I just received author copies of my book on Chongryon (Chosen Soren). KumHee and I went through many emotional ups and downs during our research. I cannot describe what the weight of a physical copy means to me (FYI: It's physically heavier than I expected). The official release date is 31 March.
New edited volume focuses on the student movement at Kyoto University in the late 1960s. Contributors include some big names like Ukai Satoshi, Fujihara Tatsushi, Ueno Chizuko, Fuke Takahiro. www.seidosha.co.jp/book/index.p...
How do library specialists take boxes of documents and ephemera and turn them into our collections? 📦 At the EAJRS 2025, Toshie Marra spoke about the challenges of archival processing for the David W. Conde Collection at UC Berkeley! www.eajrs.net/david-w-cond...
The Crisis of the Humanities and the Future of Japanese Studies: A Book Launch and Conversation with Seth Jacobowitz & Jonathan E. Abel. Date Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Next week Seth Jacobowitz & Jonathan E. Abel will be launching the new book "Modern Japanese Literary Studies" at the University of Pittsburgh. Register for the virtual conversation at pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
NCC has been part of the development of the Japan Studies field for decades! To help document this early work, we collect interviews from some of the folks involved in this early work. 🎙️ Learn more about their careers and labor from our Multimedia History Project! guides.nccjapan.org/multimediahi...
What digital resources are available to us for research and teaching?💻 At our 2017 digital scholarship workshop, we featured a roundtable with Toshinori Egami, Nahoko Tsubouchi, Kazuaki Yamamoto, & Yasunao Kobayashi to showcase great databases & tools! See videos: guides.nccjapan.org/torontodigit...
Settler colonialism oppresses every aspect of Mapuche life—including sound. Books in brief review: Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference, Luis E Cárcamo-Huechante @DukePress #Chile #Argentina #Mapuche #SoundStudies #LatinAmericanStudies latamrob.substack.com/p/the-noise-...
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Absolutely gutted to hear the news about Jonathan Sterne, whose work has been boundlessly inspiring to myself and so many others.
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Can't find a TOC anywhere, but this just came out and looks great:
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Quite shocking news; just attended a terrific conference in Sheffield in October that was organized by EAS faculty. They have a wonderfully vibrant department with so many brilliant and kind scholars. Please share widely:
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Next week!
MJHA presents New Books from Japan #8: "The Publishing Empire at War: A Cultural History of Defiance," featuring author Ko Youngran (Nichidai) in conversation with Naiyoung Aimee Kwon (Duke)!
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5974323
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