Elyssa Faison
@elyssafaison.bsky.social
Historian of modern Japan at the University of Oklahoma.
Hey, that’s us!
Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism Across the Pacific edited by @elyssafaison.bsky.social and Alison Fields @uwapress.bsky.social explores #AntiNuclear resistance through #art, #activism and #survival.
#Review by Oliver Thomas on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80
#Review by Oliver Thomas on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80
Monuments to survival – anti-nuclear resistance through art - LSE Review of Books
80 years after the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombs Resisting the Nuclear: Art & Activism Across the Pacific explores anti-nuclear art, activism & survivor testimony.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hey, that’s us!
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JOB: TT Assistant Professor, History, Notre Dame
20th century US political history
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20th century US political history
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July 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
JOB: TT Assistant Professor, History, Notre Dame
20th century US political history
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20th century US political history
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Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Brosnan, who is the recipient of the inaugural Provost’s Manuscript Finishing Fellowship, awarded through the OU Arts & Humanities Forum. 1/2
March 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Brosnan, who is the recipient of the inaugural Provost’s Manuscript Finishing Fellowship, awarded through the OU Arts & Humanities Forum. 1/2
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Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX
This looks intriguing….
Out Now! "The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI" by @tbertramgallant.bsky.social and David A. Rettinger. www.oupress.com/978080619496...
March 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This looks intriguing….
A familiar battle is growing in northeast OKC as a scrapyard hopes to expand, much to the discontent of locals already dealing with explosions nearby.
March 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A familiar battle is growing in northeast OKC as a scrapyard hopes to expand, much to the discontent of locals already dealing with explosions nearby.
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Congratulations to history major Sofia Givens, who has been awarded a grant from OU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for her capstone project, “A Comparative Look at the Memorialization of the Arctic Convoys,” under the direction of Dr. Melissa Stockdale. 1/2
February 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Congratulations to history major Sofia Givens, who has been awarded a grant from OU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for her capstone project, “A Comparative Look at the Memorialization of the Arctic Convoys,” under the direction of Dr. Melissa Stockdale. 1/2
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Graduate student Taylor Cozzens published an article, “Workers in the Field and Lawyers in the Court: Environmental Justice, Poverty Law, and the California Rural Legal Assistance,” in the Winter 2025 Pacific Historical Review. Great work, Taylor! online.ucpress.edu/phr
Pacific Historical Review | University of California Press
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February 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Graduate student Taylor Cozzens published an article, “Workers in the Field and Lawyers in the Court: Environmental Justice, Poverty Law, and the California Rural Legal Assistance,” in the Winter 2025 Pacific Historical Review. Great work, Taylor! online.ucpress.edu/phr
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Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda (OU PhD ‘02), who is being inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet this month! 1/3
March 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda (OU PhD ‘02), who is being inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet this month! 1/3
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Public history is one way to connect our classrooms to lived experiences. Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Alan Christy to learn about The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international collaboration on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! 📸 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
January 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Public history is one way to connect our classrooms to lived experiences. Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Alan Christy to learn about The Okinawa Memories Initiative, an international collaboration on postwar Okinawan history, archives, and memory! 📸 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
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Welcome, new Bluesky users! A friendly reminder that we have a starter pack for Japan & Asian Studies Institutions/Organizations! We're glad to see new accounts in recent weeks from colleagues around the world! We'll keep updating the pack. 😊 go.bsky.app/H54gyeg
January 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Welcome, new Bluesky users! A friendly reminder that we have a starter pack for Japan & Asian Studies Institutions/Organizations! We're glad to see new accounts in recent weeks from colleagues around the world! We'll keep updating the pack. 😊 go.bsky.app/H54gyeg
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This year marks the 101st anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. If you’re looking for research & teaching resources, see our incredibly useful LibGuide & interactive map “The CDDP Great Kantō Earthquake Project: A Collaborative Mapping Project” #関東大震災 guides.nccjapan.org/cddp/Kanto_e...
September 2, 2024 at 12:44 PM
This year marks the 101st anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. If you’re looking for research & teaching resources, see our incredibly useful LibGuide & interactive map “The CDDP Great Kantō Earthquake Project: A Collaborative Mapping Project” #関東大震災 guides.nccjapan.org/cddp/Kanto_e...
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Today marks the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, a spectacle heightened by a show of force mission flown by hundreds of aircraft
Judging by post-flight interrogation forms submitted by each crew, some were less than enthused to make the trip from Saipan
Judging by post-flight interrogation forms submitted by each crew, some were less than enthused to make the trip from Saipan
September 3, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Today marks the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, a spectacle heightened by a show of force mission flown by hundreds of aircraft
Judging by post-flight interrogation forms submitted by each crew, some were less than enthused to make the trip from Saipan
Judging by post-flight interrogation forms submitted by each crew, some were less than enthused to make the trip from Saipan
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Are you headed to the archives soon? What sort of info do researchers need before they take off? ✈️📰 Learn tips & hints from this talk & guide materials by Izumi Koide (Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation) and Kuniko McVey (Harvard Library) from our 2012 workshop! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=3557...
May 25, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Are you headed to the archives soon? What sort of info do researchers need before they take off? ✈️📰 Learn tips & hints from this talk & guide materials by Izumi Koide (Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation) and Kuniko McVey (Harvard Library) from our 2012 workshop! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=3557...
