Guobin Yang

@Yangguobin

Author of The Power of the Internet in China (2009), The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China (2016), and The Wuhan Lockdown (2022).

Philadelphia
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Joined June 2009
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    Dec 6

    Second will be a Zoom talk on Jan 20 8pm ET hosted by & co-sponsored by & with as moderator, & , Dr Gang Chen & Dr Dr Dongxin Zou as respondents. Register here:

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    11 hours ago

    This is a reminder that we are accepting applications for 2022-2023 CARGC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Applications are due on February 1, 2022. Learn more about this amazing opportunity and apply here:

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  3. Dec 10

    No work is ever solo. Too many helped make the book possible to mention all. Thx to my editors & ; Liz Perry, Gail Hershatter, , who read the ms, offered tips 4 revision & wrote nice blurbs; colleagues, staff & students ; diarists, family..

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    Dec 10

    Share widely please! Scholars in humanities/social sciences holding PhDs granted between 1/1/2018-12/31/2021: apply now for Emerging Voices Fellowship: now 2 yrs onsite w/research, teaching, and leadership components.

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  5. Dec 10

    An advance copy just arrived via !! The rest are headed to the warehouse. I'm over the moon! Strangely I had a pang of emptiness. The toil of a year is birthed. I have lost control of it. I can only wish it all the best in its journey through this world

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    Dec 9

    CFP: Chinese Mediascape as Methods International Workshop. JUNIOR SCHOLARS are particularly encouraged to apply. Pls circulate

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  7. Dec 7

    2/2 The Wuhan Lockdown isn't just about Wuhan. It's a dramatized microcosm & a reassessment of contemporary China: its politics, civil society, internet, propaganda, nationalism... AND: it's full of evocative (& some provocative) stories - just the stuff for class discussion

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  8. Dec 7

    1/2 I've taught an undergrad course on Contemporary Chinese Media, Culture & Society for 20 years, on and off, in 3 institutions, but have never used my own books as textbooks. For my spring '22 course on this topic, I think I'll use The Wuhan Lockdown as textbook, because

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    Dec 7

    Don't miss CARGC book giveaway this Thursday, 1pm ET! We will give away 5 copies of Abundance: On the Experience of Living in a World of Information Plenty by to the first 5 people who participate in Q&A following the book talk. Register here:

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  10. Dec 6

    After receiving a starred review of The Wuhan Lockdown from , happy to see another review in . Esp nice to know both reviewers like the "granular" details & the broader context of culture and society

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  11. Dec 6

    In the coming months, I've a series of book talks which I'll tweet. First up is a Clubhouse chat on Jan 6 with 7 China experts :

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  12. Dec 6

    Don't forget to register for our colloquium today at 5pm ET on Digitality, Embodiment, Affect, and Performance featuring Cienna Davis, , Adetobi Moses, and . Details & registration here:

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  13. Dec 5

    The Xmas photo of an American family holding/worshipping weapons of mass destruction that is making the rounds on Twitter is uncannily reminiscent of the Chinese family worshipping Mao in this 1969 photo at the height of the Mao cult (via Carma Hinton film "Morning Sun")

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    Dec 4

    Call for Papers | Special Issue of Sage's Communication and the Public Participatory in the Comment Culture: Subverting the Hierarchy of Consumable Content in China’s Social Media

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    Dec 3

    Today at 11.30am (ET) and on resisting digital abuse. Register now:

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    Dec 2

    HAPPENING NOW: Join us as explores the system of house numbering as a surveillance practice in the Colloquium, “The Addressable Subject: Numbering Houses in Kabul, 1931-1973.”

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    Dec 2

    Register for our 12/6 event featuring , Adetobi Moses & Cienna Davis discussing their fascinating research on digital blackface & , corona diaries, photoessay on Philly neighborhoods, & Philly artists organizing

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  18. Dec 2

    China for All Its Challenges and Complexities, Is an Extraordinary Teacher

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    Nov 29

    Next Monday at 5 PM, join us for the Colloquium: Working Group on Digitality, Embodiment, Affect, and Performance. The event will feature presentations by Cienna Davis, , Adetobi Moses, and .

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    Nov 30

    THIS THURSDAY at 1pm ET join us on Zoom for a CARGC Colloquium “The Addressable Subject: Numbering Houses in Kabul, 1931-1973” with CARGC postdoctoral fellow ! View event details and register here:

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