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Premodern Japanese historian, Newcastle University. At least I got to this site in time to claim my own name....
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Wednesday, 6pm. If I can get 2 more done tonight then all the on-time submissions are done! HIS1100 (Meiji): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□▩▩▩(Late/extensions: □□□□) 
HIS1102 (Heian): ■■■■■■ 
HIS2301 (Heian/Kamakura): ■■■■ (□□)
 HIS3351 (Buddhism): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (□□□□)

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Tuesday morning and 48,000 words of essays to go: HIS1100 (Meiji): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ (Late/extensions: □□□□) HIS1102 (Heian): ■■■■■■
 HIS2301 (Heian/Kamakura): ■■■■ (□□)
 HIS3351 (Buddhism): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (□□□□)

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop. I want our World Wide Web back.

submitted 65 days ago • 104 comments

47 of 79 done: as of this essay, 100,000 words read and about 21,000 words of feedback written HIS1100 (Meiji): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ (Late/extensions: □□□□) 
 HIS1102 (Heian): ■■■■■■
 HIS2301 (Heian/Kamakura): ■■■■ (□□) 
HIS3351 (Buddhism): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (□□□□)

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Still not halfway with the Meiji marking yet, but I did see dolphins swimming past at lunchtime HIS1100 (Meiji): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ (Late/extensions: □□□□) HIS1102 (Heian): □□□□□□
 HIS2301 (Heian/Kamakura): □□□□ (□□)
 HIS3351 (Buddhism): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (□□□□)

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

How far have I got through the marking as of today? HIS1100 (Meiji): ■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ (Late/extensions: □□□□) HIS1102 (Heian): ⍰⍰⍰⍰⍰⍰⍰⍰⍰⍰ HIS2301 (Heian/Kamakura): □□□□ (□□) HIS3351 (Buddhism): ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (□□□□)

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Sheffield is an important centre of expertise on East Asia, both within the UK and internatiinally! Please share and sign to support our colleagues!

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

This roll of film has travelled from fridge to fridge in the family since it expired in 1997. Came out better than expected when I used it around campus back before the weather got really cold #filmisnotdead #mynclpics #kodakektar100 #spotmatic

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

I tried Lomochrome Purple, but this was the only decent picture I got from the roll. (Do we tag things here? If so, #filmisnotdead #lomochrome #spotmatic)

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Sunrise yesterday. Guess which idiot forgot they'd left the camera on ISO 20,000?

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

It's that time of year again when we have to declare whether the department holds any chemical weapons. We are a History department. We maintain a purely conventional arsenal as a deterrent against Archaeology. That lot keep making swords...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

The cat is mortally offended that I am trying to work rather than devoting 100% of my attention to him

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Wherever I go on the internet, sooner or later Horse Etymology finds me

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Started laughing at Parhae, still haven’t stopped

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

As new folks trickle into Bsky the premodern and early modern Japan starter pack now has over 50 people! Hoping more of our Japanese colleagues will join us soon. go.bsky.app/AzGURTW

submitted 118 days ago • 4 comments

This kind of thing is what I come online for and, incidentally, also why all discussion of phonology and linguistics got banned in our household…

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Just so this page doesn't look too empty.... here's a picture I took in Northumberland last autumn, then took a year to get developed (because sometimes I like to make life hard for myself and take analogue photos - this one was on Kodak Pro Image 100)

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