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Accidentally came across my name in this new book, Christians in the City of Shanghai: A History Resurrected Above the Sea, by Susangeline Y. Patrick (2023); the author quotes from my articles on Vladimir Jiganoff and on the material culture of émigré Russians.


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I wrote this article in 2021 for a Springer publication that never went to print. It discusses the predatory mechanisms behind the commercial redevelopment of the old town, which proceeds full speed in spite of its status as one of 12 designated heritage protection zones. During the back-and-forth with the editors, much of my confrontational and ( Read more... )

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Yesterday’s online round table - was quite stimulating. Rarely do I find myself among scholars so focused on various angles of preservation in China - philosophical, linguistic, theoretical, site-specific and technical... It is a pity Prof. Li Yingchun could not be there due to a scheduling conflict; Kelly and I have to study Shanghai from a ( Read more... )

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