Leo Chu

Will give an online talk next week @ucsantabarbara about my PhD research which will soon (fingers crossed) become a book!

The University of Oxford is advertising a 1-year Departmental Lectureship in Economic and Social History to be held in the Faculty of History from 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sep 2027. Applications close 27 May 2026. jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL580/dep…

New out! Bruno Walter Renato Toscano offers a new perspective on how national contexts were shaped by the global politics of family planning. #familyplanning #populationcontrolmovement #UnitedStates #Italy #coldwar #globalhistory Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S17400…

I’m happy to share my new article in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. The article is open access. I’d love to hear your thoughts. —- Migrant workers or future citizens? Taiwan’s foreign mid-skilled workers program #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Another article on Taiwan's family planning, published by Rural History @CambridgeUP, where I connects policies for agricultural production to human reproudction. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Some thoughts (and reporting) on Australian universities and what’s at risk if they don’t get fixed abc.net.au/news/2026-04-0…

@hirako13 I mean Reviewer 2 might say this but Reviewer 1 still wants 3 rounds of revision and then reject the paper 😆

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New publication! Building on the biopolitical literature of family planning, my article scrutinizes population and development in postwar Taiwan from the perspective of political theology. @PolTheoNetwork tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@rdrisms I wonder if the biggest contribution of umamusume to the racing ecosystem in Japan is actually contents tourism (especially Hokkaido). Again, this is something I guess lacking in the US...

It's fun to see Idol Horse as a publication increasingly ask questions about uma directed at the industry The JRA's avoidance of uma and western racing's ignorance of uma are totally different topics, but I do think it boils down to the fact that uma's audience is not profitable

Happy 30th birthday, Pokémon! Since 1996, the Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity. go.nature.com/4tZOzKY

nice paper on the critical history of bananas @NTU_TW 🍌 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

I am thrilled to share our newest peer-reviewed work, "Feeling Blue: Public Support for Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement and Legislative Reform" with @poscwty & @hannahjunekim out now at @chinaquarterly ! A🧵on Taiwanese public opinion and independent voters: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@rdrisms Haha come to Taiwan we have great bubble tea🧋

@Tythanin_Sakshi yeah it was mid af

Conceptually I understand gyaru types liking boba but being in Japan elevates that level of understanding boba is such a strongly gendered beverage in Japan (also a bit of a fad), I visited a boba shop in Osaka and there were no male customers

@MattBirchy Wow congrats!

We can't wait for 2026!

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@ChienHungyi 最近發現三麗鷗與時俱進推出的偶像/音樂IP叫做Show by Rock!!，但有別於大部分作品會按受眾分開出男性和女性角色，這系列故事的角色都是同時出現的，頗為有趣

【評論】Hello Kitty展：當我改變時，Kitty也跟著蛻變 freeleaf.tw/2025/12/07/hel…

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! 2026-28 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies Application Deadline: January 15, 2026 Read the full call here: societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/mellon-postdoc… 📷: Ryan Young

Exciting PhD opportunity at Basel and Birmingham looking into history of synthetic fertilizers in Morocco, Turkey, and South Africa! @Europainstitut data.snf.ch/grants/grant/1…

Call for Proposals: University of Pittsburgh conference on "The Future(s) of International and Area Studies: Challenges, Opportunities, Goals," May 8-10, 2026. Submit proposals by December 4; hybrid participation possible. global.pitt.edu/future-interna…

@ichiroao In fact, the "95% male" data was during the first week of the game's release in 2021. Apparently female players then increased. The report I quoted already suggested a male-female player ratio of 85:15 in 2022. Perhaps it's still the case now. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p…

Chu, L. (2023). Industries of purity: horses, idols, and affective economy in uma musume pretty derby. Configurations, 31(2), 133–158. doi.org/10.1353/con.20…