@petrulis
History prof in Hong Kong. My award-winning articles: “A Country of Hair”: ROK Wigs, Kor Am Entrepreneurs, Af Am Hairstyles, & Cold War Industrialization http://bit.ly/3PENmX0 The jawbone/quijada as global Black musical instrument https://bit.ly/4nAl7ba
Near the end of my residency at State Library Victoria, I had a chat with Paula Bray about the stuff I've been doing for the past 30 years, and why I think it's important. It's online now if you want to listen: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/experiments/my-place-tim-sherratt/interview #GLAM […]
Have your used one of my publications, or digital projects like the Real Face of White Australia, in your teaching (since 2020)?
If so, I would love to hear how you've used my work and how students have responded – and see your unit / course outline, too!
Email kate.bagnall@utas.edu.au
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“A Country of Hair”: Korean Wigs, Korean American Entrepreneurs, African American Hairstyles, & Cold War Industrialization
bit.ly/3PENmX0
A snippet of text from the Official Narrative describing New Year poetry from Okinawa in 1854: "On each successive visit to the island the gentlemen of the expedition gathered additional scraps of information as to customs, one of which is so similar, in the feeling which prompts it, to our own new year's congratulations, that it is worthy of a passing notice. In the spring, when the new year opens in Lew Chew, and perhaps in Japan also, (though of the latter we cannot speak certainly,) the usage of the islanders is to offer the expression of their good wishes and friendly feelings in the form of inscriptions attached to the houses of each other, or sent to the inmates. Mr. Williams translated several of these, a few of which we subjoin as specimens: 'Gay clouds meet the rising, glorious sun; ten thousand joys greet the opening spring.' 'Let all sing these days of general peace, and rejoice together in the opening spring.' 'May all joys clamber about your happy abode; may a thousand lucks collect at this gate.' 'May every door have luck and joy, and every land be blessed with peace.' 'May your felicity be as broad as the eastern sea; your age enduring as the southern hills.' 'The peach tree in fairy land ripens in thirty centuries; may the seaside house be blessed with ninety more autumns.' 'We joyfully hope the brightening year will meet a flourishing time, as the bloom of spring begins to shine upon this humble door.' 'May the three stars, peace, office, age, enter your door; and sons, riches, honors, bless your gate.' 'Happiness descends from heaven.' 'As the wind and light go their circuits through the world, so does the gladsome spring from heaven to us come down.' "
🗃️ 🐴 Happy New Year!
In 1854, the US Navy's "Perry Expedition" to Japan and the Ryukyus was anchored at the main island of Okinawa (which they called "Lew Chew," for Ryukyu) for the New Year; and saw and translated the New Year wishes posted around them.
From the Expedition's official Narrative:
Old gravestone with the name Claude Nan Shing and other faint Chinese and English words on it
View of Claude Nam Shing’s grave among other graves in Cornelian Bay cemetery
There’s valuable information recorded in Chinese on Tasmania’s old Chinese headstones that is gradually disappearing, like on Claude Nam Shing’s headstone in Cornelian Bay Cemetery. I’ve worked out some of the characters, but not all of them. Any thoughts, clever people? 🗃️ #EverdayHeritage
My article is finally in print! I detail the impact of Japanese colonial policy on Ainu health during the early-mid Meiji period, focusing on the village of Tsuishikari. The article's subtext is the broader question of Indigenous health in historical research.
We are going to focus @douglassday.bsky.social in Feb 2026 on the Colored Conventions and their visions for citizenship.
We need to tell a much fuller story about the 14th amendment. The history is crystal clear. The Constitution is crystal clear.
Private clinics listed by the govt sometimes get confused bc they offer free shots that are govt subsidized, which you are NOT asking about, but they get hung up on:
www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/li...
Try calling Marina or OTP directly.
除了政府疫苗接種計劃提供的疫苗外，市民可諮詢家庭醫生現時私營市場供應的已註冊 新冠疫苗，以考慮是否自. Apart from vaccine provided under the Government Vaccination programme, citizens may consult a family doctor on registered COVID-19 vaccine available in private market and consider receiving the vaccination for personal protection at their own expense.
Per this govt poster, you still should be able to pay for it yourself (at a private clinic):
www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/po...
Love is the Message joins BlueSky!
We're a podcast about music, the dance floor, sound systems and counterculture, hosted by @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence.
www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk
Apple: tinyurl.com/5n6ehsd6
Spotify: tinyurl.com/59fnvebu
Patreon: tinyurl.com/mvbmdc9e
Elizabeth LaCouture, Dwelling in the World -- esp chs 3, 4, and 5, depending if you want to emphasize city or home, and culture or politics and law
cover of the report: Black History at the Vassall Estate, Special History Study, with the National Park Service header. The image on a tan background is the signatures of members of the Black Vassall family.
Our report is published! Free and available to the public!
Black History at the Vassall Estate
Longfellow House—Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
This is the story of a Black family in Massachusetts who exemplified the spirit of liberty.
read:
irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Do...
"Journey With Me Through Hong Kong, My Home," a children's activity book published by Professor Puja Kapai's DEIJB Lab at HKU, highlights the lives and careers of 12 ethnically diverse women in the city. In full: buff.ly/YnEFq69
It's August 6 in Japan now. I'm thinking of my family's experience in Hiroshima 80 years ago and feeling grateful that I spent some time in the city this past January. Photo taken at Shukkeien, where my great grandmother evacuated to escape the fire that engulfed her neighborhood after the bombing.
BREAKING! Over the moon excited to announce Ai Hisano's appointment as next editor-in-chief at @entandsoc.bsky.social!
How can we teach about disaster & history using ephemera? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight “Earthquake Children Image Archive: A Window into Disaster & Humanity” by Dr. Janet Borland (ICU) to learn how her work on the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake translates to classrooms: guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
💬 "The committee was impressed by the article's significant contribution to organology as it recontextualizes the jawbone/quijada, highlighting its multifaceted cultural roles." www.facebook.com/100064526028...
🏆 Learn more about the prize: www.amis.org/frances-dens...
📄 "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument" @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
🎉 Congratulations to American Music author Dr. Jason Petrulis for being recognized as the 2025 Honorable Mention for the Frances Densmore Prize from the American Musical Instrument Society! @petrulis.bsky.social
🗃️ Reminder: if you are a university professor, professor emeritus, or associate professor of history, you are eligible to nominate *anyone you want* for a Nobel Peace Prize.
www.nobelprize.org/nomination/p...
Nominations for 2026 open in September!
Last: In "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument," I tried to capture how music makes portals across time and space (see the conclusion esp!):
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...
And don't miss @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social history and music podcast series "American Railroad," on the many traditions that intersected in US railroad music:
www.silkroad.org/american-rai...
The big Sinners musical scene connected Chinese American, Irish American, and Black American music; @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, another musical advisor, regularly makes these connections thru her work w Silkroad. Here's a banjo, pipa, and shakuhachi combo:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHmN...
Blount's Vox.com video on the banjo is a great starting point for learning how his music connects with history:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRf...
A star-studded cast of musical advisors includes @jakeblount.com, whose "Jail the Zombie: Black Banjoists, Biopolitics, and Archives" is a wonderful recent addition to a growing literature on the banjo as a Black musical instrument:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
