Asian History Carnival Coming Soon!
I will be hosting the third edition of the Asian History Carnival on Sunday, March 5. Deadline for nominations of posts — anything about Asian history wri...
Author: Jonathan Dresner
Asian History Carnival Coming Soon!
I will be hosting the third edition of the Asian History Carnival on Sunday, March 5. Deadline for nominations of posts — anything about Asian history wri...
Meetings, On and Off Line
This just came across the H-Japan list: From: Kristin Lehner The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University is happy to announce that ou...
Who Owns Koguryo Now?
Yonson Ahn’s article in the latest Japan Focus tracks the historiography of the Korean/Manchurian Koguryo state up to the present “textbook wars....
World Historical Trends: Valentine's Day Surgery?
My father sent along this article about the rise in Shanghai of plastic surgery being marketed to couples as a Valentine’s Day celebration/present. I don&...
Overreading Erotica
There’s a lot of presentist fallacies and overdrawn conclusions — just because a society has a reputation for sexual restraint doesn’t mean th...
Data: Personal v. Historical
A recent initiative in the US to limit access to birth and death records [via] along with other personal data would severely limit the ability of historical and...
Wartime Media
Brett at Airminded notes the Japanese National Archives war poster collection including detailed poison gas attack instructions and anti-fire civil defense. The...
AHC #3 Coming Soon!
The third edition of the Asian History Carnival will be on March 3rd (3/3), but we still don’t have a volunteer for host! So, if you’re an Asian His...
AHC #3 Coming Soon!
The third edition of the Asian History Carnival will be on March 3rd (3/3), but we still don’t have a volunteer for host! So, if you’re an Asian His...
AHC #3 Coming Soon!
The third edition of the Asian History Carnival will be on March 3rd (3/3), but we still don’t have a volunteer for host! So, if you’re an Asian His...
Homosexuality in Japan: The Meiji Gap
The effects of Meiji reforms on women have been pretty well documented: the continued legality of prostitution, including indenture; the consolidation of male p...
Colonialogy
I think we need a new word for the study of colonialism, imperialism and the post-colonial discourses, pro and con. Pro? Who’s in favor of it? Well, this ...
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Colonialogy
I think we need a new word for the study of colonialism, imperialism and the post-colonial discourses, pro and con. Pro? Who’s in favor of it? Well, this ...
Menzies and the problem of the "Smoking Gun" document
Menzies’ thesis won’t die. Just when it seemed to be fading out (unless Menzies’ argument about Mongol exploration is really his next focus), ...