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Raji Steineck

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Chair of Japanology at UZH. Philosopher. In love with language and music. Believes in the complementarity of the sciences and the humanities. Views my own.

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Nov 17

Instead of an introduction: 10 books I like and a picture of how I work.

Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · 22d

sorry, try this: soar.suny.edu/handle/20.50...

Zen Time

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · 29d

Now accessible in Open Access: soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.…

https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.…

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · 29d

Unfortunately, no literature on the topic was mentioned.

Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · 29d

Now accessible in Open Access: soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.…

https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.…

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · 29d

Now accessible in Open Access: soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.…

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Sep 1

Out now! If you ever wondered about Dogen's cryptic text in time and how it related to what Zen monks actually did in their monasteries-or how to read Dogen not as pre-Heideggerian, here's the book for you. @studyoftime.bsky.social
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Zen Time

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 31

FYI

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sociologist Nathan Kalman-Lamb, based in Fredericton, said he was required to hand over his phone during a recent trip to a conference in South Carolina.

"He claimed that it was just going to be a very cursory search," Kalman-Lamb said, explaining the officer's actions are legal.

"But the document that he gave me said they reserve the right to copy all the contents of your phone and distribute them to every American military and intelligence agency."

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Aug 25

Things you learn at conferences during breaks: That the story that court ladies in Heian #Japan could not read or write #kanbun was an invention by #Murasaki Shikibu and probably meant to be funny.

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The International Society for the Study of Time (ISST) @studyoftime.bsky.social · Aug 25

We're delighted to share the new issue of Time's News, The International Society for the Study of Time's official members-based magazine. This issue celebrates the accomplishments of our members through interviews, articles, visual art surveys, ISST Council reflections, and a performance essay.

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Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social · Aug 25

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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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Aug 21

#Japanologentag: just happened-great panel in the intellectual history section on the topic of relations with #nature. Presentations by Morgaine Setzer and Mariko Jacoby on an 1837 primer on agriculture, Paulus Kaufmann on Saito's #degrowth communism, Sarah Schmid on early colonialist ideas + more!

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · Aug 21

This Day in Labor History: August 21, 1791. The Haitian Revolution began. Let's talk about the most successful slave rebellion in history!

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Aug 3

... politisch gewollt eben auch von Hamas, was Ärzte ohne Grenzen leider vergass zu erwähnen.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Hamas Wants Gaza to Starve

Starvation only helps Hamas end the war in a way that advances its aims.

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Marcel Krueger @marcelkrueger.bsky.social · Aug 3

Falls man sich fragt wie die offizielle deutsche Sicht auf Polen 2025 ist, ist hier ein Post des @bundeskultur.bsky.social in dem zum Gedenken an den Warschauer Aufstand 1944 ohne Kontext ein NS-Propagandafoto aus dem Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto 1943 verwendet wird. Bitter.

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you care for the fate of innocent people in Palestine, you should read this:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Hamas Wants Gaza to Starve

Starvation only helps Hamas end the war in a way that advances its aims.

www.theatlantic.com

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Proton @proton.me · Mar 28

How we use the internet is largely shaped by a handful of US-based tech giants.

US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant.

Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first.

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Jul 19

So proud of my wife, who just received the dissertation prize of the University of Tübingen!

Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our JBAE project is now working together with the Royal Asiatic Society, where our previous chief curator, Dr. Tomoe Steineck, has just spent a day explaining and exploring an album from the Kanda Sotei school of painting. #JapaneseArt #JapaneseBuddhism royalasiaticsociety.org/henry-faulds...

Henry Faulds and his Japanese Buddhist Albums

We have had a few sweltering days in the Reading Room this week, but thankfully the weather has cooled off significantly, so it is a great relief. While the Society’s lecture programme is taking a rec...

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JJRS + NIRC @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social · Jun 29

Never post unpublished materials on such sites. Doing so not only disqualifies the manuscript for publication in a journal or volume, but it means your work is unprotected and can be poached by anyone with access to that site.

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Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social · Jun 25

Don’t want it, didn’t approve or ask for it, misconstrues my thesis, says my name wrong, makes weird jokes about sushi pizza and my area of expertise in a British man’s voice. Sooo do I delete my account now? What is it even good for anymore #AcademicSky

Screenshot of an email from Academia.edu announcing that the platform fed my article”Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon? Exploring Parallel Glocalization in Global Shinto Offerings” to an AI and generated a <5 minute “podcast” based on the content

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · Jun 28

? where ? Standard coffee is black. Milchkaffee, capucchino, latte macchiato etc come with diary products, because this is in each case the original recipe. Nothing weird here, just path dependency.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · Jun 11

Inventing the Way of the Samurai by @olegb.bsky.social explores the concept of “Bushido” from genesis in 19th C Japan as an “invented tradition” in response to European concepts to its postwar rehabilitation.

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British Journal of Aesthetics @britjaesth.bsky.social · May 31

Looking for all things Susanne Langer? Check out this compilation of BSA articles on her work. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...

Susanne K. Langer A Legacy in Aesthetics

Susanne K. Langer (1895-1985) was a prominent American philosopher whose work spanned logic, philosophy of art, and theory of mind. This selection delves into n

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · May 20

PhD scholarships on #Buddhism available in Germany!

The academy project “Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra”, hosted by the Institute for Indology and Tibetology at LMU Munich, is inviting applications for a 3-year Ph.D. scholarship (with the possibility of extending it for a fourth year).
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Doctoral researcher (m/f/x)

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you for your work and your presence here and in other venues. Memory of you will linger and will be cherished! I hope the remaining time will be peaceful for you!

Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · May 11

Would love to listen to this upcoming talk by Max Ward on the legacy of Japan's "Peace Preservation Law" (i.e. the law to suppress communist/socialist/anarchist movements): www.icc-sophia.com/_files/ugd/2...

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · May 8

June 2-3: 2nd Swiss Japanese Studies Conference: "Centers and Peripheries". The program is ready: www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/...
Guests welcome!

2.-3.6.2025: 2nd Swiss Asia Society Japan Conference: Centers and Peripheries in Japan

www.aoi.uzh.ch

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Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · May 8

They’re here 🎉
@versobooks.bsky.social

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Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social · May 7

JT Fraser, "time-smith" and founder of the International Society for the Study of Time was born on this day in 1923. His notion of "constitutive conflicts" is increasingly relevant today, as an antidote to ideas of final solutions of all kinds.
See brill.com/view/journal...

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Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social · May 1

One of my main teaching goals lately is to show that Buddhism is indeed a religion and not just a way of life, and that the Buddha is actually kinda central to it…

DOGE is a way of life. Like Buddhism,” Mr. Musk said.

Pressed again, he said: “Is Buddha needed for Buddhism?”

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