Nothing ever dies! 向娄烨致敬！

In two weeks, German Institute for Global and Area Studies in Hamburg, Germany, I will talk about the symbolic-political logic of China's 'zero-COVID' policy and explore the 'meanings of zero.' Come join the discussion.

It's good to read a review 3 years after the book is published. Even better to have a thoughtful & generous review from a historian. Chairman Mao's Children: Generation and the Politics of Memory in China by Bin Xu (review) muse.jhu.edu/article/926873

💩Publication day! Underbelly is an ethnography of #globalhealth , exploring how global health—its actors, structures, and systems—perpetuates the challenges to health equity. 🧵mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547765/…

My Annual Review of Sociology Annual Reviews article with Sitao Li on rights in China is available for advanced online view now -- Rights in China: Myths, Abuses, and Politics | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/3UUPFbo

My talk on May 15, next week, in Vienna. The first presentation of this new project. Join us for a conversation.

Snapshots of recent speaking engagements (Trento, Columbia, & Oxford). As Buddhists usually say, monks need to 'float like a cloud' (雲遊) to exchange ideas (交流) and make connections (結緣) in the pursuit of wisdom (悟道）

After heated discussions in the run-up to the event, yesterday's 'Speech to Europe' held by Omri Boehm עמרי בהם ended up attracting an audience of about 800 people on site and 100,000 views in the livestreams (through ORF), making this one of the most successful events the IWM has ever

My new book, 'Meritocratic Democracy: A Cross-Cultural Political Theory' (Oxford University Press, 2024) is now available for pre-order at a slightly (🤥) high price, but those with library access will soon be able to access it through OUP's online system.global.oup.com/academic/produ…

1/📣Thrilled to announce that our special issue 'Deep Transformations: Lived Experiences and Emotions in Social Change Narratives' is out at Cultural Sociology! ed by Nina Margies, Iveta Ķešāne, Monika Verbalyte, and me🧵 #sociologyofemotions #culturalsociology #soctwitter tinyurl.com/8waz5ahd

This is what authoritarianism looks like

Tel Aviv protest tonight:

-End the war
- Hostage release
-No to Rafah invasion.
- The government must fall.

This looks like someone who didn't read a book but talked about the book at length at an academic conference.

I truly love that our amazing co-authors and contributors are the first to promote this book. What a labor of love. What a joy to help bring this book to life. Feeling overwhelmed and so happy.

Emory University College of Arts &Sciences faculty voted to pass the motion of No Confidence in President Fenves. 358 (75%).

Sociologist & professor Samer Alatout was pinned and detained by police for simply caring for his students. Shame on UW–Madison UW–MadisonPolice Madison Police Wisconsin State Patrol

My talk at Oxford tomorrow. Join us for a conversation!

My department faculty's statement about the protests at Emory. I'm one of the professors who signed and endorsed this letter.