Co-author of "Revolutionary Taiwan" (Cambria Press, 2024) and author of "Parliament in the British Political Imagination, 1550-1600" (forthcoming, Manchester University Press). Early modern Britainist by training; now living and teaching in Taipeihttps://bsky.app/profile/catielila.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/catielila.bsky.social/post/3lpsunzg5ec2lBig thanks to @jamesbaron.bsky.social for his review of "Revolutionary Taiwan" in this week's Taipei Times: "Taking an innovative approach to Taiwan’s contradictory status both 'outside & at the center' of the internat'l system, this book is a superb introduction" https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/05/15/200383690023 May 2025 05:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7lndjw42yun3tur6h2cvuez/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsunzg5ec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/catielila.bsky.social/post/3lnrnkbyabk2uFor Broadsides, the blog of the North American Conference on British Studies, I wrote on restarting my academic career in Taiwan, a place that underwent a fierce struggle for democracy & freedom of speech in the 80s & 90s, at a time when both are under threat in the US https://www.nacbs.org/post/teaching-pre-modern-british-and-european-history-in-taiwan27 Apr 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7lndjw42yun3tur6h2cvuez/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnrnkbyabk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/catielila.bsky.social/post/3lnrn4ks7r22g🙏 to @briankerg.bsky.social for having me & @mhar4.bsky.social on @cimsec.bsky.social's podcast to discuss "Revolutionary Taiwan". Why was democratization in Taiwan linked to demilitarization & why does Taiwan need to remilitarize now to protect its democracy? 🎹 to learn! https://cimsec.org/sea-control-571-revolutionary-taiwan-with-catherine-lila-chou-and-mark-harrison/27 Apr 2025 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:o7lndjw42yun3tur6h2cvuez/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnrn4ks7r22g