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Big Congratulations to Prof. Titas Chakraborty – Hagley Prize Finalist!
Big congrats to Prof Titas Chakraborty! Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired Work (University of California Press) has been named a finalist for the 2026 Hagley Prize in Business History—what an incredible achievement! Empire of Labor tells the story of how hired workers experienced and responded to the rise to power […]
Celebrating a New Publication: “The Modern Question: China and Beyond”
Warmest congratulations to Qian Zhu, together with DKU AH colleagues Zairong Xiang and Caio Yurgel, on the publication of their co-edited research symposium, “The Modern Question: China and Beyond,” in The Chinese Historical Review.We aim to neither harbor nor to advance a specific definition of modernity—a term that often is read as simply denoting how transformations in technology, administration, and knowledge render […]
Congratulations to Prof. Qian Zhu on Her New Publication!
We’re excited to spotlight a profound new work! Prof. Qian Zhu has published “Bringing the Global to China: Anti-Eurocentrism, Rooted Globalism, and Chinese in Global Intellectual History”, in Special Forum: Global History in China, Global Intellectual History, Dec., 2025,https://doi.org/10.1080/23801883.2025.2591936 In her study of Chinese global historiography since the 1980s, Zhu proposes “rooted globalism” as an […]
Congratulations to Prof. Nellie Chu on Her Latest Publication!
Warmest congratulations to Prof. Nellie Chu on the release of her new book, Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou, published by Duke University Press on February 3, 2026! This 280-page work—enriched with 10 illustrative visuals—offers an extraordinary deep dive into the lives of migrant entrepreneurs at the core of Guangzhou’s fast […]
Congratulations to Prof. Lincoln Rathnam on His New OUP Book!
We’re delighted to shine a light on a remarkable new publication! Prof. Lincoln Rathnam’s The Practice of Skepticism: Montaigne and Zhuangzi on Freedom, Coexistence, and the Limits of Government has just been released in electronic form (with the physical edition coming in March) via Oxford University Press. As part of the Studies in Comparative Political […]
Congratulations to Professor Lindsay Mahon Rathnam on Her New Publication!
We are delighted to celebrate Professor Rathnam’s latest scholarly achievement. In the article, Professor Lindsay Mahon Rathnam argues that Herodotus is crucial to reconstructing Arendt’s theory of judgment, as well as her picture of the Greeks as a whole. Arendt’s reading of Herodotus, as Rathnam argues, is suggestive of her attempt to mediate Heidegger’s legacy- […]
LilyPad’s Call for Photo Submissions!
The LilyPad is accepting photo submissions for our FALL 2025 Magazine cover photo! If you have taken any photos that you love or you think encompass our theme “GROWTH”, submit them at the link in the QR code. Your photo may become our next magazine cover, and you will be credited on the front page! […]
Congratulations! Professor Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley’s New Book Uneasy Allies: Sino – American Relations at the Grassroots, 1937–1949
Exciting update for history enthusiasts! Editors Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley have unveiled Uneasy Allies: Sino – American Relations at the Grassroots, 1937–1949 — a profound probe into the grassroots – level dynamics of Sino – American ties during that crucial era. Their exploration of grassroots Sino – American ties during 1937–1949 enriches historical narratives, […]
Congratulations! Professor Titas Chakraborty’s Empire of Labor: Unveiling the East India Company’s Labor Colonization
We’re excited to share great news! Professor Titas Chakraborty published Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired Work — an amazing book about how the East India Company controlled labor during colonial times. This book helps us understand how colonial history still shapes today’s labor issues. If you care about history, workers’ rights, […]
Congratulations! Professor Kolleen Guy’s New Book: Statelessness After Arendt
Big news for history enthusiasts! Professor Kolleen Guy, in collaboration with Jay Winter, has edited Statelessness After Arendt: European refugees in China and the Pacific during the Second World War — a profound dive into the untold stories of WWII refugees in China and the Pacific region. If you’re fascinated by World War II history, […]
