Albert Galvany
@albertgalvany.bsky.social
Prof. of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country. My research interests are focused on early Chinese intellectual history, classical Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy.
https://ehu.academia.edu/AlbertGalvany
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Interested in the looong Chinese prehistory of the concept of "brainwashing" (xinao 洗腦) before its well-known appearance in the mid-20th century cold war story? Check out my article available in this volume: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Interested in the looong Chinese prehistory of the concept of "brainwashing" (xinao 洗腦) before its well-known appearance in the mid-20th century cold war story? Check out my article available in this volume: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!
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If you’re a member of the Society for the Study of Early China, there are board elections right now! I am up for election. But importantly join and vote!
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Society for the Study of Early China
Welcome to Membership Services
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December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you’re a member of the Society for the Study of Early China, there are board elections right now! I am up for election. But importantly join and vote!
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Relevant to #ChineseStudies are the introduction where my co-author and I discuss the example of the #Chinese #BookofChanges #易經 as it was transferred into European polymath Leibniz' and the missionary Bouvet's thought, and Max Deeg's contribution on #Xuanzang's #玄奘 travels to #India.
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Relevant to #ChineseStudies are the introduction where my co-author and I discuss the example of the #Chinese #BookofChanges #易經 as it was transferred into European polymath Leibniz' and the missionary Bouvet's thought, and Max Deeg's contribution on #Xuanzang's #玄奘 travels to #India.
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5. Finally some shameless self-promo: Gonschorek/Pouget/Schäfer/Wenner (ed.s): Connected #Philology. #Interdisciplinary Perspectives on #Transcultural Encounters (Berlin/Boston: @degruyterbrill.bsky.social). #Tibet #Javanese #buddhism #sanskrit #bible #assyrian www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Connected Philology
Even though the similarities of philological methods and traditions across various cultures have been the subject of scholarly research, the reasons for these occurrences usually remain obscure. The p...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
5. Finally some shameless self-promo: Gonschorek/Pouget/Schäfer/Wenner (ed.s): Connected #Philology. #Interdisciplinary Perspectives on #Transcultural Encounters (Berlin/Boston: @degruyterbrill.bsky.social). #Tibet #Javanese #buddhism #sanskrit #bible #assyrian www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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...and Messner/Liefke: #Nachhaltigkeit. Chinas Umgang mit Umwelt & Nachwelt in Vergangenheit & Gegenwart (19). Besides my contribution on #commentary as #future #philology, the volume treats sponge cities, forestry, energy...
#sustainability #environment www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Jahrbuch_der...
#sustainability #environment www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Jahrbuch_der...
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Der Harrassowitz Verlag veröffentlicht scholarly books and periodicals on Oriental, Slavic and Book and Library Studies. The publishing section forms one part of Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
...and Messner/Liefke: #Nachhaltigkeit. Chinas Umgang mit Umwelt & Nachwelt in Vergangenheit & Gegenwart (19). Besides my contribution on #commentary as #future #philology, the volume treats sponge cities, forestry, energy...
#sustainability #environment www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Jahrbuch_der...
#sustainability #environment www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Jahrbuch_der...
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4. Two volumes resulting from #DVCS (German Association f. #ChineseStudies) conferences came out at @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social (Wiesbaden)in 2025: Henningsen/Leese/Mandzunowski: Wissensasymmetrien. China als Akteur & Objekt (globaler) Debatten (DVCS 18);...
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
4. Two volumes resulting from #DVCS (German Association f. #ChineseStudies) conferences came out at @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social (Wiesbaden)in 2025: Henningsen/Leese/Mandzunowski: Wissensasymmetrien. China als Akteur & Objekt (globaler) Debatten (DVCS 18);...
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3. A monograph on a literally elementary topic: Ngo, Katherine. Unlocking the Treasury. Elementary Learning for Boys in Qing #China. Ann Arbor: Lever Press. #education #school #children jstor.org/stable/10.3998…
https://jstor.org/stable/10.3998…
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
3. A monograph on a literally elementary topic: Ngo, Katherine. Unlocking the Treasury. Elementary Learning for Boys in Qing #China. Ann Arbor: Lever Press. #education #school #children jstor.org/stable/10.3998…
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1. Let's start with a classic matière: L'Haridon and Espesset (ed.s): Lives and Power. Biographical Writing in Sima Qian's #司馬遷 Work and Beyond, in Ancient #China and #Rome. Paris: maisonneuve & larose. Convenes lots of Shiji #史記 expertise (French/English) www.hemisphereseditions.com/lives-and-po...
