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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Japan friends, this Sunday March 1st, from 1pm we’ll be celebrating Japanese literature in translation at Human Arts Studio in Tsukuba. Some of my literary translator friends have kindly agreed to come along and read from their work - free and open to all, so do join us! #translation #literature

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Japanese Literature in English - Book Readings

March 1st @ 1 PM. Japanese literature in English is booming! We will celebrate with an afternoon of readings hosted by Tsukuba local, translator Ginny Tapley Takemori. Come and meet some of the transl...

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

JOB: TT Assistant Professor, History, Notre Dame 20th century US political history apply.interfolio.com/170552

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OU History Department @ouhistory.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Brosnan, who is the recipient of the inaugural Provost’s Manuscript Finishing Fellowship, awarded through the OU Arts & Humanities Forum. 1/2

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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX

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Elyssa Faison @elyssafaison.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A familiar battle is growing in northeast OKC as a scrapyard hopes to expand, much to the discontent of locals already dealing with explosions nearby.

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OU History Department @ouhistory.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Congratulations to history major Sofia Givens, who has been awarded a grant from OU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for her capstone project, “A Comparative Look at the Memorialization of the Arctic Convoys,” under the direction of Dr. Melissa Stockdale. 1/2

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OU History Department @ouhistory.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Graduate student Taylor Cozzens published an article, “Workers in the Field and Lawyers in the Court: Environmental Justice, Poverty Law, and the California Rural Legal Assistance,” in the Winter 2025 Pacific Historical Review. Great work, Taylor! online.ucpress.edu/phr

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Pacific Historical Review | University of California Press

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OU History Department @ouhistory.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda (OU PhD ‘02), who is being inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet this month! 1/3

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Public history is one way to connect our classrooms to lived experiences. Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Alan Christy to learn about The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international collaboration on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! 📸 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Welcome, new Bluesky users! A friendly reminder that we have a starter pack for Japan & Asian Studies Institutions/Organizations! We're glad to see new accounts in recent weeks from colleagues around the world! We'll keep updating the pack. 😊 go.bsky.app/H54gyeg

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

This year marks the 101st anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. If you’re looking for research & teaching resources, see our incredibly useful LibGuide & interactive map “The CDDP Great Kantō Earthquake Project: A Collaborative Mapping Project” #関東大震災 guides.nccjapan.org/cddp/Kanto_e...

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

Today marks the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, a spectacle heightened by a show of force mission flown by hundreds of aircraft Judging by post-flight interrogation forms submitted by each crew, some were less than enthused to make the trip from Saipan

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Are you headed to the archives soon? What sort of info do researchers need before they take off? ✈️📰 Learn tips & hints from this talk & guide materials by Izumi Koide (Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation) and Kuniko McVey (Harvard Library) from our 2012 workshop! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=3557...

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Historical materials on lady benshi! 😍

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Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus @apjjf.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

Tessa Morris-Suzuki explores the transnational history of commercial whaling in the 19th Century from the mobile viewpoint of whaleships as they crossed and recrossed the ocean, urging scholars to adopt a “liquid area” approach to transformations in the Asia-Pacific region. apjjf.org/2024/3/morri...

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In the Wake of the Whale: Towards a Liquid Area History of the Pacific - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

Slaying the Anglo-American serpent, as featured on a poster board placed on the streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in Feb. 1942

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Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

Happy #ToriiTuesday! Today's post is a bit meta, it's #ToriiTuesday in the NEWS! ⛩️📰 Thanks to the London Japanese National Tourism Organization office for the invite to contribute a short &sweet article abt how #torii come in all the colors of the rainbow. ⛩️🌐🌈 www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspir...

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The Many Types of Torii in Japan | Blog | Travel Japan (Japan National Tourism Organization)

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

This month we are delighted to share a new #NCCSpotlight featuring Toshinori Egami (@egamiday.bsky.social; Librarian, 国際日本文化研究センター), discussing his career path in library resources and global perspectives on Japanese library resources! 📖💻🗾🌏 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

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Merle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Episode 121 is out on "A Special Journal Issue on Pandemics" with Neeraja Sankaran and Stephen Weldon. Lee and I talked about histories of disease, pandemics and their impact around the world, and how people studied these events. Find it: infectioushistorians.com/2024/02/03/spe

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

What is spatial history & what can it teach us about the history of East Asia? 🗺️ Revisit our #NCCSpotlight introduction to “Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History” by Drs. Kate McDonald and @borderlander62.bsky.social to find out! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

JPP is excited to host a Recent Publications 新刊 page showcasing in one centralized place the latest book & journal publications related to Japanese humanities around the world! 📚 Publishers can register with us to help make their materials more visible! 🔎 japanpastandpresent.org/en/resources...

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to running the @jppinfo.bsky.social booth over #AAS2024! Michael Emmerich, @bmychui.bsky.social, @ippikiookami.bsky.social, Nadia Kanagawa, Elizabeth Leicester, & Rebecca Corbett did an amazing job repping the project & getting word out to the community. 🥰🌟

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

In recent acquisitions news, Tomoko Kitayama Yen (Japanese Studies Librarian, UBC Asian Library) reports new rare books are available at UBC, including Ikoku jinbutsuzu 異國人物圖, providing a glimpse into Edo period worldviews of the 18th century! 😍🌏 #NCCShowcase about.library.ubc.ca/2023/11/07/u...

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

Did you know that the Notable Japanese Collections in North America dashboard is celebrating its second year? 📚 With some 25 new additions and containing a total of 227 collections, you won’t want to miss exploring it for your Japan Studies research needs! guides.nccjapan.org/notable_coll...

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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

🗃️ I know it's not worth engaging Guelzo, but this is just exhibit A in why you cannot blindly apply 21st (& 20th) c. understandings of party politics onto the 19th c. It's a fundamental misreading of party dynamics & culture to think 19th c partisanship looks like Guelzo's "party animal" of today 1/

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

The National Diet Library is offering a wonderful training opportunity for students, scholars, and information specialists to learn more about locating information on Japan Studies materials! 🗾 They're making the video available from 2/1~2/29! ⬇️ www.ndl.go.jp/en/library/t...

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

NCC has been an important part of the development of Japan Studies for decades! 🗾 To help document this early work we collect interviews from folks involved in this early work. 🎙️ Learn more about their careers & labor from our Multimedia History Project! guides.nccjapan.org/multimediahi...

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Elyssa Faison @elyssafaison.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Two years after the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

This week Historians At The Movies talks immigration, hope, growth, and Korean-American experiences in the United States. Join us on @netflix at 8pm eastern this Sunday, December 10 for MINARI. Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

So, it's official: the Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series, edited by James Lang and Michelle Miller, has launched with Oklahoma University Press, and I'm honored to serve on its advisory board. See the series page here: www.oupress.com/teaching-eng...

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Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed Series - University of Oklahoma Press

Series Description Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed features compact, practical books about how to thrive as a teacher in higher

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OU History Department @ouhistory.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Congratulations to Drs. Anne Hyde and Alexander Finkelstein (a 2022 PhD alum of ours) for the publication of their edited volume, Reconsidering Regions in an Era of New Nationalism, with University of Nebraska Press!

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

We hear the skies are blue here. 🌥️😌 Follow NCC in the sky for the latest information on Japan Studies resources!

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