Anna Vittinghoff
@avittinghoff.bsky.social
Social Historian of Japan • Lecturer in East Asian Studies • ⚽️referee • UEFA VDC • 🗣️🇩🇪🇭🇺🇯🇵 • views are my own • she/her
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Trump has invaded #Venezuela. This is the 1st time the US has used its own military to invade a South American country. President Trump made the purpose of the invasion very clear on Saturday: oil. The result will be disastrous. My latest @therealnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Trump has invaded #Venezuela. This is the 1st time the US has used its own military to invade a South American country. President Trump made the purpose of the invasion very clear on Saturday: oil. The result will be disastrous. My latest @therealnews.com
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Best way to start your day is to show solidarity and sign this petition! Should you be in Sheffield, please come to our student-led rally on the University Sheffield Concourse (Student Union building) at 12noon! #Sheffield #UCUstrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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No lockout for University of Sheffield staff
UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Best way to start your day is to show solidarity and sign this petition! Should you be in Sheffield, please come to our student-led rally on the University Sheffield Concourse (Student Union building) at 12noon! #Sheffield #UCUstrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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It’s Day 3 of @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike today and also the national day of action for trans rights. I can’t make it to pickets today, but whether on the line, striking from home, or when back at work, this trade unionist will always back my trans colleagues and students! #unions4transrights
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It’s Day 3 of @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike today and also the national day of action for trans rights. I can’t make it to pickets today, but whether on the line, striking from home, or when back at work, this trade unionist will always back my trans colleagues and students! #unions4transrights
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A new entry alert!! Dr. Ruselle Meade has kindly contributed this translation of a Japanese scientist describing indigenous people and life in Nan'yo. I can think of many ways of using this resource in class already!
japaneseempire.info/the-scientis...
japaneseempire.info/the-scientis...
The Scientist and the South Seas: Micronesians in the Japanese Imperial Gaze - Grassroots Operations of the Japanese Empire
Introduction by Ruselle Meade, Cardiff University In 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Japan seized Germany’s territories in the North Pacific, having invoked its formal alliance with t...
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January 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A new entry alert!! Dr. Ruselle Meade has kindly contributed this translation of a Japanese scientist describing indigenous people and life in Nan'yo. I can think of many ways of using this resource in class already!
japaneseempire.info/the-scientis...
japaneseempire.info/the-scientis...
East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield is under severe threat, help me and my colleagues fight back on the proposed cuts!
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sh...
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Sheffield Uni Needs East Asian Studies!
The University of Sheffield has been a global leader in East Asian Studies since its inception as the national centre for modern Japanese Studies in 1963. Korean Studies was introduced in 1979 and mai...
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January 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield is under severe threat, help me and my colleagues fight back on the proposed cuts!
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sh...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sh...
I’ll be giving a guest lecture at the Japan Society in London next month, join me if you’re around!
The Japan Society - Ūman ribu, Disability Activism and Reproductive Justice in Japan (1970-1996)
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March 12, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I’ll be giving a guest lecture at the Japan Society in London next month, join me if you’re around!
Tokyo JS friends! Im taking our second year East Asian Studies students on a 7 day fieldwork trip to Tokyo at the end of March. I'll also have 3 days free for my own activities, any must-see exhibitions/talks/spots I shouldn't miss?
March 10, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Tokyo JS friends! Im taking our second year East Asian Studies students on a 7 day fieldwork trip to Tokyo at the end of March. I'll also have 3 days free for my own activities, any must-see exhibitions/talks/spots I shouldn't miss?