Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
@mauracunningham.bsky.social
She/her. China historian and writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Also reader, knitter, Phillies/Flyers fan, road tripper.
https://mauracunningham.org/
https://mauracunningham.org/
You have my vote.
I again suggest that the world shut down between Thanksgiving and the Epiphany. You cover many holidays that way and we all get a rest. Essential workers make double pay and we have lots of feasts. Neighborhoods celebrate together and we bring back wassailing and 12 days of Xmas. Elect me president.
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You have my vote.
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This repository aims to collect, organize, and preserve publicly available information related to the #hongkong #hongkongfire on 26 November 2025; Contributions are welcome from residents, researchers, and professionals:
github.com/Hong-Kong-Em...
github.com/Hong-Kong-Em...
GitHub - Hong-Kong-Emergency-Coordination-Hub/Hong-Kong-Fire-Documentary: Hong Kong Fire (Tai Po, 11/26): A major blaze swept through Wang Fuk Court
Hong Kong Fire (Tai Po, 11/26): A major blaze swept through Wang Fuk Court - Hong-Kong-Emergency-Coordination-Hub/Hong-Kong-Fire-Documentary
github.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This repository aims to collect, organize, and preserve publicly available information related to the #hongkong #hongkongfire on 26 November 2025; Contributions are welcome from residents, researchers, and professionals:
github.com/Hong-Kong-Em...
github.com/Hong-Kong-Em...
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I am so looking forward to spending time with the next generations of STS scholars in South Korea next summer (I'll be keynote instructor)! It's a great opportunity especially for those who are STS-curious, and may not have strong training in the field.
Join us! Applications close on December 10th.
Join us! Applications close on December 10th.
Applications for the 2026 Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School close 10 December 2025. The event will be a meeting point of interdisciplinary dialogue, spanning 4 days of seminars, workshops, keynotes and fieldtrips. 22-25 June 2026, Seoul, Korea. Visit sthvschool.org for more info ⏰ ⏰ ⏰
Science, Technology, & Human Values STS School
sthvschool.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am so looking forward to spending time with the next generations of STS scholars in South Korea next summer (I'll be keynote instructor)! It's a great opportunity especially for those who are STS-curious, and may not have strong training in the field.
Join us! Applications close on December 10th.
Join us! Applications close on December 10th.
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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Hong Kongers express their solidarity with the victims of the Tai Po fire by writing words of encouragement and sympathy on Post-It notes. An act that disappeared since 2019 but apparently remain unforgotten since then.
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hong Kongers express their solidarity with the victims of the Tai Po fire by writing words of encouragement and sympathy on Post-It notes. An act that disappeared since 2019 but apparently remain unforgotten since then.
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The Hong Kong government and its Beijing overseer, by the way, badly wants the world to focus on bamboo — and not the failure of government oversight in a territory that no longer allows dissent or a free press to investigate stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Hong Kong government and its Beijing overseer, by the way, badly wants the world to focus on bamboo — and not the failure of government oversight in a territory that no longer allows dissent or a free press to investigate stuff.
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The Hong Kong fires is a political story, not a bamboo tragedy. It is about what happens when institutions are no longer accountable because of the erosion of the rule of law. When a government focuses on controlling the people, not serving them. When civil society is crushed.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Hong Kong fires is a political story, not a bamboo tragedy. It is about what happens when institutions are no longer accountable because of the erosion of the rule of law. When a government focuses on controlling the people, not serving them. When civil society is crushed.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆? 🌾
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆? 🌾
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
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🚨 journo job! 🚨
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
China Correspondent
Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers award-winning, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of journalists, c...
workwithus.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
🚨 journo job! 🚨
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I enjoyed learning about the beginnings of institutonalized dentistry training in colonial India through Sahara Ahmed's Harvard Science and Technology in Asia talk yesterday 🦷
Many thanks again to Sahara and to all who joined the session!
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed 🧪
Many thanks again to Sahara and to all who joined the session!
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I enjoyed learning about the beginnings of institutonalized dentistry training in colonial India through Sahara Ahmed's Harvard Science and Technology in Asia talk yesterday 🦷
Many thanks again to Sahara and to all who joined the session!
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed 🧪
Many thanks again to Sahara and to all who joined the session!
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed 🧪
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A special home state/alma mater book talk at the University of Michigan next week.... I'll present "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" on December 2 at noon
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A special home state/alma mater book talk at the University of Michigan next week.... I'll present "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" on December 2 at noon
ii.umich.edu/ii/news-even...
ii.umich.edu/ii/news-even...
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You know what? I'm going to toot my own horn a little bit. Here are the first two pages from "Lost Worlds." If you've read "Sapiens," compare the depth of his understanding of the material he's citing with what I'm doing here.
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You know what? I'm going to toot my own horn a little bit. Here are the first two pages from "Lost Worlds." If you've read "Sapiens," compare the depth of his understanding of the material he's citing with what I'm doing here.
Also: no talk about "earning" a big dinner, or how much exercise/deprivation will be required to "work it off."
No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Also: no talk about "earning" a big dinner, or how much exercise/deprivation will be required to "work it off."
absolutely
Is “stop emailing me” an appropriate holiday away subject line, y/n
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
absolutely
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today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
University of Manchester Modern Languages Academic wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (SALC) at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category. The Leverhulme Trust administered awards commemorate the work undertaken by Philip, Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Lever, founder of the Trust.The pri...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
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I remember asking @katecarp.bsky.social if @draftingthepast.bsky.social was a confessional space...I think it is, and I was giddy to get to talk with Kate about the joy of writing history -- and my tremendous good fortune to get to do it. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Episode 76: Karin Wulf Keeps Her Brain Humming Along - Drafting the Past
In this episode, Kate is joined by Karin Wulf, the director and librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, to discuss her new book, Lineage, and her research and writing process.
draftingthepast.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I remember asking @katecarp.bsky.social if @draftingthepast.bsky.social was a confessional space...I think it is, and I was giddy to get to talk with Kate about the joy of writing history -- and my tremendous good fortune to get to do it. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
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me: ok six weeks left of 2025 let's get stuff done!
my brain cells:
my brain cells:
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
me: ok six weeks left of 2025 let's get stuff done!
my brain cells:
my brain cells:
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The IOWC is holding a hybrid conference in May 2026! We are currently asking for paper submissions.
More details can be found here: indianoceanworldcentre.com/2026-mapping...
Or via the QR code on the poster.
More details can be found here: indianoceanworldcentre.com/2026-mapping...
Or via the QR code on the poster.
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The IOWC is holding a hybrid conference in May 2026! We are currently asking for paper submissions.
More details can be found here: indianoceanworldcentre.com/2026-mapping...
Or via the QR code on the poster.
More details can be found here: indianoceanworldcentre.com/2026-mapping...
Or via the QR code on the poster.
The #AAS2026 preliminary conference program is online ... start browsing the nearly *600 sessions*, planning your schedule, and seeing all that our gathering in Vancouver has to offer!
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November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM