Elena G. Mailander
@egmailander.bsky.social
PhD student @ UCSB. Modern Japan, history of science, media, tech, gender. Writer, artist, nerd. English/日本語 OK!
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Chiitan, a genderless fairy baby otter, has a worldwide following, with over two million followers on social media site X. The character has received a lot of support and love in particular from the LGBTQ community after coming out affirmatively for transgender rights.
February 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chiitan, a genderless fairy baby otter, has a worldwide following, with over two million followers on social media site X. The character has received a lot of support and love in particular from the LGBTQ community after coming out affirmatively for transgender rights.
Naomi Shihab Nye came to campus and helped us write poems and I cried because she spoke the truth of the world. What an incredible evening.
February 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Naomi Shihab Nye came to campus and helped us write poems and I cried because she spoke the truth of the world. What an incredible evening.
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If you're wondering why scientists are freaking the fuck out about what's being described as a pause in spending, I have written an article just for you:
Science at risk: The funding pause is more damaging than you might think
Research that helps drive our economy is on hold and may face new ideological limits.
arstechnica.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you're wondering why scientists are freaking the fuck out about what's being described as a pause in spending, I have written an article just for you:
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In one week!
Michiko Suzuki (University of Tokyo) on her new book “Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese Red Cross Movement, 1877–1945”, in conversation with Jessamyn Abel (Pennsylvania State University).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5763612
Michiko Suzuki (University of Tokyo) on her new book “Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese Red Cross Movement, 1877–1945”, in conversation with Jessamyn Abel (Pennsylvania State University).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5763612
January 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In one week!
Michiko Suzuki (University of Tokyo) on her new book “Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese Red Cross Movement, 1877–1945”, in conversation with Jessamyn Abel (Pennsylvania State University).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5763612
Michiko Suzuki (University of Tokyo) on her new book “Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese Red Cross Movement, 1877–1945”, in conversation with Jessamyn Abel (Pennsylvania State University).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5763612
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PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot
January 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot
If you need a timeline cleanse, here is my cat enjoying a post-dinner happy wiggle.
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
If you need a timeline cleanse, here is my cat enjoying a post-dinner happy wiggle.
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Happy 84th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki :-]
January 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy 84th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki :-]
Hello to all my new followers! I have not been super active this winter due to reasons but I aim to remedy that by posting more about science, Japan, and history this year!
January 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hello to all my new followers! I have not been super active this winter due to reasons but I aim to remedy that by posting more about science, Japan, and history this year!
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
It’s today! I’ll be there (on Zoom)!
Tomorrow!
Don't miss Carol Gluck's 2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future". From 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Friday, 12/6, 9:00-10:30 am JST)!
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5944148
Don't miss Carol Gluck's 2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future". From 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Friday, 12/6, 9:00-10:30 am JST)!
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5944148
December 5, 2024 at 10:20 PM
It’s today! I’ll be there (on Zoom)!
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A funny screenshot of sponsor names on a Japanese TV broadcast with companies whose names contain the names of the previous four major imperial eras of Japan (Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei) - and in order to boot.
December 5, 2024 at 3:02 AM
A funny screenshot of sponsor names on a Japanese TV broadcast with companies whose names contain the names of the previous four major imperial eras of Japan (Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei) - and in order to boot.
This looks amazing!
JPP invites applications (deadline 1/15) for a short-term team to help refine the concept for a database of Japanese paper films (紙フィルム / kami firumu) digitized as part of the Japanese Paper Film Project, based at Bucknell University. 🎞️📽️ bit.ly/kamifirumuapp
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
This looks amazing!
Check it out!
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
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
December 1, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Check it out!
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On Thursday!
Susan Westhafer Furukawa (Beloit College) on her new book “The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan” in conversation with Rebecca Copeland (Washington University in St. Louis).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5768210
Susan Westhafer Furukawa (Beloit College) on her new book “The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan” in conversation with Rebecca Copeland (Washington University in St. Louis).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5768210
November 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
On Thursday!
Susan Westhafer Furukawa (Beloit College) on her new book “The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan” in conversation with Rebecca Copeland (Washington University in St. Louis).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5768210
Susan Westhafer Furukawa (Beloit College) on her new book “The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan” in conversation with Rebecca Copeland (Washington University in St. Louis).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5768210
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
Hi to my new followers! You scared me for a moment there!
November 12, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Hi to my new followers! You scared me for a moment there!
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Kind of incredible how easy it is to identify what he means by each of these
May 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Kind of incredible how easy it is to identify what he means by each of these
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Such an amazing lineup!!!
