Lunan Zhao, Author at Uncomfortable Oxford

Medicine and Colonization: How Scientific Research Shapes Politics

Lunan Zhao — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:13:00 +0000

In recent months we have seen a wave of renaming initiatives around the world, which ...

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An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part Two

Lunan Zhao — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:57:00 +0000

This is the second part of an interview with Isabella Hammad, the author of The Parisian: an epic tale of a Palestinian man's journey beginning at the outbreak of the First World War.

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An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part One

Lunan Zhao — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:48:00 +0000

We had a chance to chat with The Parisian’s author, Isabella Hammad, about the broader ...

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Francis Galton: Eugenics and Modern Medicine

Lunan Zhao — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:16:00 +0000

Galton’s political beliefs evidently undermined the rigour of his qualitative claims. What is less discussed ...

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Literature after the British Empire: V.S. Naipaul’s story

Lunan Zhao — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:28:00 +0000

V.S. Naipaul’s writings provide a unique insight into his attempt at constructing authentic identity. When ...

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