Kjell Ericson
@kjelldericson.bsky.social
Historian teaching and researching at intersections of environment, technology, and Japan @ Kyoto University.
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Oceanic Japan | University of Hawai‘i Press - Manifold
Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feeding...
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Excited to see that the edited volume Oceanic Japan is now available as a free open access download via the University of Hawaii Press!
I have a chapter on pearl cultivation in here, along with many more ocean-themed essays by my amazing colleagues.
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/oce...
I have a chapter on pearl cultivation in here, along with many more ocean-themed essays by my amazing colleagues.
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/oce...
Powerful article about the human costs of salmon farming in Chile.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’
The country is the world’s second-largest producer of the popular fish, and the biggest supplier to the US, but its farms are beset by accusations of dangerous labour conditions, antibiotic overuse an...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Powerful article about the human costs of salmon farming in Chile.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Great to have a chance to do some fieldwork in person in Miyagi and Hiroshima with my friend Matthew Booker, after five years of Zoom-assisted conversations.
A few shots of our trans-Pacific actors in Ishinomaki and Hatsukaichi.
A few shots of our trans-Pacific actors in Ishinomaki and Hatsukaichi.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Great to have a chance to do some fieldwork in person in Miyagi and Hiroshima with my friend Matthew Booker, after five years of Zoom-assisted conversations.
A few shots of our trans-Pacific actors in Ishinomaki and Hatsukaichi.
A few shots of our trans-Pacific actors in Ishinomaki and Hatsukaichi.
Snowing (very lightly) in my part of Kyoto right now.
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Snowing (very lightly) in my part of Kyoto right now.
Excited to see that the edited volume Oceanic Japan is now available as a free open access download via the University of Hawaii Press!
I have a chapter on pearl cultivation in here, along with many more ocean-themed essays by my amazing colleagues.
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/oce...
I have a chapter on pearl cultivation in here, along with many more ocean-themed essays by my amazing colleagues.
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/oce...
Oceanic Japan | University of Hawai‘i Press - Manifold
Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feeding...
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Excited to see that the edited volume Oceanic Japan is now available as a free open access download via the University of Hawaii Press!
I have a chapter on pearl cultivation in here, along with many more ocean-themed essays by my amazing colleagues.
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/oce...
I have a chapter on pearl cultivation in here, along with many more ocean-themed essays by my amazing colleagues.
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/oce...
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My first book, The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region is officially out today (Dec 2). It’s an urban history of empire, an imperial history of urbanization, and contains the histories of many people who moved across the Tsushima Straits btw 1876-1953.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
My first book, The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region is officially out today (Dec 2). It’s an urban history of empire, an imperial history of urbanization, and contains the histories of many people who moved across the Tsushima Straits btw 1876-1953.
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Twice a semester, a Victoria College classroom becomes a historical escape room!
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
History as an Escape Room: Professor Elise Burton’s Innovative Approach to Learning in HPS 205
Twice per semester, a third-floor room in Victoria College transforms into a portal to the past. Students enrolled in HPS 205 (Science, Technology, and Empire) step inside for an hour to see two…
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December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Twice a semester, a Victoria College classroom becomes a historical escape room!
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
Learn how Professor Elise Burton and PhD student Oubai Elkerdi designed a hands-on way to explore the history of science 🔗 Read the story: ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/history...
Off to Matsushima Bay to look at some oysters, or at least some historical traces of them.
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Off to Matsushima Bay to look at some oysters, or at least some historical traces of them.
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Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆? 🌾
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆? 🌾
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
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found someone for anthro, but looks like we also need someone for メディア文化論, another class thats been done by me or Oyama Shinji in the past. undergrad level, in Japanese. can be either spring or fall next year. please get in touch if you'd like to pick up a class in Kyoto!
local academic types:
looking for a Kansai local who can teach Intro to Anthropology spring/fall 2026 term in English here at Ritsumeikan in the College of IR (Kinugasa campus NW Kyoto). flexible on which day of the week. students are very international and eager. enrollment ranges from 20-40.
looking for a Kansai local who can teach Intro to Anthropology spring/fall 2026 term in English here at Ritsumeikan in the College of IR (Kinugasa campus NW Kyoto). flexible on which day of the week. students are very international and eager. enrollment ranges from 20-40.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
found someone for anthro, but looks like we also need someone for メディア文化論, another class thats been done by me or Oyama Shinji in the past. undergrad level, in Japanese. can be either spring or fall next year. please get in touch if you'd like to pick up a class in Kyoto!
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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.
www.lib.umd.edu
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
www.theguardian.com
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...