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My essay " The Scholar's Robe " is published on Frontiers of History in China . Check it out! The Scholar's Robe will be published again in the conference volume of International Research Center for Japanese Studies ( Nichibunken ). I am quite impressed by its format. Click here to check it out! A photo of all participants in Nichibunken conference, Kyoto, 2/19–2/21, 2016.

It has been quite a journey from planning the international conference to the final publication of the multi-authored volume with the same name in 2016. The most interesting aspect of this process is to learn about multiple takes on cosmopolitanism (including opposition and dismissal) in China and struggle to come up with a coherent volume. My gratitude to Johan Elverskog and Stephen Roddy for their contributions and hard work in finishing the book!

My first book China's Transition to Modernity: The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen , published in 2105, has three interesting reviews: 1. Conrad Schirokauer's review 2.  Thierry Meynard's review 3.  Manuel Sassmann's reivew