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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Jun 19, 20191 minBook Review: British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy MichaelMy review of British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy Michael is out in the latest issue of The Byron Journal.
Jun 5, 20191 minBook Launch: British Romanticism in AsiaThanks to Prof. Steve Clark at University of Tokyo, Laurence and I will be giving this book launch talk on British Romanticism in Asia on...
Feb 22, 20191 minBritish Romanticism in Asia (Print and E-book format)E-book format of British Romanticism in Asia: The Reception, Translation, and Transformation of Romantic Literature in India and East...
Feb 20, 20191 min Review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian BurumaMy new review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian Buruma is published in Kyoto Journal No. 93.
Jan 19, 20191 minBritish Romanticism in AsiaI am pleased to announce Dr. Laurence Williams (Sophia University) and my new co-edited collection, British Romanticism in Asia: The...
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...
Sep 6, 20181 minReview of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee My review of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee, originally published in Kyoto Journal No. 89 (January 2018), has been reproduced on their...
Aug 2, 20181 minBritish Gothic Monsters in East Asian Culture: Ideas to Kick-start Reading and Viewing (updated)Education material on TES "British Gothic Monsters in East Asian Culture: Ideas to Kick-start Reading and Viewing" by Sarah Olive and me...
Jul 20, 20181 minAsia-Pacific and Literature in English SeriesVery thrilled to announce of the new “Asia-Pacific and Literature in English” Series with Palgrave Macmillan, co-edited with Shun-liang...
Jul 1, 20181 minReview of "Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone" by Richard Lloyd ParryMy new book review of "Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone" by Richard Lloyd Parry is published in Kyoto...
