Events:

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Recent writings and appearances:

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Shanghai has arguably served as the central intersection between China and the West over the past 160 years. So, at a time of heightened tensions between China and the US, Australia, and the UK, what can we learn from Shanghai history?

This Week in China’s History #26 “Justice during imperial China: Reexamining the ‘Lady Hughes’ affair of 1784.” SupChina Nov. 25, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #25 “China archives are being erased. Much is at risk of being lost.” SupChina Nov. 18, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #24 “A final day at the races and the end of old Shanghai.” SupChina Nov. 11, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #23 “Electoral politics and a call for change – in China, circa 1911.” SupChina Nov 3, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #22 “Waverly tragedy: Trafficking in Chinese labor leads to 300 dead.” SupChina Oct. 28, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #21 “When the PRC won the “China” seat at the UN” SupChina Oct 21, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #20 “A clash of tradition and modern law: the pardon of assassin Shi Jianqiao.” SupChina Oct. 14, 2020.

“The Falls of Shanghai,” Age of Revolutions, Oct. 12, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #19 “How Britain used a small pirate ship to spark the Second Opium War,” SupChina Oct. 7, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #18 “The untold story of Wu Sangui, China’s two-time turncoat,” SupChina Sept. 30, 2020.

“Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai” New Books in East Asian Studies podcast, hosted by Ed Pulford. Sept 23. 2020.

This Week in China’s History #17 “Ilham Tohti’s punishment for challenging China’s historical narrative.” SupChina Sept. 23, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #16 “A basketball game turns violent: China, Russia, and the crossroads of imperialism.” SupChina Sept 16, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #15 “Lord Macartney, China, and the Convenient Lies of History,” SupChina Sept. 9, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #14 “The First Taiwan Straits Crisis and the Specter of Nuclear War,” SupChina Sept. 2, 2020.

Jeff Gammage, “Champions Day: St. Joe’s scholar’s new book shows how a 1941 Shanghai horse race gallops through U.S.-China relations today,” Philadelphia Inquirer. Sept 1, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #13 “The great China floods of 1931.” SupChina August 26, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #12: “The Murder of Ma Xinyi.” SupChina August 19, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #11: “The Emperor Investigates Soulstealing.” SupChina August 12, 2020.

The Curious Man’s Podcast Episode #27 “James Carter.” August 6, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #10: “Matteo Ricci and the Slave Trade that Connected Portugal with Macau.” SupChina August 5, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #9: “The Fruits of Legitimacy: A Gift for the Hongwu Emperor.” SupChina July 28, 2020.

“The Fall of Hong Kong,” co-authored with Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. The Hindu July 26, 2020.

Storey Time with Stephanie Storey Youtube Talk Show: “China Historian James Carter,” July 21, 2020

This Week in China’s History #8: “When China collided with the Middle East: The Battle of Talas River and the height of Tang supremacy” SupChina July 22, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #7: “‘A Revolution Against Empire and Patriarchy’: The Execution of Qiu Jin.” SupChina July 15, 2020

This Week in China’s History #6: “Kissinger’s Secret Trip that Paved the Way for U.S.-China Relations.” SupChina July 9, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #5: “Hong Kong and Broken Promises,” SupChina June 30, 2020

This Week in China’s History #4: “When China’s Reformers Believed Anything Was Possible: 100 Days in 1898,” SupChina June 26, 2020.

Professor Buzzkill podcast “Hong Kong’s Complex History,” June 23, 2020.

Barbarians at the Gate podcast “Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai,” June 22, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #3: “What the Boxers Can Tell Us About Our World Today.” SupChina June 17, 2020.

Downtown Writers Jam podcast with Brad King: “Episode 65: Dr. James Carter” June 15, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #2: “The Time Jesus’s Younger Brother Led a Revolution in China.” SupChina June 11, 2020.

This Week in China’s History #1: “Remembering to Remember, or Learning to Forget: China’s Relationship to Tiananmen 31 Years On” SupChina June 4, 2020.

The Hour of History Podcast with Steven Baumann: “Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai” May 30, 2020.

“It’s the End of Their World As They Knew It,” Visualizing China Blog. May 25, 2020.

“Shanghai’s Past; Hong Kong’s Future,” with Jeffrey Wasserstrom. Public Books. May 2020

“Hong Kong Apocalypses: Teaching the Recent Past and the Speculative Future.” History News Network. May 2020.