in a digital age? What’s the future of restaurants? Global strategist Yajun Zhang joins @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social and me to make a few prognostications for 2026.
Links below.
Links below.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Will the battle for AGI between China and the US heat up? Do kids still need to learn how to write Chinese characters in a digital age? What’s the future of restaurants? Global strategist Yajun Zhang joins @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social and me to make a few prognostications for 2026.
Links below.
Links below.
Forget the "faithful guide" myth. Sacagawea was a young woman compelled into a mission she didn't choose. We're looking at the reality of survival and resilience on By Their Own Compass: Sacagawea.
History. Travel. No fluff.
Link below.
History. Travel. No fluff.
Link below.
January 14, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Forget the "faithful guide" myth. Sacagawea was a young woman compelled into a mission she didn't choose. We're looking at the reality of survival and resilience on By Their Own Compass: Sacagawea.
History. Travel. No fluff.
Link below.
History. Travel. No fluff.
Link below.
Wednesday, January 14, starting at 7:00 pm Beijing time. Looking forward to hearing more about Professor Larson’s research and her new book!
Is not smiling an act of resistance? Is optimism a mental health goal or a state-mandated requirement? Prof. Wendy Larson and I are discussing the "Global Good Cheer" of the 1950s and 60s for RASBJ on January 14.
7:00 pm. Beijing time. Online. Link to register is below.
7:00 pm. Beijing time. Online. Link to register is below.
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Wednesday, January 14, starting at 7:00 pm Beijing time. Looking forward to hearing more about Professor Larson’s research and her new book!
Is not smiling an act of resistance? Is optimism a mental health goal or a state-mandated requirement? Prof. Wendy Larson and I are discussing the "Global Good Cheer" of the 1950s and 60s for RASBJ on January 14.
7:00 pm. Beijing time. Online. Link to register is below.
7:00 pm. Beijing time. Online. Link to register is below.
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Is not smiling an act of resistance? Is optimism a mental health goal or a state-mandated requirement? Prof. Wendy Larson and I are discussing the "Global Good Cheer" of the 1950s and 60s for RASBJ on January 14.
7:00 pm. Beijing time. Online. Link to register is below.
7:00 pm. Beijing time. Online. Link to register is below.
Between 1884 and 1886, Thomas Stevens became the first person to circumnavigate the world by bicycle. Why did such an epic event make our holiday list of great travel fiascoes? Well, for starters...there was his curious choice of bicycle.
Link to our Travel Fiascoes special episode below.
Link to our Travel Fiascoes special episode below.
December 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Between 1884 and 1886, Thomas Stevens became the first person to circumnavigate the world by bicycle. Why did such an epic event make our holiday list of great travel fiascoes? Well, for starters...there was his curious choice of bicycle.
Link to our Travel Fiascoes special episode below.
Link to our Travel Fiascoes special episode below.
Sure, Cixi was Al Capone in a silk dress, but her "Dragon Lady" reputation is a mix of Chinese tropes and Western Orientalism. If she didn’t exist, 19th-century writers would have invented her. David Moser and I dig into her legacy on the latest Barbarians at the Gate.
Link to the episode below:
Link to the episode below:
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Sure, Cixi was Al Capone in a silk dress, but her "Dragon Lady" reputation is a mix of Chinese tropes and Western Orientalism. If she didn’t exist, 19th-century writers would have invented her. David Moser and I dig into her legacy on the latest Barbarians at the Gate.
Link to the episode below:
Link to the episode below:
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Our holiday gift to you..
Travel plans gone to rubbish? Flight delayed again?
Listen to our latest episode on travel plans gone horribly wrong. Your flight might not take off faster, but you'll feel better knowing you didn't bankrupt Scotland.
Link below.
Travel plans gone to rubbish? Flight delayed again?
Listen to our latest episode on travel plans gone horribly wrong. Your flight might not take off faster, but you'll feel better knowing you didn't bankrupt Scotland.
Link below.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Our holiday gift to you..
Travel plans gone to rubbish? Flight delayed again?
Listen to our latest episode on travel plans gone horribly wrong. Your flight might not take off faster, but you'll feel better knowing you didn't bankrupt Scotland.
Link below.
Travel plans gone to rubbish? Flight delayed again?
