Thom 董兆恆
Trained Sinologist and Japanologist living and working in Tokyo. Interested in all things East Asia. Lives for etymology fun facts. 讀萬卷書，行萬里路
I write about East Asia on www.thomvandam.com (for now in Dutch only)
@jjrs-nirc.bsky.social
The official account of the JJRS and NIRC. Follow for publications and event announcements. https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp
@yvanspijk.bsky.social
/'dʑowɪn/ • taalkundige | linguist • schrijver van 'Die goeie ouwe taal' | author • all graphics and videos: http://tumblr.com/yvanspijk • Patreon: patreon.com/yvanspijk • links: linktr.ee/yvanspijk • photo by Dirk-Jan van Dijk
@egasmb.bsky.social
Intellectual history @SinologieFAU & @mpilhlt.bsky.social 曩昔 @ceao_uam. PhD @tohoku_univ & @UniHeidelberg. 東亞政法史を硏鑽し、言語学についての豆知識を多く呟いとる。'Too much in love with my primary sources.'
@yingaa.bsky.social
Leiden University, Professor of Chinese History 🐌 🇳🇱 🇨🇳🇩🇰 Joint PhD in History & Women’s Studies (Univ of Michigan) Premodernist, 14-18th century political culture, gender, family, bureaucracy, religion, etc.
@bryandaniellowe.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Religion @Princeton. Historian of Japanese religions (esp. 7th-9th c.) & Buddhism. Author of Ritualized Writing (UH Press, 2017). Unapologetic Boston sports fan.
@vancutseml.bsky.social
BOF Postdoctoral Fellow at Ghent Univ., currently visiting scholar at Zhejiang Univ. | Premodern Chan/Zen Buddhism (ca. 750-1000), Dunhuang manuscripts, DH (TEI editions and HSNA). http://laurentvancutsem.com | Tea, Nature, and Landscape Photography.
@digitalorientalist.bsky.social
https://digitalorientalist.com Dedicated to discovering and sharing insights on digital humanities in an inclusive environment! Join us・انضم إلينا・参加しませんか・bize katıl・kasance tare damu. 🗃️ 🌐
@yunxie.bsky.social
History is at once art and science. Art history and book history, history of knowledge. Hongkong Type matrices. Non Latin typography and typefoundery. PhDing @ UGent. ERC: PhiSci.
@siegeweather.bsky.social
I work on medieval Chinese literature, calligraphy, book history, and material culture. PhD in Chinese, UC Berkeley. Professor. Translator. Teacher of Mandarin and Classical Chinese. Go/围棋/바둑 try-hard.
@sudasana.bsky.social
無子養貓居士; Senior Lecturer (≈assoc prof) in Chinese Culture & History, Deputy Head of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester; 🇨🇦🏴; Building the Buddhist Revival (OUP 2020) https://academic.oup.com/book/33577; https://crta.info
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️ Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
@damiandamiani.bsky.social
Postdoc at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #ChinaComx working on politics in/of Chinese comics after 1949 | PhD @uni-freiburg.de on political study practices in China (1950s-80s) | researching intersections of state socialism, visual culture, and everyday life
@covrig.bsky.social
Historian of Chinese religions Religion, philosophy, West Europe, East Asia and everything in between. Mostly dad jokes, bad humor and memes - mostly memes. Curious, asking questions and using this platform to know more people.
@gaodawei.bsky.social
Retired US State Dept guy, worked 10 yrs in PRC (Beijing and Chengdu), good at reading 'communist Chinese' Qiushi etc., now studying ancient Chinese and literature. Enjoy studying languages. Ham call WA1LBP. Translation blog: gaodawei.wordpress.com
@nhledbetter.bsky.social
ABD, Princeton, East Asian Studies. Instructor, Asian History, Rider University. Perpetually writing my dissertation (warfare in 16th C. Kyushu, Japan). He/Him/あいつ/"That Nagashino Guy." At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.
@medievalchina.bsky.social
Sinologist going medieval on State & Society of China・the China that interests me perished in 1912・Orientaliste en chambre・Anticommunist・Kampfradler・pron: 某/臣/佢
@tulletilsynet.bsky.social
Follower of diverse, opinionated individuals Repurposed biznis journalist, yokocho explorer Never get the app Ego is who ego says
@chinarhyming.bsky.social
Author, historian, maker of books and radio - Midnight in Peking, City of Devils, Murders of Old China, Peking Noir, The Defectors… Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties and the Making of Wallis Simpson now out everywhere. Agent - Aitken-Alexander
@kml.muninn.net
Historian of modern East Asia he/him; Lecturer at University of St Andrews; From Stavanger, Norway Live in Edinburgh, Scotland. 林蜀道 https://muninn.net
@casperwits.bsky.social
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, Leiden University International history&Geopolitics: China🇨🇳|Japan🇯🇵|Taiwan 🇹🇼|EU🇪🇺 @geopolitieknu.bsky.social
@10wataru.bsky.social
Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
@gillespoitras.bsky.social
Author of Tokyo Stroll. Retired librarian, writer on things Japanese. At the age of 5 Gilles was taken by aliens to California and raised on a diet of science fiction, Loony Toons & honky tonk music.
