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Frankenstein Symposium (18 October)
As part of Ediburgh University and Meiji University's joint research project, Frankenstein in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction:...
Sep 101 min read


NASSR Conference 2025
I will be giving a paper "Inverting Race: Enlightenment and Romanticism in George Forster’s Construction of the Human in A Voyage Round...
Aug 101 min read


Circulation and the Literary Marketplace
My new book chapter " Circulation and the Literary Marketplace: Packaging Japan in Paratexts for English Translations of Japanese...
Jul 201 min read


Liberlit 12 (14 June 2025)
I will be giving a paper "The Value of Public Humanities Event Organizations for Literary Studies: Tokyo Humanities Café” at Liberlit 12...
May 281 min read


WORLD LITERATURE AND INTERMEDIALITY (13 and 14 March 2025)
I will give a paper "Packaging Japan: Paratexts for English Translations of Japanese Literature" at the World Literature and...
Mar 81 min read


Footnotes to History (new book chapter)
My new paper ' Footnotes to History: Marginalizing Polynesia in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Song of Rahéro” and “The Feast of Famine”...
Jan 121 min read


Intermedia Symposium (December 15)
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Intermedia Symposium on Sunday December 15 at Meiji University , in particular to our...
Dec 18, 20241 min read


Strange Romanticism: Herman Melville’s Typee (1846)
My paper, Strange Romanticism: Herman Melville’s Typee (1846), is now available open access . Thanks to Claire Knowles, Alexis Harley,...
Nov 21, 20241 min read


Intermedia Symposium (15 December)
The sixth Edinburgh-Meiji Intermedia Symposium takes place Sunday 15 December 2024 at Meiji University Surugadai Campus Academy Common...
Nov 11, 20241 min read


Pacific Intermediality Special Lecture and Symposium (22 October)
Event: Pacific Intermediality Special Lecture and Symposium イベント: パシフィック・インターメディアリティ特別講演会&シンポジウム Event description: This event will...
Sep 19, 20242 min read


NASSR 2024 Romantic Insurrections / Counter-Insurrections
On August 16, I will be giving a paper "Transforming Romantic-period British Orientalism: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Construction of...
Aug 14, 20241 min read


Edinburgh Critical Studies in World Literature and Intermediality
I am very pleased to announce this exciting new monograph series “Edinburgh Critical Studies in World Literature and Intermediality”,...
Jul 2, 20241 min read


Liberlit (15 June)
I will be attending the Liberlit Conference on June 15 (Seikei University). I will be speaking about digital platforms for international...
Jun 3, 20241 min read


Global Barthes (18 May)
Thanks to everyone who attended Global Barthes on May 18. As organizer, I am incredibly delighted by the high quality of all of the...
May 20, 20241 min read


Tokyo Humanities Cafe 16 (16 May)
Join us for our free event on Thursday, 16 May (19:30 - 21:30). Our new venue is Ryozan Park Lounge, 2 minutes' walk from Sugamo Station...
May 2, 20241 min read


Global Barthes (18 May) -- 2 speakers added
We have added two speakers, Clark Lunberry (University of North Florida) and Yue Zhuo (Shanghai University) to the Special Symposium...
May 1, 20241 min read


Global Barthes (18 May 2024)
Really looking forward to this special symposium putting Roland Barthes in a Global Context at Room 4021, 2nd floor, Global Front,...
Apr 9, 20241 min read


Theories and Practices of Intermediality Today (Meiji-Edinburgh workshop)
The University of Edinburgh and Meiji University's joint workshop "Theories and Practices of Intermediality Today" will be held on March...
Mar 13, 20241 min read


Strange Romanticism: Herman Melville’s Typee (1846)
My new article 'Strange Romanticism: Herman Melville’s Typee (1846)' is published in the latest European Romantic Review.
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Global Mapping of Romanticism (K-SAA podcast interview)
I am on K-SAA's new podcast, Global Mapping of Romanticism, with Yu-Hung Tien to share my professional experience studying and teaching...
Feb 7, 20241 min read
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