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Weekly Wanderings: February 12, 2024
新年快乐 and 恭喜发财 to one and all as we kick off the Year of the Dragon. At the Association for Asian Studies #AsiaNow blog, I have two new interviews with authors to share: And at Goodreads, I reviewed The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen, a compelling and beautifully written novel about the members of…
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Weekly Wanderings: February 4, 2024
Yesterday I got to attend a preview of a new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts, “Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971.” Previously on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, “Regeneration” is now in Detroit until late June, and I hope it will travel to museums elsewhere. Telling the many stories…
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Weekly Wanderings: January 29, 2024
I gazed at the sheet of paper in my hand, trying to convey intense fascination with the picture of a panda printed on it. I fought the urge to flick my eyes to the right, to acknowledge the presence of Chris, the cameraperson who hovered in my peripheral vision. Instead, I kept my sight trained…
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Weekly Wanderings: January 21, 2024
How is it still January?? This month has felt an eternity long, and yet I’m still getting emails that start out “Happy New Year!” Time seems to be moving slowly in 2024. Last week I wrote about “China’s Southern Paradise,” a special exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art that highlighted the artistic lineage of…
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Wanderings: China’s Southern Paradise
A long downward trajectory in U.S.-China relations, intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in less contact between the two countries. Fewer students are crossing the Pacific to study. Airlines have cut back their flight schedules. Multinational executives look elsewhere for business opportunities. “Engagement,” once the hallmark of the relationship, has withered amid mutual suspicion…
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Weekly Wanderings: January 14, 2024
On Friday I published a reading round-up previewing Taiwan’s presidential election, which took place yesterday. Lai Ching-te (William Lai), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate and current vice-president, came away as the winner, securing more than 40 percent of the vote. While the DPP will now hold the presidency for a third consecutive term, it lost…
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Reading Round-Up: Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election
A few hours from now, voters in Taiwan will begin heading to the polls to cast their vote in this year’s election. Three candidates are competing for the spot of president, in a race that appears to be too close to call at this point. (Taiwan implements a blackout period on opinion polls starting 10…
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Weekly Wanderings: January 7, 2024
I was among a trio of authors who contributed reviews of Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War, a family memoir by Zhuqing Li, to the Education About Asia journal’s Spring 2023 issue. My review appeared in print then, and is now available to read online with no paywall:…
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Wanderings: Fort Monroe
In October, my parents and I spent a week in Williamsburg, Virginia. We’ve been there before, and have already seen the Colonial Williamsburg sights, toured the battlefield at Yorktown, and visited the reconstructed Jamestown settlement. Looking for something else to check out, I turned to the map in my National Parks passport and located Fort…
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Weekly Wanderings: December 31, 2023
This won’t be another newsletter looking back at 2023 or ahead to 2024. Trust me, I thought about writing one of those. But then I spent the week between Christmas and New Year’s at my parents’ house. With a fair amount of downtime and a comfortable couch, I decided that this was the perfect week…
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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 