@readjapaneselit.bsky.social
a podcast about Japanese fiction + some of its best works | posting updates on new Japanese fiction | apologies for the typos | blocking new follows that look like bots | DON’T buy or read AI translations | all stories are political
@nathanielmsmith.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
@earthuncuttv.bsky.social
Global tropical cyclone interceptor, volcanic eruption hunter & snow lover. Born in 🇬🇧, living in 🇯🇵 Video available only via license
@blogaap.bsky.social
Onafhankelijk Chinadeskundige | China van de 21ste eeuw | China's rol op het geopolitieke wereldtoneel.
@suika.bsky.social
Researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. I post about Japan, poetry, politics, LGBTQ topics, DnD & more. 🏳️⚧️ 研究者。短歌大好き。元早稲ギャル
@criticasianstds.bsky.social
Critical Asian Studies publishes scholarly articles that challenge accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
@kuramasuben.bsky.social
Associate professor at Aichi Prefectural University. Historian. Municipal mergers in modern Japan and more. 愛知県立大学日本文化学部准教授。専門は日本近現代史です。 https://researchmap.jp/Kurama83?lang=en
@olegb.bsky.social
Historian of East Asia at the University of York in the UK. Recently working on samurai, castles, masculinity, drugs, sport, emotions, comics, medievalism, and public history. Needs fewer hobbies. www.olegbenesch.com
@roellinghoff.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Japanese Studies at HKU. I write about settler colonialism, empire, Indigenous sovereignty in Hokkaido and the transpacific. PhD from UToronto. Postdoc at UTokyo. Views mine, like/repost ≠ endorsement.
@becedo.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Occidental College. Cultural historian of 19th ce Japan. Podcaster on New Books Network. I read kuzushiji and crochet. 日本語ペラペラ
@danielwarriner.com
Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction. 記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。 Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
@natsumihayashi.bsky.social
Instructor of Japanese at higher education. Pedagogy, Japanese language, literature, traditional performing arts, pop culture, Japanese American History.
@louisehk.bsky.social
Japanese to English literary translator, occasional actor, film and theatre fan, proud 浜っ子
@dfeds.bsky.social
historian of japan/korea/the environment | words: davidfedman.org | digital archive: JapanAirRaids.org | film: https://papercityfilm.com/
@noahoskow.bsky.social
JPN translator, Global Studies MA, former JET. 10年間以上日本に滞在。Minnesotaיהודי מ. 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇩🇪🇦🇹 Ghibli stan. EiC/writer at Unseen Japan, head of UJ Tours. Writing/making videos on intercultural meeting points and lesser-known historical junctures in Japan.
@paupitarch.bsky.social
I teach Modern Japanese Literature and Media at Waseda University.
@mbourdaghs.bsky.social
Scholar and translator, modern Japanese literature and culture; I also write fiction, music criticism, and sundry other things. Plus the occasional sumo and baseball post. Faculty at University of Chicago. www.bourdaghs.com
@toranosukev.bsky.social
Historian of Japanese & Luchuan (Ryukyuan) arts and culture. Person. Personal, not professional, account. I travel from time to time. They/he. Based in Kyoto.
@astanley711.bsky.social
Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous 女史, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
@brianbergstrom.bsky.social
Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG March 2025: UNUSUAL FRAGMENTS July 2025: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto Spring 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal) IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
Literary translator from Japanese Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
@aronvandepol.bsky.social
PhD Student Centre for DH @LeidenDH @UniLeiden - SNU Kyujanggak / Korea Studies - AI & The Humanities / Leiden & Seoul
@leidenhumanities.bsky.social
Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University. News about research 🔍, teaching 📚 and events ✨.
@javiercha.bsky.social
Canadian in Hong Kong. Work: digital historian @ HKU. Research: medieval Korea, Neo-Confucianism, historical networks, data centres, infrastructure studies, and historical applications of AI. Team: Big Data Studies Lab https://bigdatastudies.net/
@ethanmark.bsky.social
Historian of modern Japan and Indonesia at Leiden University. Author, Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History; translator, Grassroots Fascism (吉見義明の「草の根のファシズム:日本民衆の戦争体験」の英訳). Lover and player of funky music