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Historian & #scicom @DIJTokyo 🇯🇵 Japan-China relations • Pan-Asianism • memory politics & historical memory • 'Embracing Asia in China & Japan' http://palgrave.com/book/9783319651538 • research blog http://rabediaries.hypotheses.org • ⚽️ M05❤️🤍

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We were honoured yesterday to host Yana Rudenko in my honours class "Authoritarian Expansionism". Yana is a survivor of Russian occupation in Bucha, and through her important message we gained valuable insights into Russian imperialism, and the necessity of Ukrainian victory. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

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Trotz Fake-News: Die meisten Menschen vertrauen Forschung. Eine Studie von u.a. @cantersdorf.bsky.social vom @iwmtue.bsky.social zeigt: zehntausende Menschen weltweit schreiben "Wissenschaftlern eine hohe Kompetenz" zu.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Wichtige Umfrage - beteiligt euch bitte. Um Wissenschaften, Geschichtswissenschaften und Hochschulen zu diskriminierungsärmeren Orten zu machen.

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Japanese media reports about the decision of more than 60 German and Austrian universities and research institutes to stop using X on January 10. More are set to follow this step on January 20.

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German radio talked to me about John Rabe, the "good German of Nanjing", for the WDR Zeitzeichen history podcast. Full episode, in German: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

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My library made an AI generated image to promote my talk about why we probably shouldn't do that. Come inhabit a space of dissonance and disgruntlement with me!

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"Politically neutral scientists are viewed as the most credible" "On both the left & right..., there is a penalty for scientists displaying political affiliations: the stronger their posts, the less credible their research [is] perceived & the lower the public’s willingness to read their content"

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Mark your calendars! Carol Gluck's 2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture, titled "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future," will be Thursday, 12/5 from 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Friday 12/6 9:00-10:30 am JST)! REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-5944148

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Yomihon, Hassenstein, „Trostfrauen“: drei spannende Vorträge in der Fachgruppe Geschichte der #VSJF2024 am Samstag, 16. November, 14:30-16:30 Uhr am JDZB in Berlin und online mit Morgaine Setzer-Mori (Bochum), Patrick Müller (Erfurt), Dorothea Mladenova (Leipzig). Details: vsjf.net/wp-content/u...

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In one week! MJHA presents a roundtable on Colonial Taiwan in Japanese Studies, featuring Paul Barclay (Lafayette College), Kirsten Ziomek (Adelphi University), John Kanbayashi (University of Pennsylvania), and Seiji Shirane (City College of New York). Register here: mjha.org/event-5881869

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Finally had the chance to visit the Ichigaya Memorial Hall, the site of the postwar Tokyo Trial of Japanese war crimes. It’s reconstructed but pretty close to the original as far as I can tell.

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Here are some book recommendations on the Second Sino-Japanese War/War of Resistance. This is easily the least understood theatre of the Second World War in English and significant gaps continue to exist in the historiography. Still, this thread is not exhaustive. The last post will have "END." 🧵

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We are hiring! Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Japanese Studies position (full-time, permanent) at UoManchester. Spread the word! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...