Dr. Paula R. Curtis
@paularcurtis.bsky.social
Medievalist. Historian. Japan. Project Juggler. DH. Extremely Tired. Good & Bad cats. 🐾 Rock art. 🎨 Operations Leader @jppinfo.bsky.social, UCLA http://prcurtis.com/
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http://patreon.com/prcurtis, http://ko-fi.com/prcurtis
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Hello new folks! If you've just followed, I'm a historian of medieval Japan working on metal caster networks & documentary forgery. I manage @jppinfo.bsky.social, which facilitates greater equity and inclusion in the Japanese humanities. I also do East Asia + digital humanities and post cat chaos. 🐾
always tip your ice cream server in cash and googly eyes
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
always tip your ice cream server in cash and googly eyes
nap interrupter login detected
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
nap interrupter login detected
I love messing with Rigatoni because she loves being messed with.
February 4, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I love messing with Rigatoni because she loves being messed with.
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some people nap through their sick days on the couch and some people make swol bat available to the masses www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1781...
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
some people nap through their sick days on the couch and some people make swol bat available to the masses www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1781...
I love getting letters from the generation that doesn’t realize it’s sending you into an existential crisis.
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I love getting letters from the generation that doesn’t realize it’s sending you into an existential crisis.
We love to hear that our language guide for students (and really, anyone!) on sensitive terms and historical language is useful! Check it out here: bsky.app/profile/paul...
@jackiantonovich.bsky.social @paularcurtis.bsky.social Want to thank you for the updated "No Offense" work! Given that this semester's course is "Warring Nomads of Asia," the NO doc provided a good on-ramp for discussion of how we should approach the term and the societies we're studying.
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
We love to hear that our language guide for students (and really, anyone!) on sensitive terms and historical language is useful! Check it out here: bsky.app/profile/paul...
some people nap through their sick days on the couch and some people make swol bat available to the masses www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1781...
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
some people nap through their sick days on the couch and some people make swol bat available to the masses www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1781...
who could have possibly done this
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
who could have possibly done this
17 new job ads in East Asian Studies for 2025-2026 this week. See details of this week's postings below or visit the filter database to search postings. 🌏📊 Now 734 entries. prcurtis.com/projects/job...
February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
17 new job ads in East Asian Studies for 2025-2026 this week. See details of this week's postings below or visit the filter database to search postings. 🌏📊 Now 734 entries. prcurtis.com/projects/job...
If you have ever struggled to get digital copies of research material from the NDL while NOT in Japan, this is the survey you want to participate in! ⬇️
The National Diet Library is exploring the possibility of extending its Digitized Transmission Service for Individuals (DCTI) to those residing outside of Japan. To understand potential demand, the NDL and CULCON have created a survey. Deadline for responses 3/31! forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
If you have ever struggled to get digital copies of research material from the NDL while NOT in Japan, this is the survey you want to participate in! ⬇️
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Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
Every time I see someone who has an electronic key to get in their car/apartment/office/etc. I think about how we’re one blackout away from being locked out of everywhere. Just use a physical key.
My apartment has switched from having keys to using an app called 'Door' by 'Latch.'
Now no one can use our apartment building. Truly love this dogshit.
Now no one can use our apartment building. Truly love this dogshit.
February 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Every time I see someone who has an electronic key to get in their car/apartment/office/etc. I think about how we’re one blackout away from being locked out of everywhere. Just use a physical key.
Are you tracking banana steps this year? I made a template you can download/copy to your drive as a fun way to have some low stakes 2026 goals, @thebananaspodcast.bsky.social-style. 🍌🍌🍌 Some days you're a brown banana, and that's okay! Banannual goals can be lowkey. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Are you tracking banana steps this year? I made a template you can download/copy to your drive as a fun way to have some low stakes 2026 goals, @thebananaspodcast.bsky.social-style. 🍌🍌🍌 Some days you're a brown banana, and that's okay! Banannual goals can be lowkey. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
a little vibe for the block today
February 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM
a little vibe for the block today
100% this. Prestige obsessed parent would repeatedly ask if I had chosen between the two schools he considered worthy and I never regretted going to the (third) one that felt right instead.
#2 advice as grad application season heats up: this is impossible for a lots of folks, but if you’ve the luxury of a choice: choose your program based on who you want to go to work with everyday.
i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
100% this. Prestige obsessed parent would repeatedly ask if I had chosen between the two schools he considered worthy and I never regretted going to the (third) one that felt right instead.
Reposted by Dr. Paula R. Curtis
Rock garden #DHmakes joy!
I made a whole garden to encourage this! We need a little whimsy. A little time off from Big Things. Do a little silly thing now and then. www.instagram.com/rocks_onthe_...
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Rock garden #DHmakes joy!
I made a whole garden to encourage this! We need a little whimsy. A little time off from Big Things. Do a little silly thing now and then. www.instagram.com/rocks_onthe_...
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I made a whole garden to encourage this! We need a little whimsy. A little time off from Big Things. Do a little silly thing now and then. www.instagram.com/rocks_onthe_...
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recorded a Windows 95 full disk defrag to soothe your timeline.
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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SAUCE CALL! Someone gifted me a yuzu ponzu sauce (!) and it got me thinking, maybe I'm not bored with food, maybe I'm just not punching it up enough with dope sauces. Do you have a sauce that's killer? Smother everything in it? A chimichurri you'd smack on a donut? Tell us us (me) your secrets! 👀
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 AM
SAUCE CALL! Someone gifted me a yuzu ponzu sauce (!) and it got me thinking, maybe I'm not bored with food, maybe I'm just not punching it up enough with dope sauces. Do you have a sauce that's killer? Smother everything in it? A chimichurri you'd smack on a donut? Tell us us (me) your secrets! 👀
it’s dark out there, please take a moment to enjoy Fox’s peak ‘80s crimp
January 29, 2026 at 2:38 PM
it’s dark out there, please take a moment to enjoy Fox’s peak ‘80s crimp
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
January 29, 2026 at 1:41 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Now that they've safely arrived, I can share these two other pet portraits I gifted some friends! One is Stretch, the handsomest man, who is responsible for Rigatoni getting her first bowtie. Fox's sneef snoof is, in fact, a solid basis for friendship, so a painting of his snooter was appropriate.
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Now that they've safely arrived, I can share these two other pet portraits I gifted some friends! One is Stretch, the handsomest man, who is responsible for Rigatoni getting her first bowtie. Fox's sneef snoof is, in fact, a solid basis for friendship, so a painting of his snooter was appropriate.
Happy early birthday to me.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Happy early birthday to me.