Gwyn McClelland
@gwynjapan.bsky.social
🐨 oral historian of Asia and 🗾Japan. Born🇵🇬Raised🇧🇩 Works@UNE Anaiwan Country. Lives Wurundjeri/Kulin Nation.
Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki 2020; Aromas of Asia 2023. 🏀 🏃♂️
Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki 2020; Aromas of Asia 2023. 🏀 🏃♂️
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Huge congratulations to eds Skye Krichauff & Carolyn Collins on issue #47 of open access Studies in Oral History! It includes an article by Alessandro Portelli, based on his keynote address to the 2024 conference. @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social @oralhistoryie.bsky.social @ohcollective.bsky.social 1/12
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What could possibly go wrong
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What could possibly go wrong
Huge congratulations to eds Skye Krichauff & Carolyn Collins on issue #47 of open access Studies in Oral History! It includes an article by Alessandro Portelli, based on his keynote address to the 2024 conference. @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social @oralhistoryie.bsky.social @ohcollective.bsky.social 1/12
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Huge congratulations to eds Skye Krichauff & Carolyn Collins on issue #47 of open access Studies in Oral History! It includes an article by Alessandro Portelli, based on his keynote address to the 2024 conference. @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social @oralhistoryie.bsky.social @ohcollective.bsky.social 1/12
I wanted to share this scene at the hypocenter no less in Nagasaki: a release in so many ways - in a place that feels like a black hole, and after this I met my cousin and her family - amazingly we were both there at the same time we went to Cathedral, Peace Park and then just sat, ate and talked.
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I wanted to share this scene at the hypocenter no less in Nagasaki: a release in so many ways - in a place that feels like a black hole, and after this I met my cousin and her family - amazingly we were both there at the same time we went to Cathedral, Peace Park and then just sat, ate and talked.
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1/2 @lucyham.bsky.social’s forensic examination of proliferating transnational far right think tank & propaganda networks puts me in mind of the collaboration between racist white settler elites to control & demonise Asian migrant flows in the late C19/early C20.
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"The Australian": feeding national conservatism to Australia's power elites
National conservatism is the ideology that surrounds Trump. It is the faux intellectual dressing for MAGA.
substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
1/2 @lucyham.bsky.social’s forensic examination of proliferating transnational far right think tank & propaganda networks puts me in mind of the collaboration between racist white settler elites to control & demonise Asian migrant flows in the late C19/early C20.
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An important aspect in recovery from war: people need to have agency over the process. More than survivors of a tragedy – they are integral to the revival of their communities. #auspol #Gaza #Nagasaki
As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?
At first, there might not seem to be any immediate similarities between a devastated Nagasaki after the US atomic bombing in 1945 and Gaza today, aside from massive destruction.
johnmenadue.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945? The aftermath of war, and those who were bombed become the pejorative 'cave-dwellers' - a long path ahead. I'm wishing for an end to hostility and a holding up of the ceasefire, so that recovery may at least begin.
As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?
Some 80 years ago, Nagasaki residents faced the seemingly impossible task of rebuilding a devastated city. A similar challenge faces those in Gaza today.
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945? The aftermath of war, and those who were bombed become the pejorative 'cave-dwellers' - a long path ahead. I'm wishing for an end to hostility and a holding up of the ceasefire, so that recovery may at least begin.
It was fantastic welcoming so many people to our UNE Armidale Campus last week for the The Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) Biennial conference! @thejsaa.bsky.social JSAA 2027 to be held in Tokyo.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It was fantastic welcoming so many people to our UNE Armidale Campus last week for the The Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) Biennial conference! @thejsaa.bsky.social JSAA 2027 to be held in Tokyo.
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Thrilled to be joining A Prof Barbara Hartley in the launching of"Gender,Costume,Textile,Technique"from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2025
Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session
#JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025
(Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)
Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session
#JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025
(Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)
October 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thrilled to be joining A Prof Barbara Hartley in the launching of"Gender,Costume,Textile,Technique"from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2025
Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session
#JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025
(Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)
Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session
#JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025
(Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)
So sorry to miss this session at #JSAA25 ! I'm planning to get hold of this book though, soon! Congratulations Emerald and all authors involved!
Thrilled to be joining A Prof Barbara Hartley in the launching of"Gender,Costume,Textile,Technique"from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2025
Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session
#JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025
(Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)
Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session
#JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025
(Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
So sorry to miss this session at #JSAA25 ! I'm planning to get hold of this book though, soon! Congratulations Emerald and all authors involved!
I'm heading for #JSAA25. Organised with my intrepid colleague Laura Clark! The keynotes are open to the public on the website. The 1st is tomorrow at 6pm AEST. Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki - "The Sea Connects: Rethinking the Emergence of Modern Japan and Australia from a Pacific Ocean Perspective"
JSAA Conference 2025
www.une.edu.au
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'm heading for #JSAA25. Organised with my intrepid colleague Laura Clark! The keynotes are open to the public on the website. The 1st is tomorrow at 6pm AEST. Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki - "The Sea Connects: Rethinking the Emergence of Modern Japan and Australia from a Pacific Ocean Perspective"
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
I love this bit of reflection by Ursula Le Guin on her writing. 'Meaning in art isn't the same as meaning in science.'