Lives and power, vies et pouvoir
Fruit d’un colloque tenu au Collège de France ayant rassemblé des chercheurs de divers horizons, autour du genre biographique, chez Sima Qian.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
1. Let's start with a classic matière: L'Haridon and Espesset (ed.s): Lives and Power. Biographical Writing in Sima Qian's #司馬遷 Work and Beyond, in Ancient #China and #Rome. Paris: maisonneuve & larose. Convenes lots of Shiji #史記 expertise (French/English) www.hemisphereseditions.com/lives-and-po...
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As the year slowly draws to an end, here's 5 key publications by/with scholars of premodern #ChineseStudies published in 2025. 🧵
#books #chinesehistory #chinese #sinology #wrapped2025 #academicbooks #research
#books #chinesehistory #chinese #sinology #wrapped2025 #academicbooks #research
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As the year slowly draws to an end, here's 5 key publications by/with scholars of premodern #ChineseStudies published in 2025. 🧵
#books #chinesehistory #chinese #sinology #wrapped2025 #academicbooks #research
#books #chinesehistory #chinese #sinology #wrapped2025 #academicbooks #research
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2. A bit more niche, but a significant one! Rom, Avital (ed.): #Disability and Impairment in Early #China. London: @routledgehistory.bsky.social With contributions on #blindness, #deafness, #madness and more. taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.… @albertgalvany.bsky.social @medievalchina.bsky.social
https://taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
2. A bit more niche, but a significant one! Rom, Avital (ed.): #Disability and Impairment in Early #China. London: @routledgehistory.bsky.social With contributions on #blindness, #deafness, #madness and more. taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.… @albertgalvany.bsky.social @medievalchina.bsky.social
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Todavía no había dicho por aquí que soy el ganador del V Premio Marcela de Juan a la mejor traducción directa al castellano publicada entre 2021 y 2024 de una obra literaria escrita originalmente en chino. Ha sido por #擎天 Sostener el cielo, de #劉慈欣 Liu Cixin. Estoy muy contento.
V Premi de Traducció del Xinès Marcela de Juan. La cerimònia de lliurament es farà el proper dimarts 28 d’octubre a les 19.00 h a la Biblioteca Fort Pienc-Ana María Moix. #TXICC #UAB >> www.uab.cat/ca/traduccio...
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Según las investigaciones de Guillermo Rendueles, solo entre los años 1983 y 1989 murieron 1.148 jóvenes españoles en la mili
179 de ellos fueron suicidios
179 de ellos fueron suicidios
🪖 ¿Volverá la mili a España?
Consultamos a expertos y la opinión de la calle
Consultamos a expertos y la opinión de la calle
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Según las investigaciones de Guillermo Rendueles, solo entre los años 1983 y 1989 murieron 1.148 jóvenes españoles en la mili
179 de ellos fueron suicidios
179 de ellos fueron suicidios
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Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco afec.hypotheses.org/11672
Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :Laurent Chircop-Reyes (25 novembre 2025). Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco. Associati...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Table ronde : 40 ans de la revue Etudes chinoises – 12 décembre 2025 à l’Inalco afec.hypotheses.org/11672
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Tomorrow! Join us to talk about #tradition in #chinese history
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Tomorrow! Join us to talk about #tradition in #chinese history
Loa ere politikoa da (eta filosofikoa). Irene Coulon-en azalpen eta gogoetak gai honen inguruan hementxe:
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Loa ere politikoa da
Iradokizun bat irakurleari: lerrook irakurtzen ari den bitartean logurea sartzen bazaio, arren, segi dezala lotara. Ez da hain erraza, ezta? Lotara joateko gogoa izatea segur aski bai, ez dadila ga...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Loa ere politikoa da (eta filosofikoa). Irene Coulon-en azalpen eta gogoetak gai honen inguruan hementxe:
www.berria.eus/bizigiro/loa...
www.berria.eus/bizigiro/loa...
