Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300, located 70 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. This massive galaxy, spanning over 100,000 light-years, showcases intricate details of its central bar and spiral arms, lacking a massive central black hole unlike our Milky Way. The image is one of Hubble's largest ever created of a complete galaxy.

Astronomy Picture from 12/01/2005

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050112.html


#NGC1300 #HubbleSpaceTelescope #SpiralGalaxy #BarredSpiral #Astronomy #Space #Cosmos #Galaxy #Universe #Eridanus #AAS2024 #DeepSpace #Astrophysics #Astrophotography

I guess you know it was a productive conference when you’re following up on emails for a whole week! 🥲😵‍💫 #AAS2024

2024 AAS Awards Ceremony Seattle, Washington

Check out the photos from our #AAS2024 Awards Ceremony in Seattle—many thanks to Alabastro Photography for capturing these happy moments!

Many thanks to @aasasianstudies.bsky.social and Bite Society for the raffle goodie basket/cat carrier of Seattle specialities! 😍 #AAS2024

Many thanks to @AASAsianStudies and Bite Society for the raffle goodie basket/cat carrier of Seattle specialities! 😍 #AAS2024

Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon? Exploring Parallel Glocalization in Global Shinto Offerings Scholars of Japanese religion have recently drawn attention to the global repositioning, “greening”, and international popularization of Shinto. However, research on Shinto ritual practice and materia...

Sayonara Seattle! #AAS2024 was a blast.

Fun fact: My article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon?" was going to b titled "Do Seattle Kami Drink Starbucks?" til my dad came up w a better one. 😆

I like to hide easter eggs in my work. My grandfather liked Old Grand Dad bourbon. 😌🥃 #Shinto #AsianStudies

The forgotten food excursions of #AAS2024.

The forgotten food excursions of #AAS2024.

Six people standing next to the statue of a dumpling-headed character.

Two people sitting at a table with three boxes of dim sum between them.

Two people with a bit of the Seattle waterfront behind them.

Two people with Pike Place Market in the background.

So good to catch up with folks and learn about new and ongoing work at #AAS2024 this past weekend. Many thanks to the organizers and all the good people at the @aasasianstudies.bsky.social for another wonderful conference.

Tribes that the Chinese consider foreign are translated as "barbarians", especially in the West. This habit should be abandoned. #AAS2024

Books bought at AAS: Ecological States, City on the Edge, The China Questions 2, Rival Partners, Chinese Global Infrastructure.

Great #AAS2024 haul.

Weekly Wanderings: March 18, 2024 The Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference has now come and gone, with over 3,000 participants traveling to join us in Seattle for four days of sessions and socializing. This is my eighth yea...

Anna May Wong, Ukrainian memory and resistance, a Nigerian app to provide pro bono legal services, women placing high at the Iditarod, and more—my post #AAS2024 Weekly Wanderings post is now published.

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to running the @jppinfo.bsky.social booth over #AAS2024! Michael Emmerich, @bmychui.bsky.social, @ippikiookami.bsky.social, Nadia Kanagawa, Elizabeth Leicester, & Rebecca Corbett did an amazing job repping the project & getting word out to the community. 🥰🌟

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to running the @JPPInfo booth at #AAS2024! Michael Emmerich, @bmychui, @brooks_kit_, Nadia Kanagawa, Elizabeth Leicester, & Rebecca Corbett did an amazing job repping the project & getting the word out to the Asian Studies community. 🥰🌟

“Oh good, you brought my mokkan back.” Thanks for a fabulous #AAS2024 everyone! Amazing to see old friends & meet new ones at our panel, DH Japan meeting, and the @jppinfo.bsky.social booth! 💕 Hope to see those missed next time around! 😍 Kudos to the next level @aasasianstudies.bsky.social staff!

“Oh good, you brought my mokkan back.” Thanks for a fabulous #AAS2024 everyone! Amazing to see old friends and meet new ones at our panel, the DH Japan meeting, and the @JPPInfo booth! 💕 Hope to see those I missed next time around or sooner! 😍 Kudos to the next level AAS staff!

Final #AAS2024 meal involved heated discussions about US-China politics, AI, chatbots, and Javier Cha who makes his students cry. Great to catch up with Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social and Rachel Leow after many years.

Wonderful times in Seattle with old and new friends, a fantastic roundtable and good discussions about all we care about, looking forward to the next @aasasianstudies.bsky.social AAS. #AAS2024

Troop 41436 is at it again today outside #AAS2024! I got their troop number in case anyone wants to order online. 😁

Seattle: More Escalators Than You’ve Ever Ridden #AAS2024

Seattle: More Escalators Than You’ve Ever Ridden #AAS2024

FYR Seattle airport is bonkers, expect 30 mins at least to get through security. #AAS2024

FYR Seattle airport is bonkers, expect 30 mins at least to get through security. #AAS2024

From Du Fu: 華夷相混合，宇宙一羶腥 “The Hua [“Chinese”] and the Yi [“barbarians”] are mixing, and the whole world stinks of mutton” 😳 Flavia: “I didn’t come here to tell you the Chinese literati were all terrible racists, but…” 😆 I want to tell Du Fu to get a grip, but I don’t know if he ever did. #AAS2024

Paper on re-dating a standing Buddha from Inget Tolgoi in Mongolia to the First Turkic Khaganate leads to me learning about the Shroon Bumbagar tomb, and now I want to write Shroon Bumbagar fanfic because what a name, right? #AAS2024

A man stands next to a digital kiosk holding a Stanley tumbler.

There's one hour left in our #AAS2024 Spin-to-Win promotion! Come by the Exhibit Hall by 10:30 and see what the wheel has in store for you. The grand prize is a conference registration and 3-night hotel stay at #AAS2025 in Columbus!

Our round table was done successfully! We had a wonderful discussion with our audience. #AAS2024

Our round table was done successfully! We had a wonderful discussion with our audience.
#AAS2024

Cover image of the AAS 2024 Conference Daily newsletter for Sunday, March 17.

Top of the morning to you, #AAS2024! Happy St. Patrick's Day ☘️

Read today's Conference Daily newsletter and learn what it means to have the "luck of the AAS."

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Today is the final day of #AAS2024! 🥲 Come by booth 202 in the exhibition hall to say hello, ask questions about our project grants, and grab JPP merch for you and your colleagues who couldn’t make it! 🖊️ @aasasianstudies.bsky.social

Famous blue skies of Seattle. #AAS2024