Avery M
@averym.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Japanese religions
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For anyone attending the #AARSBL in Boston, come see the Buddhas in the West Pop-Up Exhibit this Saturday at CGIS S050 at Harvard University.
We look at the early European depictions of the Buddha and Buddhist monks from the 1660s to 1850s.
🗃️ 📜 #Buddhasinthewest
We look at the early European depictions of the Buddha and Buddhist monks from the 1660s to 1850s.
🗃️ 📜 #Buddhasinthewest
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For anyone attending the #AARSBL in Boston, come see the Buddhas in the West Pop-Up Exhibit this Saturday at CGIS S050 at Harvard University.
We look at the early European depictions of the Buddha and Buddhist monks from the 1660s to 1850s.
🗃️ 📜 #Buddhasinthewest
We look at the early European depictions of the Buddha and Buddhist monks from the 1660s to 1850s.
🗃️ 📜 #Buddhasinthewest
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We're not using this photograph of a mesmerist performance in open air for the cover of 'Performing magnetism: the theatrics of persuasion in the nineteenth century' (out with Leuven UP in 2026!) but it's such a nice and evocative picture that I'll share it with you here
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We're not using this photograph of a mesmerist performance in open air for the cover of 'Performing magnetism: the theatrics of persuasion in the nineteenth century' (out with Leuven UP in 2026!) but it's such a nice and evocative picture that I'll share it with you here
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Please join Adeana McNicholl and myself for the inaugural Buddhism and Caste Seminar at the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference in Boston (November 22-25)
Panel 1: Sat. 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Sheraton, Tremont (Third Floor)
Panel 2: Mon. 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Sheraton, Boston Common (Fifth Floor)
Panel 1: Sat. 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Sheraton, Tremont (Third Floor)
Panel 2: Mon. 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Sheraton, Boston Common (Fifth Floor)
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Please join Adeana McNicholl and myself for the inaugural Buddhism and Caste Seminar at the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference in Boston (November 22-25)
Panel 1: Sat. 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Sheraton, Tremont (Third Floor)
Panel 2: Mon. 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Sheraton, Boston Common (Fifth Floor)
Panel 1: Sat. 3:00PM - 4:30PM | Sheraton, Tremont (Third Floor)
Panel 2: Mon. 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Sheraton, Boston Common (Fifth Floor)
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Popular mountains in Java like Merapi (pictured), Lawu, Arjuna, Sindoro, and Salak are rich sources of haunting local folklore that urge climbers to be cautious and act respectfully. Among the most popular tales are disappearances around pasar setan, or "ghostly markets". 1/3 🧵
#WyrdWednesday 👻
#WyrdWednesday 👻
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Popular mountains in Java like Merapi (pictured), Lawu, Arjuna, Sindoro, and Salak are rich sources of haunting local folklore that urge climbers to be cautious and act respectfully. Among the most popular tales are disappearances around pasar setan, or "ghostly markets". 1/3 🧵
#WyrdWednesday 👻
#WyrdWednesday 👻
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The Yamanote Line first became a full loop in 1925, and November 1st next week will mark the 100th anniversary of its complete encirclement of the city centre. www.47news.jp/13346469.html
JR山手線の環状化まもなく百年 大正期から首都発展支え
東京のJR山手線が大正時代に都心を一周する環状運転になってから、11月1日で100年を迎える。東京、上野、新宿といったターミナル駅をつなぎ、私鉄やバス路線とも接続して首都の発展を支えてきた。34.5 ...
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October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Yamanote Line first became a full loop in 1925, and November 1st next week will mark the 100th anniversary of its complete encirclement of the city centre. www.47news.jp/13346469.html
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New Podcast! Japan's New Minister for Managing Foreigners (Onoda Kimi): Will She Stop Immigration?
youtu.be/ey9henrAp44
youtu.be/ey9henrAp44
(Podcast)Japan's New Minister for Managing Foreigners Onoda Kimi: Will She Stop Immigration?
YouTube video by Japan Media Review
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New Podcast! Japan's New Minister for Managing Foreigners (Onoda Kimi): Will She Stop Immigration?
youtu.be/ey9henrAp44
youtu.be/ey9henrAp44
October 1915: Employment crisis at the shrines! Families that formerly supplied their daughters to work as miko are now finding more profitable work for them as switchboard operators. Shrines have to hire amateurs with no knowledge of decorum!
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
October 1915: Employment crisis at the shrines! Families that formerly supplied their daughters to work as miko are now finding more profitable work for them as switchboard operators. Shrines have to hire amateurs with no knowledge of decorum!
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Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
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Marie Kondo has a new book coming out and I can't wait to read it. Letter From Japan is the book I'd been hoping she would write. Tracing the connections between her ideas and Japanese culture and religion.
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Marie Kondo has a new book coming out and I can't wait to read it. Letter From Japan is the book I'd been hoping she would write. Tracing the connections between her ideas and Japanese culture and religion.
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Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.
Is South Korea’s ‘Buddhistcore’ Aesthetic a Fad or a Spiritual Awakening?
Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.
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In celebration of Black History month, here is:
'Portrait of an African Woman holding a clock' (circa 1583/5).
attributed to Annibale Carracci.
