Joshua
@jolink.bsky.social
Harvard PhD candidate studying the social, environmental, and economic history of early modern and modern Japan, particularly Northern Tohoku.
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Charlotte Ciavarella's "Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen" is out on FirstView! #Development #Capitalism
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cambridge Core
Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Charlotte Ciavarella's "Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen" is out on FirstView! #Development #Capitalism
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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My first article, which critiques the adapatation-resilience development paradigm by tracing its genealogy to prewar Japanese labor science and its influence on everything from austerity policies to anti-air conditioning, is now OA on cssh.
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My first article, which critiques the adapatation-resilience development paradigm by tracing its genealogy to prewar Japanese labor science and its influence on everything from austerity policies to anti-air conditioning, is now OA on cssh.
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Super excited to see this brilliant and incisive critique of resilience discourse in print soon!
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Super excited to see this brilliant and incisive critique of resilience discourse in print soon!
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remains of the houses of cave-dwelling people in Shiroyama, Shizuoka (1914)
July 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
remains of the houses of cave-dwelling people in Shiroyama, Shizuoka (1914)
This reminds me I'm long overdue to read Hudson's "Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism."
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This reminds me I'm long overdue to read Hudson's "Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism."
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Next Monday!!!
Mark your calendars!
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Next Monday!!!
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Check out my book at the @ucpress.bsky.social booth at @asianstudies.org in Columbus!
March 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Check out my book at the @ucpress.bsky.social booth at @asianstudies.org in Columbus!
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the dobb-sweezy debate mirrored the existing two "opposing camps in" Japanese history
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
February 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
the dobb-sweezy debate mirrored the existing two "opposing camps in" Japanese history
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
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We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...
Academic Programs - Taiwan Studies Program
Taiwan Track in East Asia Studies The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. This new M.A. degree is in the final approval stage and should be granted in the new year in which applicants will choose from various
jsis.washington.edu
December 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM
We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...
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whatever one might think of the 'asiatic mode of production,' perry anderson's criticism of it is quite underwhelming
December 16, 2024 at 1:54 AM
whatever one might think of the 'asiatic mode of production,' perry anderson's criticism of it is quite underwhelming
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I made an economic history/history of capitalism in Asia starter pack since it's fairly underrepresented on the other lists. let me know if you'd like to be added or have any suggestions!
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
November 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I made an economic history/history of capitalism in Asia starter pack since it's fairly underrepresented on the other lists. let me know if you'd like to be added or have any suggestions!
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
@arielron.bsky.social Do you happen to have any quick accounts of how much commercial fertilizer (as a ratio to self produced fertilizer ideally) in America during the pre-WWII era?
November 16, 2023 at 9:06 AM
@arielron.bsky.social Do you happen to have any quick accounts of how much commercial fertilizer (as a ratio to self produced fertilizer ideally) in America during the pre-WWII era?