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Historical materials on lady benshi! 😍
Featuring 300+ images from archives & private collections around the world, many were specially photographed at 1200 DPI for its printing, providing high resolution details unable to be seen anywhere else. 🔎 This beautiful, approachable volume will captivate anyone with an interest in film or Japan!
April 10, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Historical materials on lady benshi! 😍
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Tessa Morris-Suzuki explores the transnational history of commercial whaling in the 19th Century from the mobile viewpoint of whaleships as they crossed and recrossed the ocean, urging scholars to adopt a “liquid area” approach to transformations in the Asia-Pacific region. apjjf.org/2024/3/morri...
In the Wake of the Whale: Towards a Liquid Area History of the Pacific - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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March 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Tessa Morris-Suzuki explores the transnational history of commercial whaling in the 19th Century from the mobile viewpoint of whaleships as they crossed and recrossed the ocean, urging scholars to adopt a “liquid area” approach to transformations in the Asia-Pacific region. apjjf.org/2024/3/morri...
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Interview with Sayaka Murata by @susiemesure.bsky.social for The Gentlewoman
The Gentlewoman – Sayaka Murata
A fabulous magazine for modern women of style and purpose.
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March 25, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Interview with Sayaka Murata by @susiemesure.bsky.social for The Gentlewoman
This is an apt observation.
I think @funranium.bsky.social would probably like this.
March 29, 2024 at 10:29 AM
This is an apt observation.
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Slaying the Anglo-American serpent, as featured on a poster board placed on the streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in Feb. 1942
March 29, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Slaying the Anglo-American serpent, as featured on a poster board placed on the streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in Feb. 1942
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Happy #ToriiTuesday! Today's post is a bit meta, it's #ToriiTuesday in the NEWS! ⛩️📰
Thanks to the London Japanese National Tourism Organization office for the invite to contribute a short &sweet article abt how #torii come in all the colors of the rainbow. ⛩️🌐🌈
www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspir...
Thanks to the London Japanese National Tourism Organization office for the invite to contribute a short &sweet article abt how #torii come in all the colors of the rainbow. ⛩️🌐🌈
www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspir...
The Many Types of Torii in Japan | Blog | Travel Japan (Japan National Tourism Organization)
www.japan.travel
March 26, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Happy #ToriiTuesday! Today's post is a bit meta, it's #ToriiTuesday in the NEWS! ⛩️📰
Thanks to the London Japanese National Tourism Organization office for the invite to contribute a short &sweet article abt how #torii come in all the colors of the rainbow. ⛩️🌐🌈
www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspir...
Thanks to the London Japanese National Tourism Organization office for the invite to contribute a short &sweet article abt how #torii come in all the colors of the rainbow. ⛩️🌐🌈
www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspir...
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This month we are delighted to share a new #NCCSpotlight featuring Toshinori Egami (@egamiday.bsky.social; Librarian, 国際日本文化研究センター), discussing his career path in library resources and global perspectives on Japanese library resources! 📖💻🗾🌏 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
March 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This month we are delighted to share a new #NCCSpotlight featuring Toshinori Egami (@egamiday.bsky.social; Librarian, 国際日本文化研究センター), discussing his career path in library resources and global perspectives on Japanese library resources! 📖💻🗾🌏 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
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Episode 121 is out on "A Special Journal Issue on Pandemics" with Neeraja Sankaran and Stephen Weldon. Lee and I talked about histories of disease, pandemics and their impact around the world, and how people studied these events. Find it: infectioushistorians.com/2024/02/03/spe
March 23, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Episode 121 is out on "A Special Journal Issue on Pandemics" with Neeraja Sankaran and Stephen Weldon. Lee and I talked about histories of disease, pandemics and their impact around the world, and how people studied these events. Find it: infectioushistorians.com/2024/02/03/spe
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What is spatial history & what can it teach us about the history of East Asia? 🗺️ Revisit our #NCCSpotlight introduction to “Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History” by Drs. Kate McDonald and @borderlander62.bsky.social to find out! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
March 23, 2024 at 2:32 PM
What is spatial history & what can it teach us about the history of East Asia? 🗺️ Revisit our #NCCSpotlight introduction to “Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History” by Drs. Kate McDonald and @borderlander62.bsky.social to find out! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
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JPP is excited to host a Recent Publications 新刊 page showcasing in one centralized place the latest book & journal publications related to Japanese humanities around the world! 📚 Publishers can register with us to help make their materials more visible! 🔎 japanpastandpresent.org/en/resources...
March 20, 2024 at 6:54 PM
JPP is excited to host a Recent Publications 新刊 page showcasing in one centralized place the latest book & journal publications related to Japanese humanities around the world! 📚 Publishers can register with us to help make their materials more visible! 🔎 japanpastandpresent.org/en/resources...
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A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to running the @jppinfo.bsky.social booth over #AAS2024! Michael Emmerich, @bmychui.bsky.social, @ippikiookami.bsky.social, Nadia Kanagawa, Elizabeth Leicester, & Rebecca Corbett did an amazing job repping the project & getting word out to the community. 🥰🌟
March 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to running the @jppinfo.bsky.social booth over #AAS2024! Michael Emmerich, @bmychui.bsky.social, @ippikiookami.bsky.social, Nadia Kanagawa, Elizabeth Leicester, & Rebecca Corbett did an amazing job repping the project & getting word out to the community. 🥰🌟