For those at #aas2026, please consider joining the Early Korean Studies Working Group Meeting on Thursday March 12, 2026 from 8:00-9:30pm in the Princess Louisa Suite at Fairmont Waterfront. This year, we will be talking about "approaches to teaching Early Korea." All are welcome!

Please see Appendix A for the results of our "Informal Survey of Classical Japanese Pedagogy in North America," conducted in fall 2023.

I'm delighted to share this new article, co-authored with Pier Carlo Tommasi and Jeffrey Niedermaier, on the experience of running an uta-awase (poetry contest) for first-semester students of Classical Japanese! The fourth annual uta-awase is coming up in a few weeks 😊😊
jll.pitt.edu/ojs/JLL/arti...

For anyone who will be at AAS this week, please take note of the first meeting of our new Early Korean Studies Working Group, scheduled for Thursday, March 13, 2025 from 8:00-9:30pm in the Erwin Frey Boardroom at the Hilton. We invite any scholars with an interest in Early Korea to please join us!

Just now figuring out how many talks of mine are on YouTube. But in several of them my slides are not visible so it's just a video of me talking - both in person and on Zoom... many thanks to those who have viewed them under such conditions 😅

Having remembered that I can use this for self promotion, I'm excited to announce the publication of my new article "Visions of the Eastland: Reading the Azuma uta of Man'yoshu" in Japanese Language and Literature last week: jll.pitt.edu/ojs/JLL/arti...

Many many thanks to all the speakers who made Emerging Book Cultures a successful conference! Still feeling energized this morning 😊 Until we all meet again!

Today is Day 2 of Emerging Book Cultures www.colorado.edu/alc/ebcc
So grateful for all the amazing talks and thought-provoking conversations 😊