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Mark Hudson

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Archaeologist & historian of Japan in Eurasia at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena. Fellow Royal Historical Society. Author '24 Hours in Shogun's Japan' (www.mombooks.com/book/24-hours-in-s…). Breturn to EU

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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Prehistoric Archaeology Researcher – University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy Prehistoric Archaeology | Landscape Archaeology | Puglia 24-month research contract focused on prehistoric landscapes and archaeological reconstruction higherjobz.com/prehistoric-... #Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Archaeology
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Prehistoric Archaeology Researcher - University of Bari
Apply for the Prehistoric Archaeology Researcher position at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. PhD qualification required.
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our new Ainu paper debunking the colonialist arguments put forward by JM Ramseyer is gaining traction with already over 1300 views. Open access here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
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Frontiers | Hunter-gatherer experiences of colonialism do not explain subsequent patterns of socio-economic development
How modern colonialism impacted socio-economic growth before and after independence is the subject of an extensive literature. Employing ideas from neoclassi...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New paper www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...
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Frontiers | Hunter-gatherer experiences of colonialism do not explain subsequent patterns of socio-economic development
How modern colonialism impacted socio-economic growth before and after independence is the subject of an extensive literature. Employing ideas from neoclassi...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In good company at Munich airport bookstore 😁
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New book - publication date April 2027 - #booksky #medievalsky
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Publication in Dutch on September 16!
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
First drafted this for the Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Japan & Korea almost 10 years ago. It needs updating! But I wanted to post the draft to receive any feedback about the 'medieval Ainu diaspora', a concept inspired by Viking studies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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<p><span>The Okhotsk Culture and the Formation of the Medieval Ainu Diaspora</span></p>
Across Eurasia the Bronze Age saw the beginning of new patterns of migration and interaction. Long-distance trade in metals, new transport, food and textile tec
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In Kyushu's decorated tombs, humans were never meant to be individuals phys.org/news/2026-07...
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In Kyushu's decorated tombs, humans were never meant to be individuals
When you first step into Japan's Kyushu tombs, the first thing you notice is nothing at all. "When you enter, you're engulfed by darkness; you can smell earth and stone, and you have the sensation of ...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Excellent new article on Kofun archaeology
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For me Brexit has changed everything. My happiness, my whole life. How can this person suggest otherwise, based on what evidence?
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Henry Gee’s book spotted on sale in Merano, South Tyrol @endofthepier.bsky.social
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I’ve signed. Have you?
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21/05/2026
The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
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History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS
Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
For anyone wondering about how future historians will cover the Trump regime @timothysnyder.bsky.social is already doing it! snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New paper published today. Although the Okhotsk culture in Hokkaido has been associated with the Nivkh since at least Kikuchi (1978), we provide the most detailed linguistic and archaeological evaluation attempted so far. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tracing the medieval expansion of the Amuric language family through linguistics and archaeology
Amuric (also known as Nivkh) is a language family found in the Lower Amur Basin and on Sakhalin Island. While geography suggests that the roots of Amu…
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 27/04/2026
The life and work of Dame Averil Cameron, historian of the Byzantine empire, is remembered in this week's BBC Radio 4 'Last Word' www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... With contributions from @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social and Mary Beard. Starts at 7 mins 10 seconds #Skystorians
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Last Word - Andy Kershaw, Dame Averil Cameron, Dr Judith Rapoport, Desmond Morris - BBC Sounds
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a historian, a psychiatrist and a zoologist.
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Now available via the April print issue of Antiquity www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Early Modern mercury production using ceramic vessels at Idrija, Slovenia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Early Modern mercury production using ceramic vessels at Idrija, Slovenia - Volume 100 Issue 410
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Italian government criticism of Trump's pope comments www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Giorgia Meloni condemns Donald Trump's 'unacceptable' criticism of Pope
Italy's prime minister and the US president are close allies, but Trump has refused to apologise to the "very weak" Pope Leo XIV.
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So many things about the USA are completely unbelievable and this is one 😰
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Pleased to announce that the German translation of 24 Hours in Shogun's Japan will be published by Penguin Germany in November. I would be even more pleased if the site listed the right author 😅😅 (Contacted this morning) www.penguin.de/buecher/mark...
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James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
An article last year claimed that tree-ring data shows a link between drought and late Roman conflicts such as the "Barbarian Conspiracy" of 367. We show problems with such claims and appeal for interdisciplinary palaeoclimatic research to respect historical method. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Drought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research - Climatic Change
Climatic Change - A major challenge in the interdisciplinary study of past climates is ensuring that evidence and data relating to different disciplines are analysed effectively using appropriate...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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Neues Buch „24 Hours in Shōgun’s Japan” untersucht japanische Geschichte
Das Buch verwendet archäologische und historische Quellen, um das Alltagsleben im Japan des 17. Jahrhunderts zu beschreiben.
