Sell yourself
“Selling yourself” – one of those phrases we use in a somewhat metaphorical sense, but which nonetheless has a more literal meaning than we pr...
Category: General
Japanese Culture is global culture
A lot of elements of Japanese culture have become part of the great global mash-up, especially food culture and pop culture. But none, I think, will have the en...
アジア歴史情報センター （JACAR)
長い間ご無沙汰していましたが、皆様お元気ですか？ Sorry for my long absence. The site looks good and fun.Thanks, Konrad! I would just like to inform that Japan Center for Asian Historic...
Some Japan News
Japanese Culture Minister offended though whether it was by the quality of the sushi or by the fact that it shared the menu with Korean food is unclear. Japanes...
Asian History Carnival #11
Dave at Peking Duck has more. There was one, and only one, usable submission through blogcarnival.com: The Bizarre Jokester presents The Niihau Incident posted ...
Luoyang shovel
This is the famous 洛阳铲, or luoyang shovel, one of the most important tools in Chinese archeology. The basic idea is that you take it and shove it in the ground ...
Classes started today
And, as is something of a tradition here at the Frog, I am posting links to my syllabi for comments and suggestions. Actually we usually do this early enough to...
Bad History: Mongols good, US bad?
Jack Weatherford’s piece reprinted in the latest edition of (the increasingly inaptly named) Japan Focus argues that the US occupation of Iraq is a failur...
Pigs
How many pigs were there in China during the warlord era? I came across the wonderful site Strange Maps, and one of their offerings was a 1922 map of world hog ...
The uses of the past
I have been thinking about public history and the uses of the past a bit lately, and reading Craig Clunas’ Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social...
So long, it’s been good to know ya’
The AHA Annual meeting is over, and I’m packing up to go home. I have some Japan panels left to blog, as well as some Islamic history ones. There’s ...
Alan Baumler: Best History Blog Writer, 2006
It’s official: Best Writer: Alan Baumler at Frog in a Well Of all the nominations, the judges felt that Alan Baumler’s writing for Frog in a Well is...
Charles W. Hayford Member Introduction
First, thanks for allowing me into the Frog in a Well project. You’ve set a high standard. I promise not to call it “Frog Blog” or “Frog in th...
For the want of a Monsoon
According to Yahoo Asia Nature will be publishing an article tomorrow that claims that climate change was the cause of the fall of the Tang dynasty. A team of G...