Brian DeMare 江旷

Price Drop Alert! My latest book is now only $30! Order from @stanfordpress with the code TIGER20 for an additional 20% off. Thrilled that the book can now be assigned, please consider adopting it for any modern China course you might be teaching! sup.org/books/title/?i…

Very few US students are having a "very Chinese time in their life"

After 10 years, I finally got back to China. Amazing trip: old friends, new colleagues, and damn good food. Most unexpected was what I discovered spending a month at a retirement center outside of Beijing. I wrote about it here with @MIC_Journal: madeinchinajournal.com/2025/11/04/a-g…

One of my favorite all time college courses was with @BrianDeMare mostly just reading one Chinese history book each week and discussing

Teaching my modern China survey and once again drawing from the important lessons in the essays in the "Teaching the PRC" issue of The PRC History Review (@prchistory, coedited with @cfmeyskens). Highly recommended for anyone teaching China this semester! prchistory.org/review-october…

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Tulane's Department of History is teaming with the Environmental Studies Program to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Environmental History! All time periods and geographic regions welcome to apply. h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…

A fascinating talk by @_emilyrwilliams on the collectors of ‘red relics’—objects relating to the CCP, PLA and the history of Chinese socialism. These collectors see themselves as transmitters of history, culture & ‘positive energy’ to the next generation. bit.ly/3AvGk1N

A few photos from my last book talk, this one at the main public library in Portland. Thanks to the Northwest China Council for hosting, @TulaneSLA for continued support, and @johnrudoff for the photos. Folks, please consider inviting me out for a talk, this Q&A was amazing!

Attention Kindle users— Land Wars by @BrianDeMare is $3.99 in the Kindle shop. Hurry! Offer ends 8/09. Land Wars: The Story of China's Agrarian Revolution explores how Mao's narrative of rural revolution became a reality, at great human cost. a.co/d/4oXsWFT

Today: Last chance to save on Land Wars ($12.50 paperback) & Tiger, Tyrant, Bandit, Businessman ($15 hardcover or paperback). Very glad to see both now available in paperback and ready for assignment in Chinese history courses. But 15 bucks for the hardcover of TTBB is a steal!

Last week @jayjamescarter featured Big Tiger in his "This Week in China" column, narrated by @KaiserKuo, a huge moment for bringing rural voices to the historical record! Tomorrow I will be chatting Golden Cao & Poyang bandits in Portland, check it out: myemail-api.constantcontact.com/-Bandits--Big-…

Portland friends! Join me for my 1st West Coast book talk on 2pm, July 10 at the Central Library. I will be chatting Casefile One, which has it all: bandit uprisings, Big Swords charging machine guns, and a stubborn scholar! Please share and register here myemail-api.constantcontact.com/-Bandits--Big-…

Been dreaming about sharing this revolutionary classic with my students for about two decades. Finally: The White-Haired Girl 白毛女 (1950) with English subtitles youtu.be/C3wYnSM0MGc?si…

The Kindle edition of Land Wars is now on sale for 50 cents! Never seen it so low, no idea what algorithm is behind this, so get it while you can. amazon.com/Land-Wars-Chin…

Here we go....

Five scholars of history, religious studies, and gender studies--Profs. Brian DeMare @BrianDeMare, Ting Guo @tingguowrites, Ji Li @Ji_HK, Zhange Ni @NiZhange, and Aminda Smith @amindasmith--will share their thoughts about the book in the panel chaired by Ying Zhang @utopiamatcha.

Attention Kindle users— Land Wars by @BrianDeMare is $3.99 in the Kindle shop. Hurry! Offer ends 3/15. Land Wars: The Story of China's Agrarian Revolution explores how Mao's narrative of rural revolution became a reality, at great human cost. a.co/d/4oXsWFT

I've been hard at work getting ready for the big re-launch of the @SinicaPodcast on Thursday, Feb 15. Just to give you all a sense of what's in store: The podcast will still be completely free to listen to, but there will be lots more goodies on Substack and Patreon. 1/N