Alex Jania
@aejania.bsky.social
Historian and practitioner of disaster memorials. Focused on environment, disaster, memory, Japan, and the TransPacific. Institutional Giving Manager at Hyde Park Art Center
I didn’t realize both of you were in the same department now, that’s awesome.
September 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I didn’t realize both of you were in the same department now, that’s awesome.
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This event has generated a tsunami - current size is not yet known. Please pay attention to all information and notices from your local officials. www.tsunami.gov
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
www.tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This event has generated a tsunami - current size is not yet known. Please pay attention to all information and notices from your local officials. www.tsunami.gov
Disaster is always in season 😞
July 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Disaster is always in season 😞
I didn’t know one could tour, so cool!
July 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I didn’t know one could tour, so cool!
Shameless self plug for my recent article in the AHR : ]: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Between the Emergency and the Everyday: The Problems of Time, Memory, and Resilience in the Tsunami Memorial Halls of Miyagi Prefecture
Abstract. This article tells the history of Miyagi Prefecture’s tsunami memorial halls, built following the 1933 Shōwa-Sarniku earthquake and tsunami, to g
academic.oup.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Shameless self plug for my recent article in the AHR : ]: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Reposted by Alex Jania
It is absolutely appropriate to talk about climate change in the context of our American Flash Flood Summer 2025. It's certainly not the only factor at play; no serious scientist would argue that, either. But excluding it from the discussion would be just as disingenuous.
July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is absolutely appropriate to talk about climate change in the context of our American Flash Flood Summer 2025. It's certainly not the only factor at play; no serious scientist would argue that, either. But excluding it from the discussion would be just as disingenuous.