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Book Reflections: Notorious RBG by Shana Knizhnik and Irin Carmon

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Before reading this book, I had already read Becoming Beauvoir, so it felt natural for me to wonder whether RBG might also be a kind of Beauvoir. To be honest, they do share many similarities: both were gifted and outstanding...

CGU

A Pleasant Surprise from Canadian Geophysical Union

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I was very surprised and happy to learn that I was selected as one of the recipients of the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Student & Early Career Researcher Travel Award for CGU 2026.

China

Book Reflections: 1587, a Year of No Significance by Ray Huang

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I don’t think this book should really be considered a rigorous academic work of history. It feels more like an exploration of a philosophy of history. In the book, the author presents a very original idea: the major events that...

Book Reflections: River Town by Peter Hessler

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Reading this book feels a little like looking at myself in a mirror. At first, it is somewhat humbling because Hessler’s observations about human nature in small Chinese towns feel uncomfortably accurate. For example, the mixture of curiosity and resistance...

Conference

A Pleasant Surprise from Canadian Geophysical Union

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I was very surprised and happy to learn that I was selected as one of the recipients of the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Student & Early Career Researcher Travel Award for CGU 2026.

Feminism

Book Reflections: Notorious RBG by Shana Knizhnik and Irin Carmon

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Before reading this book, I had already read Becoming Beauvoir, so it felt natural for me to wonder whether RBG might also be a kind of Beauvoir. To be honest, they do share many similarities: both were gifted and outstanding...

Francis Fukuyama

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History

Book Reflections: 1587, a Year of No Significance by Ray Huang

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I don’t think this book should really be considered a rigorous academic work of history. It feels more like an exploration of a philosophy of history. In the book, the author presents a very original idea: the major events that...

Book Reflections: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

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The crimes committed against the Osage people described in this book are truly horrifying. What is even more infuriating is that most of the perpetrators never received the punishment they deserved, and many truths have been buried by history, beyond...

Immigration

Book Reflections: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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At first, I kept wondering why the book was titled Pachinko, since pachinko is a gambling game and the term hardly appeared in the first two parts of the novel. It was not until I reached the story of the...

Japan

Book Reflections: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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At first, I kept wondering why the book was titled Pachinko, since pachinko is a gambling game and the term hardly appeared in the first two parts of the novel. It was not until I reached the story of the...

Justice

Book Reflections: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

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The crimes committed against the Osage people described in this book are truly horrifying. What is even more infuriating is that most of the perpetrators never received the punishment they deserved, and many truths have been buried by history, beyond...

Korea

Book Reflections: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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At first, I kept wondering why the book was titled Pachinko, since pachinko is a gambling game and the term hardly appeared in the first two parts of the novel. It was not until I reached the story of the...

Law

Book Reflections: Notorious RBG by Shana Knizhnik and Irin Carmon

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Before reading this book, I had already read Becoming Beauvoir, so it felt natural for me to wonder whether RBG might also be a kind of Beauvoir. To be honest, they do share many similarities: both were gifted and outstanding...

Liberal Democracy

Literature

Book Reflections: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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At first, I kept wondering why the book was titled Pachinko, since pachinko is a gambling game and the term hardly appeared in the first two parts of the novel. It was not until I reached the story of the...

Memoir

Book Reflections: River Town by Peter Hessler

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Reading this book feels a little like looking at myself in a mirror. At first, it is somewhat humbling because Hessler’s observations about human nature in small Chinese towns feel uncomfortably accurate. For example, the mixture of curiosity and resistance...

Personal Reflection

Peter Hessler

Book Reflections: River Town by Peter Hessler

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Reading this book feels a little like looking at myself in a mirror. At first, it is somewhat humbling because Hessler’s observations about human nature in small Chinese towns feel uncomfortably accurate. For example, the mixture of curiosity and resistance...

Philosophy of History

Book Reflections: 1587, a Year of No Significance by Ray Huang

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I don’t think this book should really be considered a rigorous academic work of history. It feels more like an exploration of a philosophy of history. In the book, the author presents a very original idea: the major events that...

Political Philosophy

Society

Book Reflections: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

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The crimes committed against the Osage people described in this book are truly horrifying. What is even more infuriating is that most of the perpetrators never received the punishment they deserved, and many truths have been buried by history, beyond...

Book Reflections: Notorious RBG by Shana Knizhnik and Irin Carmon

1 minute read

Published:

Before reading this book, I had already read Becoming Beauvoir, so it felt natural for me to wonder whether RBG might also be a kind of Beauvoir. To be honest, they do share many similarities: both were gifted and outstanding...

Book Reflections: River Town by Peter Hessler

1 minute read

Published:

Reading this book feels a little like looking at myself in a mirror. At first, it is somewhat humbling because Hessler’s observations about human nature in small Chinese towns feel uncomfortably accurate. For example, the mixture of curiosity and resistance...

Travel Award

A Pleasant Surprise from Canadian Geophysical Union

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I was very surprised and happy to learn that I was selected as one of the recipients of the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Student & Early Career Researcher Travel Award for CGU 2026.

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