Listen to our latest episode on travel plans gone horribly wrong. Your flight might not take off faster, but you'll feel better knowing you didn't bankrupt Scotland.
Link below.
Evil dragon lady? Misunderstood proto-feminist reformer? Empress Dowager Cixi is one of the most famous and debated rulers in history. Jeremiah and @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social
recount the life, times, and legacy of this remarkable woman.
Episode link below:
recount the life, times, and legacy of this remarkable woman.
Episode link below:
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Evil dragon lady? Misunderstood proto-feminist reformer? Empress Dowager Cixi is one of the most famous and debated rulers in history. Jeremiah and @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social
recount the life, times, and legacy of this remarkable woman.
Episode link below:
recount the life, times, and legacy of this remarkable woman.
Episode link below:
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New bonus episode: Sarah Keenlyside talks with Tina Kanagaratnam from @historicshanghai.bsky.social about Emily Hahn's 1930s world and what remains today.
What happened to Emily's Shanghai? Listen now. Link to the full episode in the replies.👇
What happened to Emily's Shanghai? Listen now. Link to the full episode in the replies.👇
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New bonus episode: Sarah Keenlyside talks with Tina Kanagaratnam from @historicshanghai.bsky.social about Emily Hahn's 1930s world and what remains today.
What happened to Emily's Shanghai? Listen now. Link to the full episode in the replies.👇
What happened to Emily's Shanghai? Listen now. Link to the full episode in the replies.👇
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Jazz, gibbons, and the ghost of the Cathay Hotel.
In this special bonus episode, we sat down with Tina Kanagarathnam of @historicshanghai.bsky.social to map out Emily Hahn’s 1930s Shanghai.
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#Shanghai #History #Travel
In this special bonus episode, we sat down with Tina Kanagarathnam of @historicshanghai.bsky.social to map out Emily Hahn’s 1930s Shanghai.
bytheirowncompass.substack.com/p/bonus-epis...
#Shanghai #History #Travel
Bonus Episode: Emily Hahn’s Shanghai
A travel companion for finding the ‘Mickey Hahn’ era today with Historic Shanghai.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Jazz, gibbons, and the ghost of the Cathay Hotel.
In this special bonus episode, we sat down with Tina Kanagarathnam of @historicshanghai.bsky.social to map out Emily Hahn’s 1930s Shanghai.
bytheirowncompass.substack.com/p/bonus-epis...
#Shanghai #History #Travel
In this special bonus episode, we sat down with Tina Kanagarathnam of @historicshanghai.bsky.social to map out Emily Hahn’s 1930s Shanghai.
bytheirowncompass.substack.com/p/bonus-epis...
#Shanghai #History #Travel
I went on a popular podcast to debunk Great Wall myths, and now people think I'm fun at parties.
Had a blast talking walls, Mongols, and Assassin's Creed with @mattlewishistory.bsky.social on Echoes of History 👇
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Had a blast talking walls, Mongols, and Assassin's Creed with @mattlewishistory.bsky.social on Echoes of History 👇
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The History of Mongols vs the Great Wall of China | Assassin's Creed Chronicles China EXPLAINED
YouTube video by Assassin’s Creed – Echoes of History
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December 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I went on a popular podcast to debunk Great Wall myths, and now people think I'm fun at parties.
Had a blast talking walls, Mongols, and Assassin's Creed with @mattlewishistory.bsky.social on Echoes of History 👇
youtu.be/nvUPhTjO-V4?...
Had a blast talking walls, Mongols, and Assassin's Creed with @mattlewishistory.bsky.social on Echoes of History 👇
youtu.be/nvUPhTjO-V4?...
Our new podcast. History. Travel. Historical travel. Next episode: Emily Hahn in 1930s China
In this episode, we're following the travels of Emily “Mickey” Hahn in 1930s China. Mickey Hahn was a writer, an adventurer, and a rule breaker whose wanderlust remains an inspiration for travelers in no hurry to get home.
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Emily Hahn
We’re following the travels of Emily “Mickey” Hahn in 1930s China. Mickey Hahn was a writer, an adventurer, and a professional rule breaker whose wanderlust remains an inspiration for travelers in no ...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our new podcast. History. Travel. Historical travel. Next episode: Emily Hahn in 1930s China
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New Compass Dispatch featuring Kate Simon, born December 5, 1918, who spent decades telling tourists where to find a decent meal before finally publishing the stories she really wanted to write.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New Compass Dispatch featuring Kate Simon, born December 5, 1918, who spent decades telling tourists where to find a decent meal before finally publishing the stories she really wanted to write.
