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 (...
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 Asi...
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 Rece...
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...
Oct 11, 20181 minRomantic Marginality: Why Annotation MattersI will give a talk "Romantic Marginality: Why Annotation Matters" on Tuesday, October 30 at 6:30 pm, as part of the Studium Generale of N...
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...
Sep 14, 20181 minTokyo Humanities Cafe 6Thanks everyone who came out to THC 6 last night. We had a full house with 50+ people in the audience. Big shout out to the speakers too!...
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 officia...
Aug 30, 20181 minTokyo Humanities Cafe No. 6 (September 13)Mark your calendars for our 6th humanities cafe - a great line-up of speakers, with talks on Kazuo Ishiguro, Aokigahara forest, poetry wr...
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 C...
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 Journ...
Jun 28, 20181 minThe Hungry Fox: An interview with BJ Fox, star of Japanese television sitcom "Home Sweet Tokyo"My new article 'The Hungry Fox: An interview with BJ Fox, star of Japanese television sitcom "Home Sweet Tokyo"' is just published on Wal...
Jun 9, 20181 minTwo book reviews in The Byron Journal 46.1 Two of my book reviews are published in The Byron Journal 46.1. Review of William Christie, The Two Romanticisms, and Other Essays: Myst...
Jun 8, 20181 minTokyo Humanities Cafe No. 5Tokyo Humanities Café No. 5 (our first anniversary event!) went really well last night. Thank you all the speakers, Maho Ikeda, Marthyn S...
Feb 28, 20181 minFaking it for real: My Shinto weddingMy new article "Faking it for real: My Shinto wedding" is out on Wall Street International.
Jan 14, 20181 minGothic in Japan SymposiumThanks to the great speakers and participants, Gothic in Japan symposium went great at Nagoya University. I am grateful that the discuss...