Very cool: the Charnel-House has made Henri Lefebvre's vast opus of philosophy & sociology writings available open-access. They also feature collections of Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, and Leon Trotsky, just FYI. http://bit.ly/2fepzyw

Two to three half-time postdoc positions are now available Leiden University on 'Global Interactions' research. Deadline: 1 September.
http://bit.ly/2uYON9P

This is very cool photo challenge for uni students. If you were enrolled as a student in 2017, this might be for you. There's serious prize money involved, btw.
http://jakandjil.com/photochallenge2017/

The China Internet Research Conference has concluded in Texas. Next summer, we'll be hosting the CIRC in Leiden. Here's a little teaser video.
(I have it on good authority that Leiden is really lovely...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWvwPKvRmpQ&feature=youtu.be

For anyone analyzing online visual culture, this call for papers for a special issue on 'BRICS' might be of interest.
https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/2017/05/02/cfp-china-media-research/

Got a short little article out, open access, on how we might study the power of celebrity micro-bloggers in China - nothing fancy or technically sophisticated (yet), but if you're interested:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2017.1311616

If you're an academic interested in Asia and digital humanities, this call for application might be up your alley: a postdoc fellowship at Leiden Uni on 'digital Asia'.
http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/17-140-postdoc-digital-asia.html

If you're interested in China and media, then this summer school in Beijing in July might be for you.
http://bit.ly/2p3NLV3

An excellent long read on refugees, identity, and demands to be grateful. Powerful.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/dina-nayeri-ungrateful-refugee