'Portrait of an African Woman holding a clock' (circa 1583/5).
attributed to Annibale Carracci.
October 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In celebration of Black History month, here is:
'Portrait of an African Woman holding a clock' (circa 1583/5).
attributed to Annibale Carracci.
'Portrait of an African Woman holding a clock' (circa 1583/5).
attributed to Annibale Carracci.
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New translation!
The movie that shocked a young Hirokazu Kore-eda and has followed him his entire career...from the director of Dream Island Girl and Utopiano, Shoichiro Sasaki, I'm happy to share English subs for the gentle masterpiece that is "The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin"
Enjoy!!
The movie that shocked a young Hirokazu Kore-eda and has followed him his entire career...from the director of Dream Island Girl and Utopiano, Shoichiro Sasaki, I'm happy to share English subs for the gentle masterpiece that is "The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin"
Enjoy!!
The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin (Shoichiro Sasaki, 1981) w/ English Subs
YouTube video by Tsundoku Diving
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September 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New translation!
The movie that shocked a young Hirokazu Kore-eda and has followed him his entire career...from the director of Dream Island Girl and Utopiano, Shoichiro Sasaki, I'm happy to share English subs for the gentle masterpiece that is "The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin"
Enjoy!!
The movie that shocked a young Hirokazu Kore-eda and has followed him his entire career...from the director of Dream Island Girl and Utopiano, Shoichiro Sasaki, I'm happy to share English subs for the gentle masterpiece that is "The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin"
Enjoy!!
Some terrifying monsters drawn by Lafcadio Hearn. Shinjuku Historical Museum, Tokyo
September 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Some terrifying monsters drawn by Lafcadio Hearn. Shinjuku Historical Museum, Tokyo
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A new book on #Shinto and famous #Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane 平田篤胤 (1776-1843) has just been published open access and free for download by the preeminent historian Dr. Ann Walthall! You can check it out here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
In the Presence of Gods and Spirits: Hirata Atsutane and His Collaborators
<I>In the Presence of Gods and Spirits </I>brings to life the early nineteenth-century Japanese religious leader and scholar Hirata Atsutane, whose fear of Russian incursion onto Japan's soil led him ...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A new book on #Shinto and famous #Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane 平田篤胤 (1776-1843) has just been published open access and free for download by the preeminent historian Dr. Ann Walthall! You can check it out here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
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Disaster relief volunteers in Japan are helping to entrench a culture of compassion
Disaster relief volunteers in Japan are helping to entrench a culture of compassion
www.csmonitor.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Disaster relief volunteers in Japan are helping to entrench a culture of compassion
I like it when Japanese publications randomly try out an L instead of an R to see how it looks. Feeling cute, might rhotacize later
July 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I like it when Japanese publications randomly try out an L instead of an R to see how it looks. Feeling cute, might rhotacize later
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In 1946, an American football game called the "Atomic Bowl" took place in Nagasaki, Japan, in the ruins of perhaps one of the most tragic events in human history.
"A new documentary highlights one of the most surreal events of World War II: The 'Atomic Bowl,'" by @erik-english.bsky.social.
"A new documentary highlights one of the most surreal events of World War II: The 'Atomic Bowl,'" by @erik-english.bsky.social.
A new documentary highlights one of the most surreal events of World War II: The “Atomic Bowl”
In 1946, the US organized a football game in the ruins of atomic-bombed Nagasaki.
thebulletin.org
July 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In 1946, an American football game called the "Atomic Bowl" took place in Nagasaki, Japan, in the ruins of perhaps one of the most tragic events in human history.
"A new documentary highlights one of the most surreal events of World War II: The 'Atomic Bowl,'" by @erik-english.bsky.social.
"A new documentary highlights one of the most surreal events of World War II: The 'Atomic Bowl,'" by @erik-english.bsky.social.
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I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
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People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?”
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
July 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?”
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:
Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes
Interesting note: the Canadian protests changed the theme from "no kings/no crowns" to "no tyrants/no clowns". It seems no one at the Tokyo protest was concerned by the overtone of republicanism, and the protest went off without a hitch
June 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Interesting note: the Canadian protests changed the theme from "no kings/no crowns" to "no tyrants/no clowns". It seems no one at the Tokyo protest was concerned by the overtone of republicanism, and the protest went off without a hitch
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June 10, 1775: John Adams proposes to the Continental Congress that the various New England units besieging Boston be reorganized as an army representing all the colonies. He urges that this Continental Army be led by one of their own, Virginia representative George Washington. 1/4
June 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
June 10, 1775: John Adams proposes to the Continental Congress that the various New England units besieging Boston be reorganized as an army representing all the colonies. He urges that this Continental Army be led by one of their own, Virginia representative George Washington. 1/4
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The ancient Chinese text of the Zhuangzi teaches us to reject entrenched values – and treasure the diversity of humanity | Karyn Lai
The ancient Chinese text of the Zhuangzi teaches us to reject entrenched values – and treasure the diversity of humanity | Karyn Lai
The Zhuangzi prompts us to reflect on the shallow attitudes of those who want to draw attention to what some people lack, rather than what they might have
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The ancient Chinese text of the Zhuangzi teaches us to reject entrenched values – and treasure the diversity of humanity | Karyn Lai