Jon Davidann

Professor of History, Hawai'i Pacific University, US-East Asian Relations, Winner of the Baldridge Prize for the book The Limits of Westernization

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@CollinRugg Lying propaganda. Don’t believe s word of it.

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I recently gave a keynote address called “The Rise of Propaganda in the Twentieth Century” at the 39th Annual Hawaiʻi Regional Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society. The address is from Dr. Davidann’s current book project on propaganda.

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Liberty battles: George Floyd, Machiavelli, and American protest https://t.co/z2J410kUcC

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Where Does Ukraine Stand in History (History Lens) https://t.co/YKV0kccviq via @YouTube My History Lens podcast did a show today the Russian-Ukraine War, with co-host Jay Fidell and myself. Includes my own trip to Ukraine in 2008. My heart goes out to the Ukrainian people.

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Fukuzawa Yukichi and the Limits of Westernization https://t.co/le5NvAHhc5 via @YouTube I was invited by YouTube podcaster Lipton Matthews to do this interview on my award-winning book, The Limits of Westernization (2019). It was a very stimulating conversation. Enjoy!

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Here are some pics from a recent trip to San Francisco’s Chinatown. Happy holidays and enjoy!

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@daniel_dsj2110 Great insight! Ugh, frustrating reality.

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I organized a symposium for Air War College (AWC) students and faculty on US-East Asian Relations. I gave the keynote and two of my HPU graduate students Kevin Tangonan and John Freeze, talked about North Korean troubles and Taiwan soft diplomacy respectively. It was a great day!

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I was invited recently to do an interview with Radio Australia (the Australian equivalent of National Public Radio or the BBC) on my essay The Myth of Westernization. The interview was broadcast today. Starts at Minute 26 https://t.co/i2HiLb1yMe

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@samhaselby @contrarianp @aeonmag Of course all of these were radical changes from their plight in which they had none of these. The waters of the Chinese Revolution are deep and broad (I swear I did not get this statement from a Chinese fortune cookie).

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@samhaselby @contrarianp @aeonmag Fairbank did not have the "street cred" that Reischauer had, so he was more dependent on missionaries for information about China. And, no doubt, some of them sought radical change.

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@contrarianp @samhaselby @aeonmag They were inheritors of the mantle of "Middle Kingdom" according to this thought.

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@contrarianp @samhaselby @aeonmag Yes, among others, they borrowed the notion of Chinese greatness to justify their empire building.

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Here is an essay I published on Aeon critiquing westernization. https://t.co/Egl2kXzAXR

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The Insurrection in History (History Lens) https://t.co/rvDQ6RAwDr via @YouTube https://t.co/MGfAQBRrxQ

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Postmortem on the 2020 Election (History Lens) https://t.co/O1oZgIcB1s via @YouTube This History Lens episode covers the post-election situation including the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6. Enjoy!

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Watch “History Talks - American Intellectuals” on #Vimeo https://t.co/hsxHwOkcwT For a special treat, here is a lecture I recently gave sponsored by the USS Arizona Memorial. https://t.co/U5McFoFEYW

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The Historical Importance of the George Floyd Protests (History Lens) https://t.co/eEZwabkRT6 via @YouTube History Lens this time looks at the larger structural issues of racism. Thanks to friend and collaborator Peter Hoffenberg, professor of European history. Enjoy!