Many thanks to everyone who joined us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July. It was a wonderful evening, and we are especially grateful to our speakers—Keiichiro Hirano, Kimiyo Ogawa, and Tom Ue—for sharing such stimulating and thought-provoking discussions, and to everyone who contributed to the lively conversation. Our next Tokyo Humanities Café will take place in the autumn (date to be announced), and we hope to see you there. If you have not already done so, please sig

Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27, an evening of accessible and engaging talks on literature, society, history, and contemporary culture. This event brings together three distinguished speakers to explore questions of social division, empathy, and storytelling: Keiichiro Hirano (novelist) "How to Overcome Division" Kimiyo Ogawa (literary scholar) "What Can Literature Do in a Careless Society?" Tom Ue (historian and literary scholar) "Second Chances in the Sherlock Holmes

Thanks to Geoffrey Baker, W. David Marx, Keiko Nishimura, and Sven Saaler for their fantastic presentations at Tokyo Humanities Café last night. Next THC is on 17 July and features Keichiro Hirano, Kimiyo Ogawa, and Tom Ue, FRHistS, BSI (19:00-21:00 at Impact HUB Tokyo). More details soon!

My paper "The World in Miniature: Philip de Loutherbourg’s Eidophusikon (1781)" is published in Thinking Intermediality: Identity, Ethics and Aesthetics co-edited by François Giraud and Marion Schmid.