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Case to keep an eye on: female cadre from central organ posted to Ganzhou, Jiangxi (poor, mostly rural prefecture & focus of some of Kristen E. Looney's research) for training was "violated 侵犯" or subject to "obscene 猥亵" behavior by Anyuan County boss. (1)

ISID is pleased to welcome you to its next Speaker Series Event of the year, titled “Mobilizing for Development”, featuring Professor Kristen Looney, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Government at Georgetown University. The event will take place in PETERSON HALL ROOM 116.

Great conversation with CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies about my book! Thanks so much for having me on your excellent podcast, Jude! Munk School

Thanks Yuhki! I’m grateful to call Georgetown home.

Join us this Friday!

My piece w/ Andrew Yeo on "democratic ceilings," a pushback against the dominant backsliding narrative, was recently accepted Comparative Political Studies 🌏 Using #SouthKorea #Taiwan as a lens, we show how a divided nationalist context at democratization leads to stagnation. Stay tuned!

No. 1 one on Amazon books on Korean history (b/c of the hot cover!!) Pre-order yours now! amazon.com/Korea-New-Hist…

Next week on Tuesday, Sept. 5th, join us for a discussion with Dr. Sungmin Cho on his upcoming paper, with a discussion with Georgetown MASIA faculty members Victor Cha and Dr. Evan Medeiros. RSVP highly recommended-- link and more info in bio!

On behalf of the Editorial Board, I am thrilled to share Volume 9 of the Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs, “Beyond Great Power Competition: Subregional Strategies and Priorities.” It was an honor serve as Editor-in-Chief over the past year. asianstudies.georgetown.edu/research/publi…

Sept 29 | 12-1:30 PM | @ ICC McGhee Library Join MASIA, Center for Asian Law and the Intiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues to hear Ian Johnson, senior fellow at CFR, talk on his book Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future!

Sharing my new paper on the politics of Chinese agbribusiness development, part of the Wilson China Fellowship 2022-2023 collection. wilsoncenter.org/publication/sc…

Chinese Global Infrastructure is out (OA)! doi.org/10.1017/978100… This short book tracks major Chinese int’l infrastructure projects from 1949 to now. It uses historical data + context to shed light on a cornerstone of China’s foreign relations. Brief 🧵on key themes:

📍Looking for a PhD student in my Swiss National Science Foundation project “Digital Agriculture: Sino-European Contrasts, Correspondences & Collaborations” AnthropoS unifrResearch, thanks for sharing! Application: 30 April Details: shorturl.at/hjwW5 #China #Europe #anthrotwitter Anthro Jobs

I will discuss the ongoing research of the Koç University Global China Research Lab at Georgetown SFS on April 22. Registration link: eventbrite.com/e/sino-turkish… Kristen E. Looney

Discussing the ongoing research of the Koç University Global China Research Lab at Georgetown SFS Georgetown MASIA today was a pleasure. I am grateful to the students and faculty members for their insightful comments and engaging questions. Kristen E. Looney

.Kristen E. Looney will be moderating what should be a terrific conversation from 10am to 11:30am EST on Monday, 12/2, featuring DA Wei @Tsinghua 达巍, Wu Xinbo, Bilahari Kausikan, and Dennis Wilder偉德寧. uschinadialogue.georgetown.edu/events/implica…

For those who could not attend in person, here is the link to the recorded session with Tsinghua's Dawei , Georgetown's Kristen E. Looney, Dennis Wilder偉德寧, and Fudan's Wu Xinbo. Enjoy. uschinadialogue.georgetown.edu/events/implica…

How is China’s slowing economy reshaping job prospects for its most vulnerable workers? Scott Rozelle (Stanford University) and Yige Dong (UBuffalo) join #PIPFellow Kristen E. Looney (Georgetown University) to discuss how employment prospects for workers on the margins—including migrant laborers,

My book is out today! The culmination of six years of reporting in China and Taiwan. It’s a narrative nonfiction telling of identity and politics from on the ground in China. I’ll be doing events in NYC and DC and Durham this month. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724947/l…

Open access publication! My book is now available open access for everyone to read and download free on the University of California Press (is on Bluesky) website: ucpress.edu/books/in-the-g… A brief thread about the book /1