Japan Writers Conference 2019
Amanda Alvarez (RIKEN) and I will be doing a panel "Be There: Events that Bring Words to Life" at Japan Writers Conference on Sunday,...
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Jul 4, 20191 min read
The Pacific in the Margins (ICR Manchester)
I am going to give paper "The Pacific in the Margins: Mary Russell Mitford’s Notes for Christina, Maid of the South Seas (1811)" at the...
Jun 19, 20191 min read
Book Review: British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy Michael
My review of British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy Michael is out in the latest issue of The Byron Journal.
Jun 17, 20191 min read
The Aesthetic Mechanisms of Ocean Representations In British, American and Asian Contexts
I am going to give a paper on Edgar Allan Poe's paratexts at this international conference at Seikei University on July 13. Programme is...
Jun 7, 20191 min read
Tokyo Humanities Cafe 9
We'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...
Jun 5, 20191 min read
Book Launch: British Romanticism in Asia
Thanks to Prof. Steve Clark at University of Tokyo, Laurence and I will be giving this book launch talk on British Romanticism in Asia on...
May 30, 20191 min read
Liberlit 2019
Liberlit Conference is coming up this Saturday, June 1. I am participating a panel entitled "Teaching the long 18th Century" at 2:40 pm....
May 22, 20191 min read
Reviewing Theatre: The Case of Hamlet
Thank you all for coming to Dr. Sarah Olive's talk "Reviewing Theatre: The Case of Hamlet" yesterday. Many people showed up in the...
May 11, 20191 min read
Special lecture by Dr. Sarah Olive "Reviewing Theatre: The Case of Hamlet"
I am organizing a special lecture by Dr. Sarah Olive of the University of York, "Reviewing Theatre: The Case of Hamlet" on May 21 at 1:30...
Apr 30, 20191 min read
Pacific Paratexts in Anglophone Writing, 1768-1914
I am happy to announce that JSPS (Japan Society Promotion of Science) supports my new research project "Pacific Paratexts in Anglophone...
Apr 19, 20191 min read
Tokyo Humanities Cafe 8
Thanks 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 read
Interview on Tokyo Humanities Cafe
My recent interview on Tokyo Humanities Cafe by Dr. Ayumi Koso of the National Institutes for the Humanities. The link provides entire...
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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 min read
British 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 read
Review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian Buruma
My new review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian Buruma is published in Kyoto Journal No. 93.
Jan 19, 20191 min read
British Romanticism in Asia
I am pleased to announce Dr. Laurence Williams (Sophia University) and my new co-edited collection, British Romanticism in Asia: The...
Dec 23, 20181 min read
Tokyo Humanities Cafe No. 7
We'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 min read
Tokyo Humanities Cafe 7
Thanks 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...
Oct 11, 20181 min read
Romantic Marginality: Why Annotation Matters
I will give a talk "Romantic Marginality: Why Annotation Matters" on Tuesday, October 30 at 6:30 pm, as part of the Studium Generale of...
Sep 29, 20181 min read
Have Something to Say
My new article "Have Something to Say: Masahiko Abe on the University of Tokyo’s rejection of the Japanese Education Ministry’s English...
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