Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. 23-24 Fellow at Wiko Berlin. Author of The Politics of Compassion(2017, Stanford), Chairman Mao's Children(2021, Cambridge), The Culture of Democracy (2022, Polity) Personal Website: www.binxu.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3m6nbplgm2s2oI'll moderate the inaugural Stuart Hall Award lecture on Dec 10 2025, 10 AM (Pacific Time) by Dr. Ben Carrington (USC) on “‘The university is a critical institution, or it is nothing’ - Stuart Hall, The Elephants’ Graveyard and the Sociology of Race.” Please register: https://emory.zoom.us/mee.../register/mAflAW1pTxybruPv6VDaxQ27 Nov 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6nbplgm2s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3m3uytohyds2tExcited to see the Turkish edition of my book The Culture of Democracy: A Sociological Approach to Civil Society (Polity 2022) just came out with Lejand. https://www.lejand.com.tr/product-page/demokrasi-k%C3%BClt%C3%BCr%C3%BC23 Oct 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uytohyds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lyjmsmpgi22qMark your calendar: Sept 23, I'll give a talk at U Michigan (zoom and in-person) on "Meanings of Zero: the Performative Logic of China's Zero-COVID Policy." This study is part of my ongoing book on disaster politics in China & a stand-alone article. Looking forward! https://events.umich.edu/event/137321?fbclid=IwY2xjawMvCMFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjBmqKWd1Mla7B96XCryVGX5WVy7YElptSetmQKzb2HWWJpQyux0UU722Qu5_aem_k-92R3uM07bqc2d8-_dBVQ11 Sep 2025 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjmsmpgi22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lxp2z6owck2iPleased to announce that my paper "Sacred ordinariness: event, cultural codes, and the politics of a COVID pandemic icon" (on symbolic politics around the death and mourning of Dr. Li Wenliang, an "icon of ordinariness") was published in AJCS. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41290-025-00271-x31 Aug 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxp2z6owck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lx6sqectis2xDeadline in a week! Let me know if you have any questions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2025 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6sqectis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lvhwvobmhk2dReposting this call for contributions. Abstract by September 1, 2025! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2025 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvhwvobmhk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lswg6m6nss2gReposting this Call for Contributions to an edited volume. Deadline for abstracts: Sept 1, 2025 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswg6m6nss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lqce5vkrd22i29 May 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqce5vkrd22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lqaal24ooc2zCall For Contributions to an Edited Volume Trauma, Reconciliation, and Mnemonic Justice in Modern China Bin Xu (Emory) Zhiyi Yang (Frankfurt) Thomas B. Gold (Berkeley) Abstract by September 1, 2025. Full paper by March 31, 2026. Volume to the press summer 2026. Details: https://binxu.net/call-for-contributions/28 May 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqaal24ooc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lpuua73pac2tPleased to share my new article in Social Problems (w/ two stellar graduate students Lingxiao Chen and Xueqia Zhang): "How to Say “Black Lives Matter” in Chinese?: Race, Democracy, and Discourses of a Movement" https://academic.oup.com/socpro/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/socpro/spaf024/8141202?login=false24 May 2025 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuua73pac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lpslshlcz22nhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/trump-harvard-international-students23 May 2025 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpslshlcz22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lmz7sifcos2mYou must be kidding me, a grant reviewer at Emory: "qualitative work is important only if it helps contextualize quantitative evidence. Absent this, it’s just stories." https://media.tenor.com/wcpJDl4mPyUAAAAC/mike-wazowski-monsters-inc.gif?hh=336&ww=49017 Apr 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz7sifcos2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lm7wogo5fk2leconomic downturn+unemployed, uneduated, & hateful mob+scapegoating a certain group-->a war to divert attention. that was not just Germany in the 1930s07 Apr 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7wogo5fk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lkwlgg553223Are you really surprised? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/21/donald-trump-education-executive-order-elon-musk-pentagon-us-politics-latest-updates-news22 Mar 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwlgg553223https://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lk7p77rve22dThe first large-scale, permanent COVID memorial in US. There have been a smaller one in Frankfort, KY, some statues & sculptures, & memorials in other forms (installations, virtual, etc.). This will be a significant addition to my list of almost 300 cases of COVID memorialization around the world. https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/11/chicago-monument-honor-pandemic-frontline-workers-people-who-died-covid-19?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-8eVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeweIIyt_p3Kbnvc9LFCq10xEozUdKF7HaEgSa6CUow2eq_iE-wWgx33ZA_aem_lrt2zCVr0dsW73ZbCFpgOg12 Mar 2025 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7p77rve22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lk55f2ll2s2kThose who attend the AAS, please mark your calendar: our roundtable on "Multifaceted and Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Memories", Saturday, March 15, 2025, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Clark (2nd Floor, Hyatt). Please join us for a great discussion! #aas202511 Mar 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk55f2ll2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3ljy2xelfxk2xhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/trump-ukraine-russia-explainer09 Mar 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljy2xelfxk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3ljlz2e232c2kCongratulations, Liu Jiakun, on Pritzker Prize! I interviewed him in 09 for my dissertation on the Sichuan earthquake. Liu built a profoundly moving memorial for Hu Huishan a child whose death was likely caused by the substandard construction of the school building. www.archdaily.com/1027571/chin...05 Mar 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlz2e232c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3ljcxdtxtmk2h"I want the US to stand more firmly on our side. This is not just a war between our two countries; Russia brought this war on to our territory and into our homes. They are wrong because they disrespected our territorial integrity." https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/01/live-european-leaders-rally-behind-zelenskyy-after-trump-vance-clash-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67c2f2708f08707b9b4050bc#block-67c2f2708f08707b9b4050bc01 Mar 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcxdtxtmk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3ljbkoqlzqk2iThose who voted for Trump should feel ashamed since you are on the wrong side of history https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/28/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-us-minerals-deal-russia-ukraine-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67c201bf8f081ffa02a936e1#block-67c201bf8f081ffa02a936e128 Feb 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbkoqlzqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3liosuiec422u https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/21/europe-live-latest-news-ukraine-russia-war-trump-macron-starmer?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67b85c698f08089227380903#block-67b85c698f0808922738090321 Feb 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3liosuiec422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/binxu013.bsky.social/post/3lhakln3w2s2khttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jan/30/israel-and-the-delusions-of-germanys-memory-culture?utm_term=679df0a9f484a0e522eaa3a1f250c461&utm_campaign=TheLongRead&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=longread_email03 Feb 2025 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:5kcb3e75p4vbfsrazdcqfzvl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhakln3w2s2k