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[Guest Post] Exploring Colonial History through Art

[Guest Post] Exploring Colonial History through Art

Notes from the Field: The Silence of the Classroom

To be Weak, Sick, and Laugh: Notes from the Field

To be Weak, Sick, and Laugh: Notes from the Field

[Guest Article] On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years

[Guest Article] On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years

Ainu Ethnogenesis and State Evasion (12th-17th Centuries)

Ainu Ethnogenesis and State Evasion (12th-17th Centuries)

Book Recommendations: Journalism, History, and Social Science

Book Recommendations: Journalism, History, and Social Science

The Soviet Union, the "Tartars," and Wayne State University

The Soviet Union, the "Tartars," and Wayne State University

Chapter 8: Confronting our Fear, Insecurity, and Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 8: Confronting our Fear, Insecurity, and Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 7: The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 7: The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 6: Dying and Working in Despair [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 6: Dying and Working in Despair [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 4: Othering and Uniting: The Death Management of Japan [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 4: Othering and Uniting: The Death Management of Japan [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 3: Debating Across the Atlantic: Rationalizing Conquest and Colonialism [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 3: Debating Across the Atlantic: Rationalizing Conquest and Colonialism [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 2: Napoleon's Failed Hero System [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 2: Napoleon's Failed Hero System [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Introduction and Chapter 1 [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Introduction and Chapter 1 [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Terror Management Theory: The Role and Meaning of Death

Terror Management Theory: The Role and Meaning of Death

We're back! Change, Reflection, and Dialogue

We're back! Change, Reflection, and Dialogue

Writing 3,000 Words and Taking a "Break"

Writing 3,000 Words and Taking a "Break"

Book Recommendation: Mental Health, Community, and Indigenous Knowledge

Book Recommendation: Mental Health, Community, and Indigenous Knowledge

Let's Count in Ainu!

Let's Count in Ainu!

The Underground Railroad of the Global East: Forced Labor and Escape from Imperial Japan

The Underground Railroad of the Global East: Forced Labor and Escape from Imperial Japan

BTS, Squid Game, and reclaiming Korean Identity

BTS, Squid Game, and reclaiming Korean Identity

The American Dream(s)

The American Dream(s)

Nation, Symbols, and the case of the Kamikaze Bombers

Nation, Symbols, and the case of the Kamikaze Bombers

Are Kids Innocent?

Are Kids Innocent?

Trauma, Memory, and Empathy

Trauma, Memory, and Empathy

The False Dichotomy of being Indian

The False Dichotomy of being Indian

Gate to Prosperity: Fighting for the Global North

Gate to Prosperity: Fighting for the Global North

Indigenism, Feminism, and Collective Agency: The Modern Situation of the Ainu

Indigenism, Feminism, and Collective Agency: The Modern Situation of the Ainu

F**k Jared Diamond? Welcome to the Anthropocene!

F**k Jared Diamond? Welcome to the Anthropocene!

6 Book Recommendations for You to Better Imagine Our World

6 Book Recommendations for You to Better Imagine Our World

Yellow, White, or Barbaric? Finding Identity within the Hierarchy

Yellow, White, or Barbaric? Finding Identity within the Hierarchy

Olympics for Savages: The Anthropology Days

Olympics for Savages: The Anthropology Days

The Memory Boom: To Forget or to Remember?

The Memory Boom: To Forget or to Remember?

The Story We Tell: Collective Memory, History, and Identity

The Story We Tell: Collective Memory, History, and Identity

Remembering Tomorrow: Memory, Imagination, and Prolepsis

Remembering Tomorrow: Memory, Imagination, and Prolepsis

Playing Jenga: Japan's Timber Trade

Playing Jenga: Japan's Timber Trade

Ainu Mythology: The Cuckoo and Pon-Oki-Kurumi

Ainu Mythology: The Cuckoo and Pon-Oki-Kurumi

Hidden Under Green: The New Great Wall of China

Hidden Under Green: The New Great Wall of China

Audio: Sphex, Truth, and Reality

Audio: Sphex, Truth, and Reality

Imagining Pre-History: Understanding the World before Yesterday

Imagining Pre-History: Understanding the World before Yesterday

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[Guest Article] On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years

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Ainu Ethnogenesis and State Evasion (12th-17th Centuries)

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This paper was published in The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus on July 1st 2022, also available as a PDF
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Book Recommendations: Journalism, History, and Social Science

Book Recommendations: Journalism, History, and Social Science

There's a lot to recommend, so let's get right into it. I've divided this
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The Soviet Union, the "Tartars," and Wayne State University

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