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Jonathan E. Abel
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Coming soon! I hope this will be of interest: press.umich.edu/Books/M/Mode...
Modern Japanese Literary Studies
Modern Japanese Literary Studies brings together a broad range of interdisciplinary and institutional perspectives on the state of the field and presses for overdue recognition that Japanese literatur...
press.umich.edu
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
jonabel.bsky.social
Looking forward to this today: events.la.psu.edu/event/rethin...
Rethinking the Past of Conflict, Imagining the Future of Peace in East Asia | Liberal Arts Events
The year 2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II and the sixtieth anniversary of Korea-Japan diplomatic normalization, making it an opportune time to reflect upon these two his...
events.la.psu.edu
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
jonabel.bsky.social
Psst... don't share this with AI. against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI -
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August 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
jonabel.bsky.social
Coming soon: wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352595/
Wit Happens
Book Detail -
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August 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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suwazo.bsky.social
百年使われた道具は付喪神になる。まさか俺がそんなものになるとは。そもそも同じパソコンを百年も使う人間がいるなんて普通思わないだろ。百年保つパソコンの方もどうかしている。俺だが。そして俺は半ば滅びかけの人類と銀河にはばたく機械たちの橋渡しを受け持つことになったのである。 #140字小説
June 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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cornellupress.bsky.social
Unlock a world of knowledge.

Use code 095000 to take 50% off all books in print* today through Friday, June 27th.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

See all books: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/books/

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June 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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jppinfo.bsky.social
This week! In-person and virtual! Registration is still open for JPP's international symposium "Japan Past & Present: Reimagining a Global Field" (5/29–5/31)! 🗾 japanpastandpresent.org/en/jpp-event...
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
jonabel.bsky.social
Student film version of the classic by Edogawa Ranpo and maybe creepier than the original: youtube.com/watch?v=rbbE...
The Human Couch - Short Film
YouTube video by Wildcat Productions
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May 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
jonabel.bsky.social
Coming… not so soon: press.umich.edu/Books/M/Mode...
Modern Japanese Literary Studies
Modern Japanese Literary Studies brings together a broad range of interdisciplinary and institutional perspectives on the state of the field and presses for overdue recognition that Japanese literatur...
press.umich.edu
April 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
jonabel.bsky.social
This should be fun. Open to online and in person registrations! calendar.ku.edu/event/digita...
Digital Age Symposium
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April 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
jonabel.bsky.social
Prolly won’t work if I say it this way, but… Posting this in hopes of baiting engagement: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hayao Miyazaki’s AI Nightmare
People are using ChatGPT to create Studio Ghibli–style images. And the backlash is huge.
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March 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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hagured.bsky.social
Saw a copy of Time of Laughter in the wild at #aas2025 at the @uofmpress.bsky.social table. And reserved!
March 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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paularcurtis.bsky.social
Come by Digital Humanities Japan today at 12:15! Share your latest project and network with colleagues! #AAS2025
March 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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kimberly-hassel.bsky.social
Friends and colleagues at/near Penn State! I'll be giving a public talk hosted by the Humanities Institute on Thursday, March 20th from 3:30-5:00 PM. Would love to see some familiar faces in the crowd as I present some new and ongoing research! events.la.psu.edu/event/mediat...
“Samurai, Blerds, and Otaku Hot Girls: Mediating Afro-Japanese Encounters from Yasuke to Megan Thee Stallion” | Liberal Arts Events
In this talk, I discuss the representations of Afro-Japanese encounters in digital culture using the case studies of Yasuke and Megan Thee Stallion. Yasuke, a historical figure and Black African samur...
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March 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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msteinbrg.bsky.social
Exciting news for those writing books on Asia. There's a new book series in town: Power Currents: Asian Media in the World! Edited by some great folks including @jonabel.bsky.social @cheryllsoriano.bsky.social and Rahul Mukherjee, this series looks exciting:

upittpress.org/series/power...
Power Currents: Asian Media in the World - University of Pittsburgh Press
upittpress.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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yamadashoji.bsky.social
At the AAS in Columbus, CEAL/CJM and NCC will co-host an open meeting on the digitization services by the National Diet Library, Japan to gather feedback on the restrictions on international access. March 13 (Thu) at 20:00. Please forward this to your friends. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Access Options for National Diet Library Digital Collections - Open Session with NDL Experts | H-Net
Council on East Asian Libraries Committee on Japanese Materials (CEAL-CJM) & North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) Informal Business MeetingTheme: National Diet Libra...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
jonabel.bsky.social
Oh no… I killed Duo!
February 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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dijtokyo.org
Missed our joint DIJ-DWIH international workshop 'Imagined Futures in Japan & Beyond' www.dijtokyo.org/event/imagin... last October? Video recordings from all six panel sessions are now available on the DIJ's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@DIJTokyo, incl. @hiroosa.bsky.social @jonabel.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
jonabel.bsky.social
So AI has gone all Bartleby on me.
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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readjapaneseliterature.com
Sad to report that Kurodahan appears to be closing up shop. This press has been an incredible resource for the kinds of Japanese stories unlikely to get translated and published elsewhere—especially, but not exclusively, SF and horror.

Take a look at their backlist soon! I've just stocked up.
Kurodahan Press
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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January 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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thevideogamelibrary.org
378. SPACE AND PLAY IN JAPANESE VIDEOGAME ARCADES

👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/space-a...

@jeremiepgagnon.bsky.social #Arcade #GameStudies #Gaming #Booksky #MediaStudies #Ludology #CulturalStudies #アーケード
This book presents a scholarly investigation of the development and culture of Japanese videogame arcades, both from a historical and contemporary point of view. Providing an overview of the historical evolution of public amusement spaces from the early rooftop amusement spaces from the early nineteenth century to the modern multi‑floor and interconnected arcade complexes that characterize the urban fabric of contemporary Japan, the book argues that arcade videogames and their associated practices must be examined in the context in which they are played, situated in the interrelation between the game software, the cabinets as material conditions of play, and the space of the venue that frames the experience. Including three case studies of distinct and significant game centres located in Tokyo and Kyoto, the book addresses of play in public, including the notion of performance and observation as play practices, spatial appropriation, as well as the compartmentalization of the play experience. In treating videogames as sets of circumstances, the book identifies the opportunities for ludic practices that videogame arcades provide in Japan. As such, it will appeal to students and scholars of Game Studies and Digital Media Studies, as well as those of Japanese Culture and Society.
November 17, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.

I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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kamifirumu.bsky.social
Ports from the other place (org. posted 12/1/23): "This week we're finishing Urashima Tarō for Kyoto's Toy Film Museum. This charming 1930s paper film animates a well known Japanese fairy tell where Urashima Tarō rescues a turtle and meets (under the sea!) Princess Otohime." #anime #Japan #film
November 16, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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kamifirumu.bsky.social
Port from 12/7/23: "We’re pleased to announce a major discovery: a previously unknown 1930s Japanese company making paper films. Here’s a clip from the Tsukiboshi Company & their film Japanese People are Here. More info in English & 日本語 here: kamifirumu.scholar.bucknell.edu/tsukiboshi (1/2)
November 16, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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modernjapanhist.bsky.social
Mark your calendars!

Carol Gluck's 2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture, titled "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future," will be Thursday, 12/5 from 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Friday 12/6 9:00-10:30 am JST)!

REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-5944148
November 12, 2024 at 5:53 AM