Albert Wu

Albert Wu (@albertowu) is an associate professor of history at the American University of Paris. His first book, From Christ to Confucius (Yale University Press, 2016), examines Sino-European through the lens of missionaries.He has published in academic and popular journals, including American Historical Review, Commonweal, and The Point. With Michelle Kuo, he writes a weekly newsletter: ampleroad.substack.com.

Articles

Cobra Kai, the Twilight of American Empire, and the Allure of Paramilitary Violence
Albert Wu and Michelle Kuo explore how Cobra Kai manages to tackle American empire, wealth disparity, and rising fascism without cynicism.
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoJun 8, 2021
- Television
Letter from Paris
A letter for Paris by Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu.
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoNov 21, 2015
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
I Dare Not: The Muted Style of Writer in Exile Ha Jin
As a new generation of Chinese writer-exiles settles in the West, we wonder whether Jin’s flat, alienating style will come to be regarded as a kind of artifact, a self-preserving fossil of the trauma generated by those who witnessed the mixture of real and manufactured emotion that fueled a collective mania.
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoJan 11, 2015
- Fiction
- Literary Fiction
The Black Iron Cage: Taiwanese Protesters in an Age of Global Unrest
A student occupation of Taiwan signals a greater global unrest.
Albert WuJun 3, 2014
“Take the Good Life and Be Happy”: On “The Americans”
The joke of “The Americans” is that it’s quintessentially American.
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoApr 24, 2014
Scientology: The Mystery Sandwich
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoMay 12, 2013
Imperfect Strollers: Teju Cole, Ben Lerner, W.G. Sebald, and the Alienated Cosmopolitan
The evolution of the flâneur
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoFeb 2, 2013
In Hell, “We Shall Be Free”: On “Breaking Bad”
Walter White's Rebellion
Albert Wu, Michelle KuoJul 13, 2012

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