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 o...
Aug 25, 20201 minReview of "Japan" by Jeff KingstonMy review of "Japan" by Jeff Kingston is now published in Kyoto Journal 98.
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.
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 a...
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 Jo...
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 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...
Oct 11, 20191 minInterview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes My interview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes is out.
Sep 18, 20191 minReview - On the Bullet Train With Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in JapanMy review of On the Bullet Train With Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in Japan by Judith Pascoe is out on the latest issue of Kyoto Journal.
Sep 6, 20191 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 10We're excited to announce our 10th cafe (can it really be the 10th already...): Tuesday, September 17th, at our usual venue in Shimokitaz...
Aug 27, 20191 minJapan Writers Conference 2019Amanda Alvarez (RIKEN) and I will be doing a panel "Be There: Events that Bring Words to Life" at Japan Writers Conference on Sunday, Oc...
Jun 7, 20191 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 9We're excited to announce details of our ninth "Tokyo Humanities Cafe"! It will be on Friday June 21st at 7.30pm, at our usual venue (Goo...
Apr 19, 20191 min Tokyo Humanities Cafe 8Thanks a lot to everyone who came to Tokyo Humanities Cafe last night. We had the largest crowd ever last night! Please see here for some...
Apr 5, 20191 min Interview on Tokyo Humanities CafeMy recent interview on Tokyo Humanities Cafe by Dr. Ayumi Koso of the National Institutes for the Humanities. The link provides entire au...
Mar 27, 20191 min Tokyo Humanities Cafe No. 8 (April 18)We're excited to announce details of our spring "Tokyo Humanities Cafe"! It will be on Thursday, April 18 at 7.30pm, at our usual venue (...
Dec 23, 20181 minTokyo Humanities Cafe No. 7We're excited to announce details of our Christmas "Tokyo Humanities Cafe"! It will be on Thursday, December 20th at 7.30pm, at our usual...
Dec 21, 20181 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 7Thanks all for coming to THC7 last night. We are happy that it was a full-house despite the busy pre-holiday/bonenkai week. Q&A sessions w...
Sep 29, 20181 minHave Something to SayMy new article "Have Something to Say: Masahiko Abe on the University of Tokyo’s rejection of the Japanese Education Ministry’s English E...