Aug 311 minIntermedial Eighteenth Century: Textual and Visual Arts, 1660-1832I will be giving paper "The Intermedial Margins: Georg Forster’s notes for A Voyage Round the World (1775)" at the Intermedial Eighteenth...
Aug 251 minReview of "Japan" by Jeff KingstonMy review of "Japan" by Jeff Kingston is now published in Kyoto Journal 98.
May 221 minAsian Children’s Literature and Film in a Global AgeFrom Palgrave's Asia-Pacific and Literature in English Series where I serve as co-editor, a new volume Asian Children’s Literature and Fi...
May 41 minThe Pacific in the Margins (invited talk) On April 24, I gave a Zoom talk "The Pacific in the Margins: Mary Russell Mitford’s notes for Christina, the maid of the South Seas (1811...
Apr 261 minReview of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu MiriMy review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri is published in Kyoto Journal No. 97.
Apr 181 minFootnotes in the Long Eighteenth Century: Recommended Secondary ReadingMy article "Footnotes in the Long Eighteenth Century: Recommended Secondary Reading" is published on Eighteenth-Century Paratext Research...
Apr 81 minPostponement of Pacific Paratexts ConferenceIn light of the current COVID-19 situation, I have decided to postpone the Pacific Paratexts conference from November 2020 to November 20...
Feb 281 minTokyo Humanities 12 (cancelled)Apologies we have had to cancel Tokyo Humanities Cafe on March 13 due to the corona virus. We will reschedule soon. Sincere apologies for...
Feb 191 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 12Running since 2017, we're now on our 12th event: Tokyo Humanities Cafe, this Friday March 13th, at our usual venue in Shimokitazawa. As a...
Feb 111 minPacific Paratexts website launchedThe website for "Pacific Paratexts" conference has been just launched.
Jan 171 minRebel Poets Against the MachineMy piece on the fabulous Tokyo Poetry Journal "Rebel Poets Against the Machine: An interview with Tokyo Poetry Journal editors Jeffrey Jo...
Jan 111 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 11 (Jan 9)Thanks a lot to our presenters (Yuiko, Megan, Judith, and Toru) and to the over 50 people who came along. Please check out the photos of ...
Dec 24, 20191 minCFP: Pacific Paratexts (proposal deadline 1 May 2020)I am hosting "Pacific Paratexts", an interdisciplinary symposium exploring paratexts in writing from and about the Pacific. Please check ...
Dec 14, 20191 min"Wuthering Heights, World Literature, and Japanese Child Readers" by Prof. Judith PascoeProf. Judith Pascoe's special talk "Wuthering Heights, World Literature, and Japanese Child Readers" went great earlier this week. Thank...
Dec 10, 20191 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 11We're excited to announce our 11th cafe, right at the beginning of a new decade - Thursday, January 9th, 2020, at our usual venue in Shim...
Nov 14, 20191 minSpecial lecture by Prof. Judith PascoeProf. Judith Pascoe (Florida State university) will give special lecture "Wuthering Heights, World Literature, and Japanese Child Readers...
Oct 21, 20191 minEmbodying Romanticism (RSAA 2019)I will give a paper " [H]ope’s last gleam in man’s extremity”: Lord Byron’s notes for The Island, or Christian and His Comrades (1823) " ...
Oct 17, 20191 min"Frankenstein: The Illustrated 1818 Edition" by Prof. Ian HaywoodProf. Ian Haywood's special talk "Frankenstein: The Illustrated 1818 Edition" went great at Meiji University. Thanks everyone for coming ...
Oct 11, 20191 minInterview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes My interview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes is out.
Sep 30, 20191 minHamlet in Original PronunciationThank you all for coming to Hamlet in Original Pronunciation yesterday! We are so happy that a big audience showed up. Ben Crystal and th...
