May 81 minMeiji University's Research Partnership in Intermediality Studies with the University of EdinburghI am very happy to share that Meiji University now has a research partnership in intermediality studies with the University of Edinburgh....
May 51 minShadowing Shakespeare paper discussed on Akira Kurosawa InfoI just came to learn that my paper on Kurosawa's Kagemusha and Shakespeare is discussed on Akira Kurosawa's fan community. It is very...
Apr 281 minReview of British Romanticism in AsiaVery positive and incisive review by Prof. David Chandler of "British Romanticism in Asia" I co-edited with Laurence Williams back in...
Feb 221 minShadowing ShakespeareMy paper "Shadowing Shakespeare: Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha (1980) and William Shakespeare’s English History Plays (c. 1591–98)" is...
Feb 191 min“The Garb of Fiction”: Edgar Allan Poe’s Notes for the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of NantucketMy paper '“The Garb of Fiction”: Edgar Allan Poe’s Notes for the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)' is published in...
Oct 26, 20201 min"The Footnote: A Defense" on YouTubeNerd Nite Tokyo: Draggers & Droppings (live on October 16) is available on YouTube. My talk "The Footnote: A Defense" starts at 3:43.
Oct 8, 20201 minThe Footnote: A Defense (Nerd Nite Tokyo)I will be giving a talk "The Footnote: A Defense" at Nerd Nite Tokyo: Daggers & Droppings on October 16 at 8 pm (JST). You can watch it...
Aug 31, 20201 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 25, 20201 minReview of "Japan" by Jeff KingstonMy review of "Japan" by Jeff Kingston is now published in Kyoto Journal 98.
May 22, 20201 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...
May 4, 20201 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...
Apr 26, 20201 minReview of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu MiriMy review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri is published in Kyoto Journal No. 97.
Apr 18, 20201 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 8, 20201 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...
Feb 28, 20201 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 19, 20201 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...
Feb 11, 20201 minPacific Paratexts website launchedThe website for "Pacific Paratexts" conference has been just launched.
Jan 17, 20201 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...
Jan 11, 20201 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...
