Therapy, Spirituality, and East Asian Imaginaries In the context of modern global exchanges, an imagined and essentialised notion of ‘East Asia’ has served as both a source of inspiration and a catalyst for new connections, extending beyond the geogr...

Just out! Therapy, Spirituality, and East Asian Imaginaries. The volume explores the global circulation of practices, technologies, and ideas identified (and often imagined) as ‘East Asian’ in alternative therapies and spiritual practices since the 1970s. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Sheffield Uni Needs East Asian Studies! The University of Sheffield has been a global leader in East Asian Studies since its inception as the national centre for modern Japanese Studies in 1963. Korean Studies was introduced in 1979 and mai...

I spent some of my best university years at SEAS. Please sign and share: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sh...

Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (271145) | University of Oslo Job title: Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (271145), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025

My department has just advertised 5 salaried PhD positions. Projects within the fields of religion, culture studies, environmental humanities, and/or Asian/Middle Eastern studies are welcome. 3-4 years, full-time, fully funded. Candidates must have finished their MA. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include…

The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions. Edited by @mcmullen.bsky.social and @jolyonbt.bsky.social . Published with the University of Hawai'i Press. Cover design by @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social

Available in December 2025 just in time for Christmas. At 552 pages, its the perfect stocking-stuffer.

The small special issue (pp.33-106) that I co-edited with Erica Baffelli for "Religious Studies in Japan" (the English journal of JARS) has just come out. This was based on a panel held in honour of Shin'ichi Yoshinaga at the annual conference of JARS. jpars.org/bulletin-rel...

Thank you so much, Jolyon!!

New paper out in The Religious Law, the journal of The Religious Law Association in Japan. I summarize the argument developed in Chapter 6 of my monograph, and finish with suggestions for comparative research on religion, law and emotions.