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Mourning the passing of Kidder Smith Jr (images.bowdoin.edu/omeka/items/..., www.chronicleproject.com/the-passing-...), formerly of Bowdoin College, who passed away on Sep. 30, 2025. Apart from his Sunzi translations and edited volume on the Zhuangzi and Rationality (1991), the Early China (1/3)
Kidder Smith and John Holt, faculty · Bowdoin College Library Special Collections & Archives
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October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Mourning the passing of Kidder Smith Jr (images.bowdoin.edu/omeka/items/..., www.chronicleproject.com/the-passing-...), formerly of Bowdoin College, who passed away on Sep. 30, 2025. Apart from his Sunzi translations and edited volume on the Zhuangzi and Rationality (1991), the Early China (1/3)
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publication day for my *Documents géographiques de Dunhuang*, a social and cultural history of geographical knowledge, and probably one of the only medieval history books published in France during the ephemeral Lecornu government, which you can freely download here: books.openedition.org/cdf/20307
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
publication day for my *Documents géographiques de Dunhuang*, a social and cultural history of geographical knowledge, and probably one of the only medieval history books published in France during the ephemeral Lecornu government, which you can freely download here: books.openedition.org/cdf/20307
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October 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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El 6 de noviembre presentamos el libro en Jaén
Próxima presentación del libro DE LO SALVAJE Y DE LA ESCRITURA ANIMAL, de Isabel Balza @ixabel.bsky.social, quien estará acompañada por Ángel Cagigas.
Tendrá lugar en la Universidad de Jaén el próximo jueves 6 de noviembre.
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Tendrá lugar en la Universidad de Jaén el próximo jueves 6 de noviembre.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
El 6 de noviembre presentamos el libro en Jaén
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12 Phd/ 17 Postdoc positions (fully funded) in the new Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster at LMU Munich: www.lmu.de/crosscultura... (apply by Oct 21).
Planned Research Projects
Here you can find an overview of all research projects and the corresponding job vacancies in the Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster of Excellence.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
12 Phd/ 17 Postdoc positions (fully funded) in the new Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster at LMU Munich: www.lmu.de/crosscultura... (apply by Oct 21).
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Join our workshop on "Literary Forms and Epistemic Goals in Early Chinese Philosophical Texts" here at UZH next week (off- or online) and read about Rafael Suter's project behind it here: data.snf.ch/grants/grant...!
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join our workshop on "Literary Forms and Epistemic Goals in Early Chinese Philosophical Texts" here at UZH next week (off- or online) and read about Rafael Suter's project behind it here: data.snf.ch/grants/grant...!
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The application for the Master and PhD programs at Tsinghua University is now open! If you have students eager to learn about the ancient world, this is a great place for it.
#ancienthistory #ancientstudies
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#ancienthistory #ancientstudies
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Admission to Graduate Programs of Tsinghua University 2026（For International Students）-THU Graduate Admissions for International Students
Tsinghua University (THU) offers Master's and Doctoral degree programs to international students in 53 schools and departments.Among them, 30+ Master's degree programs and Doctoral degree programs are...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The application for the Master and PhD programs at Tsinghua University is now open! If you have students eager to learn about the ancient world, this is a great place for it.
#ancienthistory #ancientstudies
yz.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1035...
#ancienthistory #ancientstudies
yz.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1035...
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On Sept 9, Join Zhou Boqun and Rens Krijgsman in a discussion about researching ancient Chinese manuscripts, in conversation with Du Heng and Olivia Milburn. Moderated by Ed Shaughnessy
#ancientmanuscripts #ancienthistory #ancientchina
Zoom link here 👇
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#ancientmanuscripts #ancienthistory #ancientchina
Zoom link here 👇
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General 1 — 四海为学 Collaborative Learning
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September 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
On Sept 9, Join Zhou Boqun and Rens Krijgsman in a discussion about researching ancient Chinese manuscripts, in conversation with Du Heng and Olivia Milburn. Moderated by Ed Shaughnessy
#ancientmanuscripts #ancienthistory #ancientchina
Zoom link here 👇
www.sihaiweixue.org/tsinghua-man...
#ancientmanuscripts #ancienthistory #ancientchina
Zoom link here 👇
www.sihaiweixue.org/tsinghua-man...