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イライジャ・ベンダー
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イライジャ・ベンダー

@professor_jedi

Japanese and environmental history prof., martial artist, gearhead, fantasy nerd. Super girl dad. Neutral good. I have letters after my name.

Joined June 2020

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    1. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      I lost my job. Official word arrived today. I will be unemployed after the 20-21 academic year. Two years until tenure and the rug is mercilessly ripped from under my feet. Thread.

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    2. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      I am devastated as this is not only loss of employment, but in all likelihood the end of my academic career. I really liked being a history professor and have worked to become one since I was 19 years old. This hurts very badly.

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    3. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      I’ll have much more to say about this at the appropriate time, but for now I want to make sure that I give my students the best possible classes. It’s going to be a difficult year for everyone. I will strive to savor these last few months as professor.

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    4. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      The unfairness of being stripped of your career as your field withers away, then being required to risk deadly infection by teaching six semester classes this coming year is palpable.

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    5. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      At least I have a continued paycheck and health insurance for the time being. So many have not been so fortunate.

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    6. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      Most of you don’t know me, but chances are if you’re still reading this you’re a fellow academic. Silly as it is, a little validation from colleagues in the broad sense would mean a lot right now.

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    7. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      I'd just like to hear that I was a good teacher, and that the book I wanted to write would've been worthwhile.

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    8. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      The book was to be titled “Conflicts over Environment in the Age of the Samurai: Local Society, Resources, and the Birth of Japan's Early Modernity, 1450-1650.”

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    9. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      I wanted to show how local disputes over resources in late medieval Japan were critical conflicts, and the ways devised to resolve them without violence was key to reestablishing stability and maintaining it throughout the Edo period.

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    10. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      I had some great examples, primarily from Kai Province, but also Suruga, Sagami, and Shinano.

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      イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

      Village militias clashing over timbers, samurai landlords ousted after droughts, coup de etats in the wake of natural disasters – all set against the backdrop of marauding samurai armies and rapacious warlords. Alas.

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        2. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

          It was not the main argument, but I also had some points to make about why I think "early modernity" remains a useful concept in Japanese history.

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        3. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

          I’m just in a lot of pain right now. Thanks for reading.

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        2. イライジャ・ベンダー‏ @professor_jedi 13 Aug 2020

          I'd love to write it. Thank you sincerely.

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        1.  😷 hugo reinert‏ @metaleptic 13 Aug 2020
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          that's an amazing book idea: I'd happily read it, and assign it. do consider writing it.

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        1. Dr Owen King‏ @OMKingy 13 Aug 2020
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          I definitely want to read this book! Solidarity in tough times, it's horrible.

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        1. Markus Koeneke‏ @KoenekeMarkus 13 Aug 2020
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          Any places I can learn about that? Someone mentioned your thesis and dissertation, link? Also ever thought about teaming up with nebula (science YouTube w/out brutal adds/algorithms) and making YouTube videos on the topic? Idk i just wanna learn about it!

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        1. Chris Weaver‏ @onlythingiknow 13 Aug 2020
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          That sounds like a good and worthwhile project. I hope you still have a chance to work on it.

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        1. Laura Sikstrom, PhD‏ @LauraSikstrom 13 Aug 2020
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          Fascinating!!! Maybe write a movie script instead?!

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        1. Dr. Karolina‏ @Euastrum 13 Aug 2020
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          It sounds amazing and insightful, don’t give up on your book yet - you don’t have to be in academia to publish! Best of luck, many of us live in constant fear of this happening, i can imagine how hard this must be.

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