Smith literally wrote the book on Shōgun & history ("Learning From Shōgun," 1980), Pitelka wrote a book on Tokugawa Ieyasu (the model for "Toranaga"), Berry wrote a book on Ieyasu's predecessor Hideyoshi (the "Taikō"), and Hubbard wrote a book on English sailors c.1600.
Smith literally wrote the book on Shōgun & history ("Learning From Shōgun," 1980), Pitelka wrote a book on Tokugawa Ieyasu (the model for "Toranaga"), Berry wrote a book on Ieyasu's predecessor Hideyoshi (the "Taikō"), and Hubbard wrote a book on English sailors c.1600.
Mark your calendars!
MJHA presents a roundtable of historians reflecting on the history of James Clavell's novel Shōgun and film adaptations past and present, May 2 from 7-8:30pm EDT, featuring scholars of both early modern Japan and England.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5672414
MJHA presents a roundtable of historians reflecting on the history of James Clavell's novel Shōgun and film adaptations past and present, May 2 from 7-8:30pm EDT, featuring scholars of both early modern Japan and England.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5672414
April 25, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Such an amazing lineup!!!
Smith literally wrote the book on Shōgun & history ("Learning From Shōgun," 1980), Pitelka wrote a book on Tokugawa Ieyasu (the model for "Toranaga"), Berry wrote a book on Ieyasu's predecessor Hideyoshi (the "Taikō"), and Hubbard wrote a book on English sailors c.1600.
Smith literally wrote the book on Shōgun & history ("Learning From Shōgun," 1980), Pitelka wrote a book on Tokugawa Ieyasu (the model for "Toranaga"), Berry wrote a book on Ieyasu's predecessor Hideyoshi (the "Taikō"), and Hubbard wrote a book on English sailors c.1600.
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On Thursday!
Jessamyn R. Abel (Pennsylvania State University) on her new book “Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train” in conversation with Yuting Dong (University of Chicago), 7-8:30 pm ET.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5595362
Jessamyn R. Abel (Pennsylvania State University) on her new book “Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train” in conversation with Yuting Dong (University of Chicago), 7-8:30 pm ET.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5595362
April 6, 2024 at 12:47 AM
On Thursday!
Jessamyn R. Abel (Pennsylvania State University) on her new book “Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train” in conversation with Yuting Dong (University of Chicago), 7-8:30 pm ET.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5595362
Jessamyn R. Abel (Pennsylvania State University) on her new book “Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train” in conversation with Yuting Dong (University of Chicago), 7-8:30 pm ET.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5595362
Me, rising from the dead, an extra huggable zombie. What's new, friends?
April 5, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Me, rising from the dead, an extra huggable zombie. What's new, friends?
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Mark your calendars!
MJHA presents a roundtable of historians reflecting on the history of James Clavell's novel Shōgun and film adaptations past and present, May 2 from 7-8:30pm EDT, featuring scholars of both early modern Japan and England.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5672414
MJHA presents a roundtable of historians reflecting on the history of James Clavell's novel Shōgun and film adaptations past and present, May 2 from 7-8:30pm EDT, featuring scholars of both early modern Japan and England.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5672414
April 2, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Mark your calendars!
MJHA presents a roundtable of historians reflecting on the history of James Clavell's novel Shōgun and film adaptations past and present, May 2 from 7-8:30pm EDT, featuring scholars of both early modern Japan and England.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5672414
MJHA presents a roundtable of historians reflecting on the history of James Clavell's novel Shōgun and film adaptations past and present, May 2 from 7-8:30pm EDT, featuring scholars of both early modern Japan and England.
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5672414
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Facebook reminded me of this meme I made two years ago so I'm reposting it again because my opinion hasn't changed
April 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Facebook reminded me of this meme I made two years ago so I'm reposting it again because my opinion hasn't changed
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My article on the 1953 International Conference of Theoretical Physics in Kyoto (and Tokyo) will appear soon (sometime next year?)
#OpenAccess #HistSci #HistKnow
The British Journal for the History of Science 56, no. 4 (2023), https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/issue/90F23EDDA34D37AA5705D82221A8BFCC
HT: @hsozkultservice@openbiblio.social 🐘 🗃️
The British Journal for the History of Science 56, no. 4 (2023), https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/issue/90F23EDDA34D37AA5705D82221A8BFCC
HT: @hsozkultservice@openbiblio.social 🐘 🗃️
December 19, 2023 at 2:39 PM
My article on the 1953 International Conference of Theoretical Physics in Kyoto (and Tokyo) will appear soon (sometime next year?)