Dustin Wright

Historian @CSUMB. Fellow at Rikkyo Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies. Book in progress on anti-base protest in Japan. Associate Dir. @OMI

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer to speak @CSUMB this Thursday. Free to public.
https://t.co/qXSVTaV0Aw

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

More information available here: https://t.co/gve5RZJnro

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Exciting opportunity for @CSUMB students to join me in researching bases and basetown histories in Japan this summer! Apply to become a Fellow for the newly created Global Base Studies Project, generously supported by the Tyler Center for Global Studies. Deadline to apply 2/28.

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Excited to give a lunchtime address (1/16) to the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area. I’ll be speaking on Japan’s shifting defense policies, as well as my current book project on the history of anti-base protest. https://t.co/EuURBWQc37

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Can't believe it's already that time again! Please consider supporting young researchers who are doing important and groundbreaking work on #Okinawa and its place in the wider world.

[The Okinawa Memories Initiative @ucsc_omi]

https://t.co/X4edavG1F4 Learn more about our Giving Day 2022 initiative.

Donate this NOV 2, 2022 at https://t.co/2bL3harMUH

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

My very-belated review of Eiko Maruko Siniawer's excellent book, Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan (@CornellPress). https://t.co/m2YRId5iQ1

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

@smaslow_japan Hi, we haven't connected before, but this showed in my thread. I just reviewed Christopher Gerteis' new Mobilizing Japanese Youth and he has a great chapter on the history of the foundation.

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Thank you to @js_film_nyc for sharing this 15% discount code to stream these films: OKINAWA15

Streaming available through June 3. I'm still debating which one to kick off our Okinawa Studies class tomorrow...recommendations appreciated!

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

So excited for this Okinawa-focused film festival organized by @js_film_nyc! Grateful that three of the films can be screened remotely so that we can have our own little #Okinawa film festival for our @CSUMB students. Great way to wrap up our Okinawa Studies this semester.

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and brought us to 75% of our funding goal. The generosity of friends and strangers alike continues to amaze us. There's still time to help support our students. To all those who have contributed, on behalf of our students,THANK YOU!

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

BEGINの「オバー自慢の爆弾鍋」を思い出させる。#okinawa

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

@CSUMB @omi Please consider supporting a new generation of students to conduct research in #Okinawa! Our funding campaign ends soon! https://t.co/w8scdcKowq

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

So excited for this Okinawa-focused film festival organized by @js_film_nyc! Grateful that three of the films can be screened remotely so that we can have our own little #Okinawa film festival for our @CSUMB students. Great way to wrap up our Okinawa Studies this semester.

[Japan Society Film @js_film_nyc]

We're thrilled to announce our upcoming hybrid series, VISIONS OF OKINAWA: CINEMATIC REFLECTIONS—a program documenting the dynamic historical, political and cultural spaces of Okinawa around the time of its reversion 50 yrs ago, running May 13-June 3!
https://t.co/GoocKgbmO7

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Speaking of films and Okinawa, one of my former @CSUMB students, Kai Jones, made this beautiful two-minute film reflection during our @OMI research trip in 2019. https://t.co/SVI4YyqhDG

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

It's so clear that our students want these opportunities to engage with the wider world. Meaningful undergraduate international research experience leads to meaningful careers. Very grateful for all support, in any amount, to help our students return to #Okinawa!

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Ok, it was cruel of me to force students to pose AFTER filling up on "taco rice" (the ubiquitous basetown AmeriMexOkinawan dish) for lunch in 2019, but @CSUMB students are ready to return to #Okinawa for culinary immersion! Thank you to our donors! https://t.co/8BveEsfALv

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

Wanna help @CSUMB students conduct research in Okinawa, Japan?! We aim to support at least three students in 2022-2023. Last visit in 2019 in included a visit to the Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum. Crowdfunding page now open! RTs appreciated. @ucsc_omi https://t.co/8BveEsfALv

[The Okinawa Memories Initiative @ucsc_omi]

📢 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐎-𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄
📢 𝐌𝐀𝐑 𝟒 𝟒:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌 𝐏𝐒𝐓/ 𝐌𝐀𝐑 𝟓 𝟗:𝟑𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐉𝐒𝐓
📢 𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏 𝐀𝐓 https://t.co/7kGZPwDgqp

[Dustin Wright @wright_dustin]

So wonderful to see this project hitting the shelves. Marty's work takes aim at the romanticized histories of the missions, particularly Santa Cruz, and highlights both consistencies and distinctions within Spanish, Mexican, and US colonialisms. Congrats @MRizzo_Martinez!

[Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe]

Just learned that Princeton's Marquand Library recently started a blog about its rare book collection. They already have four posts about Japanese #bookhistory. Details on each post in the 🧵 below and be sure to subscribe to their blog! 1/5
https://t.co/AqH0hpx2hp

[The Okinawa Memories Initiative @ucsc_omi]

💡 Thought 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐚 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟐: 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 was an interesting event w/ dialogue between Professor Igarashi & OMI member Drew Richardson? Get Professor Igarashi’s books to dive into!

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