Archaeologist & historian of Japan in Eurasia at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena. Fellow Royal Historical Society. Author '24 Hours in Shogun's Japan' (https://www.mombooks.com/book/24-hours-in-shoguns-japan/). Breturn to EU
Mark Hudson
Henry Gee’s book spotted on sale in Merano, South Tyrol
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Italian government criticism of Trump's pope comments
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Italy's prime minister and the US president are close allies, but Trump has refused to apologise to the "very weak" Pope Leo XIV.
Pleased to announce that the German translation of 24 Hours in Shogun's Japan will be published by Penguin Germany in November.
I would be even more pleased if the site listed the right author 😅😅
(Contacted this morning)
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So many things about the USA are completely unbelievable and this is one 😰
The life and work of Dame Averil Cameron, historian of the Byzantine empire, is remembered in this week's BBC Radio 4 'Last Word' www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
With contributions from @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social and Mary Beard. Starts at 7 mins 10 seconds #Skystorians
Now available via the April print issue of Antiquity
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New paper published today.
Although the Okhotsk culture in Hokkaido has been associated with the Nivkh since at least Kikuchi (1978), we provide the most detailed linguistic and archaeological evaluation attempted so far.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
For anyone wondering about how future historians will cover the Trump regime @timothysnyder.bsky.social is already doing it!
snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
Mark Hudson
The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO
This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
Amuric (also known as Nivkh) is a language family found in the Lower Amur Basin and on Sakhalin Island. While geography suggests that the roots of Amu…
Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...
💥 70,000 signatures! 💥
...and the petition closes on June 8th.
Imagine if we can get it over 100,000 before then - and open a Parliamentary debate in time for the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote on June 23rd 2026. That'd be powerful.
All hands to the pump! Sign and share, share, share! 👇
Mark Hudson
Royal Historical Society
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello?
