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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー

@tomaashby

Historian @UTokyo_News ∙ @JSPS_sns Fellow via @BritishAcademy_ ∙ Reviews Editor @Global_IH ∙ Co-org @gpolthought ∙ erstwhile, Firenze, London, Oxford ∙ Devonian

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"Which to be? To risk never leaving Ithaca, or to risk never coming back?" I am delighted that I can share my long article on John Pocock and historiography, his pre-Cambridge writings in 1940s New Zealand (pic age 21) and unpublished memoirs. Open access: press-files.anu.edu.au/downl…
Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

ALT Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

ALT Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

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Hello, Hong Kong
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There is another article on J. G[od] A[lmighty]* Pocock in the same issue by Richard Whatmore, something of a partner paper, which weaves a range of topics on Pocock's perception of history and debts (questioning some) press-files.anu.edu.au/downl… (*As the joke goes.) @StAndrewsIIH
Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (@tomaashby) profile pictureTom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashbyOct 29
"Which to be? To risk never leaving Ithaca, or to risk never coming back?" I am delighted that I can share my long article on John Pocock and historiography, his pre-Cambridge writings in 1940s New Zealand (pic age 21) and unpublished memoirs. Open access: press-files.anu.edu.au/downl…
Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

ALT Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

ALT Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

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There is another article on J. G[od] A[lmighty]* Pocock in the same issue by Richard Whatmore, something of a partner paper, which weaves a range of topics on Pocock's perception of history and debts (questioning some) press-files.anu.edu.au/downl… (*As the joke goes.) @StAndrewsIIH
Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (@tomaashby) profile pictureTom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashbyOct 29
"Which to be? To risk never leaving Ithaca, or to risk never coming back?" I am delighted that I can share my long article on John Pocock and historiography, his pre-Cambridge writings in 1940s New Zealand (pic age 21) and unpublished memoirs. Open access: press-files.anu.edu.au/downl…
Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

ALT Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

ALT Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

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Theo Nash@theo_nashNov 8
Oxford and Cambridge combined — with all of their colleges — would only be the 12th richest university in America.
S. I. Rubinstein (@si_rubinstein) profile pictureS. I. Rubinstein@si_rubinsteinNov 8
$51k=£38k, for reference UK doctoral stipend is £22k, America is so rich & we are so poor
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Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔@HistorianZhangNov 6
Fuhrerbunker here we go
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Stephen Miller is the new Chief of Staff.
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@scottjshapiro.bsky.social@scottjshapiroNov 5
The System worked
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Speaker Hakeem Jeffries.
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the dem senate strategy:
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Nick Field (@nick_field90) profile pictureNick Field@nick_field9022 Nov 2024
1. Convince Roy Cooper to run in NC 2. Finally unseat Susan Collins in Maine 3. Hope Sherrod Brown can pull off a comeback in Ohio 4. Somehow win Texas? Get Peltola to run in Alaska? 🤷‍♂️ xitter.twitterapi.xyz/nick_field90/status/18…
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What if uncloseted Dark Donald demolishing the GOP and being swooned by hot Dems into installing socialism and Making America Gay Again was always his final, true destiny.
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Yuan Yi Zhu
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Must read for fans of John Pocock, of which there are many here.
Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (@tomaashby) profile pictureTom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashbyOct 29
"Which to be? To risk never leaving Ithaca, or to risk never coming back?" I am delighted that I can share my long article on John Pocock and historiography, his pre-Cambridge writings in 1940s New Zealand (pic age 21) and unpublished memoirs. Open access: press-files.anu.edu.au/downl…
Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

ALT Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

ALT Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

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The last Democrat to hold Talarico's seat was... LBJ
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David Klion@DavidKlionNov 4
Shout-out to the more sincere Never Trump Republicans of 2016; it took a whole decade, but their basic argument, that Trump would destroy the Republican Party, has been vindicated
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Jennifer A. Frey@jennfreyNov 4
What comes after MAGA?
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Nick Burns
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10 years since November 2016 and feels like there's finally something new on the horizon, at least potentially
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"Buckle up Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore" - Kansas
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My latest article on JGAP also includes, in a note, the publication of an entire letter that I own from Sir Herbert Butterfield to Pocock on the occasion of receiving his Festschrift from J.H. Elliott in 1970. I thought it best shared. Find it here (p. 91) press-files.anu.edu.au/downl…
A screenshot of the letter, access via link

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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (@tomaashby) profile pictureTom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashbyOct 29
Replying to @tomaashby
It is about avian metaphors and historiography, poetry and identity, philosophies of silence and history as poiesis. It is about New Zealand and it is about Aotearoa. It is about Landfall and Britain, empire and isolation, time and memory – memory across ten decades.
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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashbyOct 30
Connected to this, J. G. A. Pocock, "Wartime Writings, 1942-1946", edited with an introduction by myself, will appear in 2027
Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (@tomaashby) profile pictureTom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashbyOct 29
"Which to be? To risk never leaving Ithaca, or to risk never coming back?" I am delighted that I can share my long article on John Pocock and historiography, his pre-Cambridge writings in 1940s New Zealand (pic age 21) and unpublished memoirs. Open access: press-files.anu.edu.au/downl…
Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

ALT Detail from a group photo, published in the article, of the young Pocock in a suit, tie, and academic gown

Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

ALT Detail from an early published essay by Pocock entitled "Historian and Poet in New Zealand"

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Floating world – a Japanese friend guided me to Katsuoji in the hills above Osaka to prepare for an upcoming academic contest. If I am fortunate, time will tell.
A view over a small shrine on an island back grounded by forest, blue sky, and cloud and foregrounded by water and mist

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Oliver Lewis@policy_ukOct 30
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Wonderful scholarship! Joy to read
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Every time I leave my apartment
adam (6’4) 🇺🇸 (@personofswag) profile pictureadam (6’4) 🇺🇸
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no man goes on the same japan trip twice for he is not the same man and it is not the same japan
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