Charlotte
@chaciav.bsky.social
working on the history of Japan and Korea, seaweeds, nomads, peasants, and merchant capitalism.
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There's a good article on maps in pre-modern Japan that's relevant for African history on this point about boundaries:
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There's a good article on maps in pre-modern Japan that's relevant for African history on this point about boundaries:
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
"Many of our conventional mapping practices are ill-suited to the complexities and nuances of pre-modern politics"
culturalanalytics.org/article/8486...
Okazaki Katsuyo's graph of Marx's pre-capitalist economic formations
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Okazaki Katsuyo's graph of Marx's pre-capitalist economic formations
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Charlotte Ciavarella's "Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen" is out on FirstView! #Development #Capitalism
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cambridge Core
Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Charlotte Ciavarella's "Sustainable Disaster: Fantasies of Resilience, Global Adaptation Science, and East Asia’s Seawomen" is out on FirstView! #Development #Capitalism
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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Just submitted my final page proofs. Forthcoming in March 2026.
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just submitted my final page proofs. Forthcoming in March 2026.
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
My first article, which critiques the adapatation-resilience development paradigm by tracing its genealogy to prewar Japanese labor science and its influence on everything from austerity policies to anti-air conditioning, is now OA on cssh.
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My first article, which critiques the adapatation-resilience development paradigm by tracing its genealogy to prewar Japanese labor science and its influence on everything from austerity policies to anti-air conditioning, is now OA on cssh.
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
remains of the houses of cave-dwelling people in Shiroyama, Shizuoka (1914)
July 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
remains of the houses of cave-dwelling people in Shiroyama, Shizuoka (1914)
Godelier writes that the abandonment of hypothesis on the "multiplicity of forms of transition" transformed Marxist hypothesis into a "fixed formula"
May 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Godelier writes that the abandonment of hypothesis on the "multiplicity of forms of transition" transformed Marxist hypothesis into a "fixed formula"
the dobb-sweezy debate mirrored the existing two "opposing camps in" Japanese history
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
February 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
the dobb-sweezy debate mirrored the existing two "opposing camps in" Japanese history
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
otsuka-school = dobb, unoists (by extension ronoha) = sweezy
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Looking forward to participating in the February 3rd "Moving Aquafarms" panel with my co-presenter Matthew Morse Booker, alongside @chaciav.bsky.social and organizer Lijing Jiang.
ASEH Presents 2025 Schedule is now available at aseh.org
January 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Looking forward to participating in the February 3rd "Moving Aquafarms" panel with my co-presenter Matthew Morse Booker, alongside @chaciav.bsky.social and organizer Lijing Jiang.
whatever one might think of the 'asiatic mode of production,' perry anderson's criticism of it is quite underwhelming
December 16, 2024 at 1:54 AM
whatever one might think of the 'asiatic mode of production,' perry anderson's criticism of it is quite underwhelming
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In Capital vol. 3, Marx writes that he wants to examine capitalism in its "idealen Durchschnitt." This is usually translated as "ideal average," but I believe a more accurate translation would be "ideal cross-section." I think this is a geological metaphor rather than a mathematical one. 1/5
December 11, 2024 at 7:53 PM
In Capital vol. 3, Marx writes that he wants to examine capitalism in its "idealen Durchschnitt." This is usually translated as "ideal average," but I believe a more accurate translation would be "ideal cross-section." I think this is a geological metaphor rather than a mathematical one. 1/5
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Andrew Gordon and other historians are talking at a symposium about representations of postwar Japanese labour at Waseda on December 23.
December 12, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Andrew Gordon and other historians are talking at a symposium about representations of postwar Japanese labour at Waseda on December 23.
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South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM
South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.
I made an economic history/history of capitalism in Asia starter pack since it's fairly underrepresented on the other lists. let me know if you'd like to be added or have any suggestions!
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
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November 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I made an economic history/history of capitalism in Asia starter pack since it's fairly underrepresented on the other lists. let me know if you'd like to be added or have any suggestions!
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
go.bsky.app/EdtMMtB
I don't think we should gatekeep history to experts but is it too much to ask to do basic research on the history your article is engaging with before writing a comparative piece on it?
November 17, 2024 at 1:21 AM
I don't think we should gatekeep history to experts but is it too much to ask to do basic research on the history your article is engaging with before writing a comparative piece on it?
be careful what you say about rice
November 14, 2024 at 4:28 AM
be careful what you say about rice
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When we interviewed Bob Gurr on April 18, 2000, we asked if he would have liked his monorail design to be adopted in urban areas.
Bob's response: "My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
Bob's response: "My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
November 14, 2024 at 2:44 AM
When we interviewed Bob Gurr on April 18, 2000, we asked if he would have liked his monorail design to be adopted in urban areas.
Bob's response: "My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
Bob's response: "My truthful opinion of monorails is that they are really not very good."
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It's alive! My book now has a webpage on the University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social website: www.ucpress.edu/books/in-the... Will be available open access in April 2025!
In the Global Vanguard by James Lin - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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November 13, 2024 at 9:39 PM
It's alive! My book now has a webpage on the University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social website: www.ucpress.edu/books/in-the... Will be available open access in April 2025!
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My H-Net Environment review of Fynn Holm's "The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c. 1600-2019"
Check out Charlotte Ciavarella's review of @fynnholm.bsky.social's "The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c. 1600-2019," published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press; review now available on H-Net #envhist #oceanhist #whales 🐳
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November 10, 2024 at 7:54 PM
My H-Net Environment review of Fynn Holm's "The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c. 1600-2019"
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My colleague, Tom Conlan, tells me that for the next month, the first chapter of his new book, Kings in All but Name: The Lost History of Ōuchi Rule in Japan, can be read free of charge. It discusses the Korean origins of the Ōuchi and how they emigrated to Japan. academic.oup.com/book/55771/c...
The Origins of the Ōuchi
AbstractThis chapter discusses the Korean origins of the Ōuchi as specialists in mining and explains how they emigrated to Japan and settled in the west. It sho
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March 25, 2024 at 11:58 PM
My colleague, Tom Conlan, tells me that for the next month, the first chapter of his new book, Kings in All but Name: The Lost History of Ōuchi Rule in Japan, can be read free of charge. It discusses the Korean origins of the Ōuchi and how they emigrated to Japan. academic.oup.com/book/55771/c...