Kjell Ericson
@kjelldericson.bsky.social
Historian teaching and researching at intersections of environment, technology, and Japan @ Kyoto University.
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Interested in a tenure track position to work with us in environmental history at SEC and BOKU University in Vienna? Deadline to apply is Jan, 6 next year, details here: boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Interested in a tenure track position to work with us in environmental history at SEC and BOKU University in Vienna? Deadline to apply is Jan, 6 next year, details here: boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
A secluded memorial to Kyoto Imperial University's old College of Science and Engineering. Now attracting viny visitors and surrounded by scattered bicycles, near my office in the Institute for Research in Humanities.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A secluded memorial to Kyoto Imperial University's old College of Science and Engineering. Now attracting viny visitors and surrounded by scattered bicycles, near my office in the Institute for Research in Humanities.
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An Anthropologist's perspecive on Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age after finishing it:
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
An Anthropologist's perspecive on Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age after finishing it:
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
Excluding humans is rewriting the Ice Age as a "Pristine world free of humans." This is damaging and simply incorrect. There are millennia of Indigenous interactions between humans and other species all erased here.
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Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
Reader or Professor in Chinese Studies - AC2219 at University of St Andrews
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November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
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My article on toxic ecologies post-9/11 now available open access in the latest issue of Environmental Humanities @dukepress.bsky.social Dust as both sacred and toxic. Inspired by Elena del Rivero's art, situated between exposure and containment
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
Gathering Dust | Environmental Humanities | Duke University Press
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November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My article on toxic ecologies post-9/11 now available open access in the latest issue of Environmental Humanities @dukepress.bsky.social Dust as both sacred and toxic. Inspired by Elena del Rivero's art, situated between exposure and containment
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
#STS #envhum #envhist #histstm
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If you're working on Occupation-era Japan, please consider applying! The UMD Prange Collection has a treasure trove of archival info and the staff are fantastic. 100% recommend this opportunity. Deadline is Jan. 30.
www.lib.umd.edu/about/awards...
www.lib.umd.edu/about/awards...
Awards for 20th Century Japan Research | University Libraries
Each year, the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries invite applications for grants to support research in the Libraries' Gordon W.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If you're working on Occupation-era Japan, please consider applying! The UMD Prange Collection has a treasure trove of archival info and the staff are fantastic. 100% recommend this opportunity. Deadline is Jan. 30.
www.lib.umd.edu/about/awards...
www.lib.umd.edu/about/awards...
A bit of foliage at Daitokuji in Kyoto.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A bit of foliage at Daitokuji in Kyoto.
At Tōji I noticed a prominent place for a campaign to stop the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen 🚄 through Kyoto.
It's a hot potato topic here, but I didn't realize how involved Kyoto Buddhist groups have been. The argument centers on water quality and supply: "Kyoto will cease to be Kyoto."
It's a hot potato topic here, but I didn't realize how involved Kyoto Buddhist groups have been. The argument centers on water quality and supply: "Kyoto will cease to be Kyoto."
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
At Tōji I noticed a prominent place for a campaign to stop the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen 🚄 through Kyoto.
It's a hot potato topic here, but I didn't realize how involved Kyoto Buddhist groups have been. The argument centers on water quality and supply: "Kyoto will cease to be Kyoto."
It's a hot potato topic here, but I didn't realize how involved Kyoto Buddhist groups have been. The argument centers on water quality and supply: "Kyoto will cease to be Kyoto."
Fish, fowl, and reptile ecologies intersect at Tōji today.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Fish, fowl, and reptile ecologies intersect at Tōji today.
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Some good news for a change: At the 2025 HSS awards ceremony tonight, one of our Insect Histories Focus authors Jeannie Shinozuka received the Phil Pauly Prize for the best first book on the history of science in the Americas. Check out Biotic Borders if y'all have a chance! 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Some good news for a change: At the 2025 HSS awards ceremony tonight, one of our Insect Histories Focus authors Jeannie Shinozuka received the Phil Pauly Prize for the best first book on the history of science in the Americas. Check out Biotic Borders if y'all have a chance! 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲
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🔔 Admissions are open for the M.Phil in Environmental History at Trinity College Dublin. Come and join us - or recommend our course to your students! #envhist #skystorians
More info here 👇
www.tcd.ie/courses/post...
More info here 👇
www.tcd.ie/courses/post...
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🔔 Admissions are open for the M.Phil in Environmental History at Trinity College Dublin. Come and join us - or recommend our course to your students! #envhist #skystorians
More info here 👇
www.tcd.ie/courses/post...
More info here 👇
www.tcd.ie/courses/post...
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"The thing that's unique about the Holocene is us, that's why we made a special geologic period for the last 10000 years."