September 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I love this bit of reflection by Ursula Le Guin on her writing. 'Meaning in art isn't the same as meaning in science.'
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“It is truly extraordinary that of the three countries that are party to the deal, Australia – which bears the brunt of both the cost and the risk – is the only one not to have put AUKUS to a genuine review."
Petition for an inquiry into AUKUS > theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
Petition for an inquiry into AUKUS > theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
Two-thirds of Australians want a review of AUKUS, while less than half think it will make us safer: poll
66 per cent of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into the AUKUS security agreement, according to new polling commissioned by The Australia Institute.
australiainstitute.org.au
September 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“It is truly extraordinary that of the three countries that are party to the deal, Australia – which bears the brunt of both the cost and the risk – is the only one not to have put AUKUS to a genuine review."
Petition for an inquiry into AUKUS > theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
Petition for an inquiry into AUKUS > theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
Okay so Melbourne is going to tease us with a balmy 23 degrees this afternoon and then quickly revert to 14 max tomorrow for the wedding! 🧐
September 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Okay so Melbourne is going to tease us with a balmy 23 degrees this afternoon and then quickly revert to 14 max tomorrow for the wedding! 🧐
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Hear! Hear! Dr Holbrook 👏 theconversation.com/the-australi...
The Australian War Memorial’s prize controversy betrays the institution’s purpose: to tell the messy truth about war
Chris Masters’ book on Ben Roberts-Smith was chosen to win the Australian War Memorial’s Les Carlyon Prize for Military History. But the prize wasn’t awarded. Why?
theconversation.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Hear! Hear! Dr Holbrook 👏 theconversation.com/the-australi...
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The keynotes for JSAA Biennial Conference University of New England (AU) on 2nd/3rd October will be hybrid (AEST). All welcome! To register, sign up here: forms.gle/2XdDxz6yshVE...
The full abstracts are found here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa... on a drop down screen.
#japanesestudies #jsaa2025
The full abstracts are found here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa... on a drop down screen.
#japanesestudies #jsaa2025
August 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The keynotes for JSAA Biennial Conference University of New England (AU) on 2nd/3rd October will be hybrid (AEST). All welcome! To register, sign up here: forms.gle/2XdDxz6yshVE...
The full abstracts are found here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa... on a drop down screen.
#japanesestudies #jsaa2025
The full abstracts are found here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa... on a drop down screen.
#japanesestudies #jsaa2025
I'm planning a (likely final) trip to the Goto. On 28 October I am planning to join a guided trek on the 無人島 Ojika Island to the shrine known as Oe-ishi which includes a rock formation 24 m high and 12 m wide. If anyone #長崎人？ would like to join the trek PM me! (Kojima shrine on this US map) #japan
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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My work was pirated by LibGen, and I filled out the form.
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
My work was pirated by LibGen, and I filled out the form.
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National march for Palestine through Canberra
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
National march for Palestine through Canberra
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one of the biggest recent protest turnouts in Brisbane by my count marching for Palestine with others across the country today, incl a strong @withmeaa contingent w the message:
stop the killings. stop killing journalists
stop the killings. stop killing journalists
August 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
one of the biggest recent protest turnouts in Brisbane by my count marching for Palestine with others across the country today, incl a strong @withmeaa contingent w the message:
stop the killings. stop killing journalists
stop the killings. stop killing journalists
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We’ve been here for over 20 minutes and we still can’t see the end of this protest. There must be tens of thousands here! 🇵🇸
Right now, Naarm/Melbourne coming out in the thousands to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. My camera can’t capture the numbers but the march extends as far as the eye can see. Free Palestine! 🇵🇸❤️
August 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
We’ve been here for over 20 minutes and we still can’t see the end of this protest. There must be tens of thousands here! 🇵🇸
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If there are profs out there who don’t want to do the very basics of their jobs anymore I know a lot of out-of-work academics who’d gladly take them!
Yeah I was vague for privacy. But this isn't unusual. My friend's daughter just started college and her first professor warned the students "drop any class if the professor DOESN'T include instruction about how to integrate AI in your work." I heard the same from a different friend this year.
August 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If there are profs out there who don’t want to do the very basics of their jobs anymore I know a lot of out-of-work academics who’d gladly take them!
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Relieved that Australia's Copyright Agency is pushing back against the Productivity Commission's Text and data mining exception brain fart. All power to them ✊
August 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Relieved that Australia's Copyright Agency is pushing back against the Productivity Commission's Text and data mining exception brain fart. All power to them ✊