historianzhang.bsky.social
Historian of China who studies, among other things, how people bought jobs in the government during the Qing dynasty. #tea addict. My book: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674278295
👤 Joined on 22 September 2023
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@historianzhang.bsky.socialI'm sorry, but if you think Nathan Cofnas being suspended for being a racist is an 'academic freedom' issue you are the dumbest fucking mark alive.
Show PostWhenever I run across Wang Shizhen 王士禛 (1634-1711), my first reaction is always "that's not MY Wang Shizhen 王世貞 (1526–1590)!" Anyone else? Just me? #nicheproblems
Show PostI don't think this attitude is defensible after reading the Retraction Watch story, which makes it quite clear there are serious problems with Arday's work. retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/c...
Show PostThe closest citations of Zwozdiak-Myers to this verbatim quote are on pp 47 and 58. (Many more examples.) If we’re playing the ‘no proposition racists endorse can be true’ game, I’d point out everybody on your ‘Our people’ page appears to be white. But that would be as stupid as this petition is.
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