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Chez Andre @avezina.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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🔴 BREAKING NEWS: Detik-Detik Tel Aviv Bergetar
YouTube video by Alfa Arkan
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Publication tomorrow in the UK! www.gea.mpg.de/201646/24-ho...
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New Book 24 Hours in Shōgun’s Japan Explores Japanese History
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This war may not have been entirely thought-through.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 05/03/2026
‘She claims to speak French, German and Italian, but her encounters with French, German and Italian speakers suggest otherwise.’ @deborahfriedell.bsky.social on Melania Trump. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Deborah Friedell · Short Cuts: Versions of Melania
The enduring liberal fantasy that Melania Trump is unwilling, trapped, in need of rescue, #FreeMelania, has never...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2026
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Now only a month before publication of 24 Hours in Shogun’s Japan. Translation rights have been sold for France, Spain, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine! www.mombooks.com/book/24-hour...
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Eleanor Scerri @elliescerri.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Job alert in Malta on my ERC funded IslandLab Project for a post excavation research assistant. A bachalor's degree in Archaeology, or related fields is required, ideally with experience working on faunal assemblages and handling bones/fossils, and curating finds. www.um.edu.mt/media/um/doc...
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Currently advertising: PhD project on Neolithic waste, based with Henny Piezonka. Project focuses on spatial analysis and the Neolithic. Deadline is 9th Feb. A chance to work with a cool range of sites from Serbia to Poland and you get to live in Berlin, so what's not to like! Link in next post.
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GK-PA02_2025-WiMi-AB_Piezonka_RENEW
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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Final call for the talks for the 11th International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies in November www.um.edu.mt/events/xippc...
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About - L-Università ta' Malta
About
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Tamara Scheer @tamarascheer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Catholicism and Language Diversity in the Late Habsburg Empire only a handful days to go until our conference in Rome - many thanks to my co-organizers incl #janBernot First academic gathering of my @fwf-at.bsky.social project :-) www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/In...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/01/2026
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/01/2026
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
FISH!! #MosaicMonday
An overhead view of a Roman mosaic showing all manner of fishes, sea shells and even a cheeky little prawn.
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A sighting of the new book by @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social in the wild in Ljubljana
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
'Japan’s Resonant Pasts: Materiality, Landscapes and Heritage': a session at next year's European Association of Archaeologists conference in Athens organised by myself and Claudia Zancan. The call for papers opens today. Looking forward to moving the field ahead with this exciting session!
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 18/12/2025
Booking for the first @royalhistsoc.org Lectures of 2026 is now available: bit.ly/48N0CCY > Charles West on 'Queens & the Making of Medieval Europe’ > Vinita Damodaran on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' > David Stack on 'Well-being: a Historian's Perspective' #Skystorians
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Royal Historical Society lectures for early 2026 - RHS
The Royal Historical Society begins its 2026 programme of lectures on Friday 6 February when Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) will speak on ‘”Alike in Appearance but not in Scope”: Que...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Really proud of the whole team for the all the hard work they put into this. Our database lists depictions of fish and other marine organisms in prehistoric Japan, something not previously available even in Japanese. openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
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A Database of Pictorial Evidence of Aquatic Animals and Fishing Practices in Prehistoric Japan | Journal of Open Archaeology Data
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Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Denmark just did the unthinkable: They labeled the United States — under Trump — a national security threat to Danish citizens. And there are more coming.
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Intelligence Briefing w be Danish intelligence officer, @jacobkaarsbo; "Denmark just labelled Trump's America a threat to the Danish people"
Denmark makes UNPRECEDENTED announcement: Trump's America is a National Security Risk to the State of Denmark...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Our new publication on the archaeology of early modern mercury production at Idrija, Slovenia (a UNESCO World Heritage site). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Early Modern mercury production using ceramic vessels at Idrija, Slovenia | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Early Modern mercury production using ceramic vessels at Idrija, Slovenia
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I can't see how this is not a declaration of war against a sovereign state by a neo-imperialist USA? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/11/2025
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New publication on archaeology & Japanese eco-nationalism. Had a lot of fun writing this over the summer. My co-author Claudia Zancan provided several new insights that had not occurred to me before, especially with respect to the Kofun period. www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
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Frontiers | Environmental archaeology and eco-nativist discourse in modern Japan
Claims that Japanese society has lived in “harmony” with Nature and can therefore provide lessons for global sustainability have a long history. While such “...
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
An exciting new publication, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective, co-edited by Claudia Zancan. I attended the original conference in Venice but the editors have brought together an important series of papers on the theme of 'metaphors'. edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4...
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Edizioni Ca' Foscari
Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press
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Mark Hudson @barbarianniche.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
24 Hours in Shogun's Japan: A Day in the Life of the People wot Lived There. Coming soon (hopefully 😅and certainly with a little help from my friends 🥹) www.mombooks.com/book/24-hour...
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24 Hours in Shogun’s Japan
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