I hope they're planning to subsidise student rail fares - that's an intimidating commute!

The conference is only triannual, and BAJS 2018 was my first time attending a conference as a bright-eyed undergrad. The mood was bittersweet: it was wonderful to return and present original work to a crowd of familiar faces, but cuts to JS courses at Cardiff U and Sheffield U weighed heavy.

My co-panellists brought perspectives on Japanese imperial heritage from across East Asia. Hyunjae Kim discussed how local interpretations challenge national discourse in Korea, while Changwei Huo shared how imperial Japanese shrines in former colonies had been repurposed by modern nations.

Last week I presented my PhD research to a packed room at the 50th British Association for #JapaneseStudies conference. The panel I convened on "Imperial heritage today and tomorrow" went down a treat with many pertinent questions from an engaged audience of scholars across the disciplinary spectrum

On Sunday I joined a reconciliation Evensong at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the 80 years since the end of WWII. With the Japanese ambassador in attendance, it was a sombre yet reassuring occasion indicating willingness at the highest level to heal past wounds.

After having recently debated with fellow Cambridge Heritage Research Centre PhDs about the need for historians and heritage experts to work together, I had the great pleasure of attending and presenting at King's College London's 'Second World War 80 Years On' conference.
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Currently doing some reading on #peace/ #violence studies for an upcoming article, and I can't get over this table from Johan Galtung's paper on cultural violence (1990). Cuts through a lot of hostile online rhetoric today.

Which row do you encounter most often?

It was great to be back in #Norwich with @sisjac.bsky.social last week to present at their Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Students' Conference.

I shared my work on unpacking dissonance at conflict heritage sites at an engaging WWII reconciliation workshop along with Prof Ben Raffield.

Looks like America's going to be quiet on the cultural heritage front for the next four years.

Also, it says an awful lot about your administration when you have to ban the word "antiracist"

A #poem for trying times

I don't know why I waited as long as I did, but seeing its owner throw an unmistakable Nazi salute was the clincher.

So glad that the global town square is being rebuilt here. I hope it lasts longer as a space for kind yet critical thought, and remains intolerant of intolerance.

Delighted to have presented some early fieldwork findings at yesterday's #RootsRevived24 conference, even more so to have been given the Sir Geoff Palmer award for best young scholar presentation. Looking forward to my next visit to @edinburghnapier.bsky.social!

Photos c/o Shemroy Roberts

Excited to be attending #EAA2024 and exploring beautiful #Rome for the first time. A heritage lover's dream 😍