Posted by Tom Mullaney on May 15, 2015

Minority Identity in Post-Classification China: A New Project

Ethnic Potential: The Constitution of Minority Identities in Post-Classification China In China of the 1950s, ethnologists, linguists, and Communist authorities undertook a bureaucratic-cum-social scientific project known as the “Ethnic Classification.” Here it was determined which among China’s hundreds of ethnic minority communities would and would not be officially recognized by the state. Such...

Posted by Tom Mullaney on May 15, 2015

QWERTY is Dead: Introducing a New Project on the History of Chinese Computing

QWERTY is Dead: A History of the Chinese Computer As the first-ever history of Chinese computing in the 20th and 21st centuries, QWERTY is Dead will explore the circuitous pathways and eccentric personalities of an unknown chapter in the history of global information technology. Drawing upon extensive oral histories, material artifacts, and archives from Asia, Europe, and the United States, the book charts...

Posted by Tom Mullaney on May 15, 2015

Introducing a New Project: Hot Metal Empire

Hot Metal Empire: Script, Media, and Colonialism in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East   At the turn of the twentieth century, a breakthrough in typesetting transformed the modern media landscape. Hot metal typesetting began to displace moveable type, sweeping newspaper plants throughout the United States and Europe – and soon Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. With missionary-like zeal reminiscent...

Posted by Tom Mullaney on Nov 8, 2014

History of Modern China – Winter Course