Alex Murphy
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Alex Murphy
@asmurphy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese literature, media, performance @ Clark University, RIJS Postdoc @ Harvard University 2024-25
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.

“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Absolutely gutted to hear the news about Jonathan Sterne, whose work has been boundlessly inspiring to myself and so many others.

dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne
We are very sad to learn of the death of communication scholar Jonathan Sterne, after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. Sterne was James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology at …
dukeupress.wordpress.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Can't find a TOC anywhere, but this just came out and looks great:

www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
Phonographic Modernity
www.press.uillinois.edu
January 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Quite shocking news; just attended a terrific conference in Sheffield in October that was organized by EAS faculty. They have a wonderfully vibrant department with so many brilliant and kind scholars. Please share widely:

www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sh...
Sheffield Uni Needs East Asian Studies!
The University of Sheffield has been a global leader in East Asian Studies since its inception as the national centre for modern Japanese Studies in 1963. Korean Studies was introduced in 1979 and mai...
www.megaphone.org.uk
January 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Next week!

MJHA presents New Books from Japan #8: "The Publishing Empire at War: A Cultural History of Defiance," featuring author Ko Youngran (Nichidai) in conversation with Naiyoung Aimee Kwon (Duke)!

Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5974323
January 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
青空
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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January 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM