Fynn Holm
Junior Professor at University of Tübingen; Environmental and Japanese historian; human-whales relationship; history of the Japanese Alps
- The Emmy Noether Research Group 'The Japanese Alpine Empire' at the University of Tübingen cordially invites you to the first Mountain Research Talk, held by Jinjin (Kimie) Zhang. For more information, see our website: uni-tuebingen.de/de/282204#c2...
- I was recently interviewed by Prof. Axel Klein about the history of Japanese whaling on the podcast Japan und dann das. You can listen to the podcast (in German) here: open.spotify.com/episode/5KvQ...
- Come and work with me: For my Emmy Noether research group "The Japanese Alpine Empire", I'm looking for a PhD Candidate working on Japanese mountain history in the post-war period. More information here: uni-tuebingen.de/de/265361#c2...
- I have written a short piece in The Conversation about the video game Assassin's Creed: Shadows, which will be released tomorrow. The game is set in Sengoku Japan and has received strong online criticism for depicting a black samurai as a playable protagonist: theconversation.com/assassins-cr...
- On March 10th, the award ceremony and my Japanese-language lecture for receiving the "10th Prof. Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Japanese Studies" will take place online (For registration, see the QR Code below).
- Reposted by Fynn HolmNew book review: Tóth on Holm, Fynn: _Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c. 1600-2019, The_. Cambridge University Press, 2023. Published by H-Oceans. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/2005...
- I just learned that my book "The Gods of the Sea" has received the "10th Professor Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Japanese Studies". I'm very honored. hijas.hosei.ac.jp/en/josef-kre...
- It is a great honor that my book „The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c.1600–2019“ has won the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) John R. Lyman Book Award in the Maritime and Naval Science, Technology, and Environment category.
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