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On this day in 1542, sixteen palace women tried to strangle the Jiajing Emperor with a hemp rope. They tied the knot wrong. He fainted from fright instead of dying. One conspirator panicked and told the Empress. All sixteen were executed by slow slicing. A bad night for all involved.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
On this day in 1542, sixteen palace women tried to strangle the Jiajing Emperor with a hemp rope. They tied the knot wrong. He fainted from fright instead of dying. One conspirator panicked and told the Empress. All sixteen were executed by slow slicing. A bad night for all involved.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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On this date in 1922.
It was the spark that lit global Egyptomania.
Howard Carter peers through a small hole in a sealed doorway in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb of Tutankhamun.
Lord Carnarvon: “Can you see anything?”
Carter: “Yes. Wonderful things.”
#ThisDayInHistory
It was the spark that lit global Egyptomania.
Howard Carter peers through a small hole in a sealed doorway in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb of Tutankhamun.
Lord Carnarvon: “Can you see anything?”
Carter: “Yes. Wonderful things.”
#ThisDayInHistory
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
On this date in 1922.
It was the spark that lit global Egyptomania.
Howard Carter peers through a small hole in a sealed doorway in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb of Tutankhamun.
Lord Carnarvon: “Can you see anything?”
Carter: “Yes. Wonderful things.”
#ThisDayInHistory
It was the spark that lit global Egyptomania.
Howard Carter peers through a small hole in a sealed doorway in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb of Tutankhamun.
Lord Carnarvon: “Can you see anything?”
Carter: “Yes. Wonderful things.”
#ThisDayInHistory
Great to be working again with Dan Snow and the team from History Hit, talking all things Central Axis and Ming-Qing transition. (Not to mention very cool being back in Beijing, if only for a short visit.)
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Great to be working again with Dan Snow and the team from History Hit, talking all things Central Axis and Ming-Qing transition. (Not to mention very cool being back in Beijing, if only for a short visit.)
Alexander Boyd of @chinabooksreview.com joins me on a special crossover episode of Barbarians at the Gate to discuss Vikram Seth's 1983 travelogue, From Heaven Lake.
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Barbarians at the Gate x China Books Review: From Heaven Lake
Before he became an award-winning novelist, the Indian writer Vikram Seth was an exchange student in China. In the 1980s, he traveled overland from Nanjing to Delhi.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Alexander Boyd of @chinabooksreview.com joins me on a special crossover episode of Barbarians at the Gate to discuss Vikram Seth's 1983 travelogue, From Heaven Lake.
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November 13, 1760: Birthday of The Jiaqing Emperor. Inherited bloated bureaucracy, several rebellions, rampant corruption, and his dad's "close friend" Heshen. Tried reform and got "the beginning of the end" label for his trouble. We historians can be picky bastards, can't we?
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
November 13, 1760: Birthday of The Jiaqing Emperor. Inherited bloated bureaucracy, several rebellions, rampant corruption, and his dad's "close friend" Heshen. Tried reform and got "the beginning of the end" label for his trouble. We historians can be picky bastards, can't we?
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this entry in @jeremiahjenne.com’s Archive project is a gem.
Read @jeremiahjenne.com latest Archive Pick, "From Heaven Lake," a travelogue by the acclaimed Indian novelist Vikram Seth's recounting his overland journey from Nanjing to New Delhi via Tibet in 1982: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/11/h...
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
this entry in @jeremiahjenne.com’s Archive project is a gem.
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Before he became an award-winning novelist, the Indian writer Vikram Seth was an exchange student in China. In the 1980s, he traveled overland from Beijing to Delhi.
Read @jeremiahjenne.com latest Archive Pick: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/h...
Read @jeremiahjenne.com latest Archive Pick: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/h...
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Before he became an award-winning novelist, the Indian writer Vikram Seth was an exchange student in China. In the 1980s, he traveled overland from Beijing to Delhi.
Read @jeremiahjenne.com latest Archive Pick: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/h...
Read @jeremiahjenne.com latest Archive Pick: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/h...