Nope! Has to do with mollusks and biostratigraphy defined by their shells. Holocene was first defined as sediments in which all the mollusks were extant species.
Nope! Has to do with mollusks and biostratigraphy defined by their shells. Holocene was first defined as sediments in which all the mollusks were extant species.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"The thing that's unique about the Holocene is us, that's why we made a special geologic period for the last 10000 years."
Nope! Has to do with mollusks and biostratigraphy defined by their shells. Holocene was first defined as sediments in which all the mollusks were extant species.
Nope! Has to do with mollusks and biostratigraphy defined by their shells. Holocene was first defined as sediments in which all the mollusks were extant species.
I always enjoy The Guardian's coverage of photography and photographers.
This feature on the Japanese-American photographer Jun Fujita (1888-1963, born Fujita Junnosuke 藤田準之助 in Hiroshima) is another fantastic piece.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
This feature on the Japanese-American photographer Jun Fujita (1888-1963, born Fujita Junnosuke 藤田準之助 in Hiroshima) is another fantastic piece.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The man who shot Al Capone: Jun Fujita’s Chicago – in pictures
Disasters, riots, gangsters and construction … early 20th-century Chicago is seen here through the lens of the pioneering Japanese-American photojournalist, poet and artist Jun Fujita
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November 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I always enjoy The Guardian's coverage of photography and photographers.
This feature on the Japanese-American photographer Jun Fujita (1888-1963, born Fujita Junnosuke 藤田準之助 in Hiroshima) is another fantastic piece.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
This feature on the Japanese-American photographer Jun Fujita (1888-1963, born Fujita Junnosuke 藤田準之助 in Hiroshima) is another fantastic piece.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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TT job posting at UW Madison: History of Science with focus on water & sustainability 💧💧💧
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
TT job posting at UW Madison: History of Science with focus on water & sustainability 💧💧💧
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*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
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Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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To expand on this further, I've been thinking a lot about the relevance of #libraries, #archives, #museums & other collections-based institutions in the age of #AI.
As more people outsource their thinking to machines, primary sources documenting the creative process become increasingly valuable. 🗃️📜
As more people outsource their thinking to machines, primary sources documenting the creative process become increasingly valuable. 🗃️📜
"Assignments are AI-generated w/the help of a learning-management system; AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic browser on behalf of the student; & AI-driven metrics then evaluate work on behalf of the instructor."
Can the #humanities help higher ed avoid becoming an #AI fueled ouroboros?
Can the #humanities help higher ed avoid becoming an #AI fueled ouroboros?
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
To expand on this further, I've been thinking a lot about the relevance of #libraries, #archives, #museums & other collections-based institutions in the age of #AI.
As more people outsource their thinking to machines, primary sources documenting the creative process become increasingly valuable. 🗃️📜
As more people outsource their thinking to machines, primary sources documenting the creative process become increasingly valuable. 🗃️📜
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
Nice cotton candy sunset 🌆 outside Kyoto University this evening.
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Nice cotton candy sunset 🌆 outside Kyoto University this evening.
My first trip to Ōmi Hachiman today. Nice to get a rain-soaked glimpse of some of the sites and modes of commemoration mentioned in Jun Uchida's fascinating recent book on Ōmi merchants, too.
October 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My first trip to Ōmi Hachiman today. Nice to get a rain-soaked glimpse of some of the sites and modes of commemoration mentioned in Jun Uchida's fascinating recent book on Ōmi merchants, too.
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www.kth.se/anthropocene... I am looking forward to the new journal #AnthropoceneHistory starting with a double issue to be launched in October 2026
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New journal: Anthropocene History | KTH
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October 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
www.kth.se/anthropocene... I am looking forward to the new journal #AnthropoceneHistory starting with a double issue to be launched in October 2026
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Thrilled to announce the publication of my article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" in the October issue of the Journal of Military History!
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thrilled to announce the publication of my article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" in the October issue of the Journal of Military History!
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Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
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This is happening!!!! December 2: just in time for Christmas present season. I am still in the anxiety stage, not yet in the Saoirse Ronan as Jo March watching her book get published scene-stage, but I'm glad other people are excited already!
Excited to dig into Hannah Shepherd's new book, out in December from UC Press:
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-na...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is happening!!!! December 2: just in time for Christmas present season. I am still in the anxiety stage, not yet in the Saoirse Ronan as Jo March watching her book get published scene-stage, but I'm glad other people are excited already!
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New open access article! In "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China," the authors examine tensions between the PRC's limited capacities and promethean visions of taming China's rivers in the mid-20th century. Read it here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️
October 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New open access article! In "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China," the authors examine tensions between the PRC's limited capacities and promethean visions of taming China's rivers in the mid-20th century. Read it here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️