Lisa Yoneyama
@lisaencat.bsky.social
I write and teach about memory, violence, justice, and nuclear colonialism. Hiroshima Traces (1999), Perilous Memories (2001), War, Violence, Redress (2003), Cold War Ruins (2016), and Co-Conjuring (forthcoming)
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From a Taiwanese diasporic perspective, Leona Chen (taiwaneseamerican.org) brilliantly mobilizes co-conjuration as a cultural practice:
leonawchen.substack.com/p/vol-12-whe...
Thinking across time and space, Chen refuses what Yoneyama calls "the perniciousness of disconnected knowledge." 3/3
leonawchen.substack.com/p/vol-12-whe...
Thinking across time and space, Chen refuses what Yoneyama calls "the perniciousness of disconnected knowledge." 3/3
TaiwaneseAmerican.org
Highlighting Taiwanese America
taiwaneseamerican.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From a Taiwanese diasporic perspective, Leona Chen (taiwaneseamerican.org) brilliantly mobilizes co-conjuration as a cultural practice:
leonawchen.substack.com/p/vol-12-whe...
Thinking across time and space, Chen refuses what Yoneyama calls "the perniciousness of disconnected knowledge." 3/3
leonawchen.substack.com/p/vol-12-whe...
Thinking across time and space, Chen refuses what Yoneyama calls "the perniciousness of disconnected knowledge." 3/3
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Shameful and outrageous
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shameful and outrageous
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"Orphaned Images," a special issue of the open access journal Trans Asia Photography (14:2) edited by Sabeena Gadihoke, is now available. Read the full issue paywall free: buff.ly/6m8IuAm
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Orphaned Images," a special issue of the open access journal Trans Asia Photography (14:2) edited by Sabeena Gadihoke, is now available. Read the full issue paywall free: buff.ly/6m8IuAm
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In "Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans," Nikita Dhawan makes the case for rescuing the best aspects of the Enlightenment in order to further the critical project of decolonization. #PostcolonialStudies #Decoloniality Read the intro now! buff.ly/2Lh0u9E
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In "Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans," Nikita Dhawan makes the case for rescuing the best aspects of the Enlightenment in order to further the critical project of decolonization. #PostcolonialStudies #Decoloniality Read the intro now! buff.ly/2Lh0u9E
Congratulations to Kimberly!!
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October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to Kimberly!!
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“This is a continuation of the occupation, if not a continuation of the war by other means.”
The Trump–Netanyahu Gaza Peace Deal Promises Indefinite Occupation
“This is a continuation of the occupation, if not a continuation of the war by other means.”
interc.pt
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“This is a continuation of the occupation, if not a continuation of the war by other means.”
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Check out AAUP’s statement denouncing the Trump admin’s compact and undemocratic loyalty oaths here👇
Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.
www.aaup.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Check out AAUP’s statement denouncing the Trump admin’s compact and undemocratic loyalty oaths here👇
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“No other work demonstrates the critical relevance of psychoanalysis to justice more powerfully than David L. Eng’s Reparations and the Human.... A book anyone seeking a way beyond the nomos of the post-Enlightenment planet must read.” - Lisa Yoneyama
In "Reparations and the Human," David L. Eng investigates a history of reparations in the Transpacific, showing how the concepts of reparation established during the Enlightenment shape contemporary configurations of the human and human rights. Read the intro for free:
https://buff.ly/41aEw82
https://buff.ly/41aEw82
February 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“No other work demonstrates the critical relevance of psychoanalysis to justice more powerfully than David L. Eng’s Reparations and the Human.... A book anyone seeking a way beyond the nomos of the post-Enlightenment planet must read.” - Lisa Yoneyama
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It's out!
Thrilled to have an article in this special issue of APOCALYPTICA on "Nuclear Ghosts" with contributions from Gabriele Schwab, Lisa Yoneyama, @jessicahurley.bsky.social, Annelise Roberts +++ & an intro from Karen Barad.
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
Thrilled to have an article in this special issue of APOCALYPTICA on "Nuclear Ghosts" with contributions from Gabriele Schwab, Lisa Yoneyama, @jessicahurley.bsky.social, Annelise Roberts +++ & an intro from Karen Barad.
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
January 22, 2024 at 4:03 PM
It's out!
Thrilled to have an article in this special issue of APOCALYPTICA on "Nuclear Ghosts" with contributions from Gabriele Schwab, Lisa Yoneyama, @jessicahurley.bsky.social, Annelise Roberts +++ & an intro from Karen Barad.
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
Thrilled to have an article in this special issue of APOCALYPTICA on "Nuclear Ghosts" with contributions from Gabriele Schwab, Lisa Yoneyama, @jessicahurley.bsky.social, Annelise Roberts +++ & an intro from Karen Barad.
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
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“The Columbia settlement is a disaster for higher education, an act of cowardice by the leadership of Columbia & bullying & weaponization of antisemitism for nefarious purposes by the Trump administration.”
— Todd Wolfson, President of the AAUP
— Todd Wolfson, President of the AAUP
thehill.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“The Columbia settlement is a disaster for higher education, an act of cowardice by the leadership of Columbia & bullying & weaponization of antisemitism for nefarious purposes by the Trump administration.”
— Todd Wolfson, President of the AAUP
— Todd Wolfson, President of the AAUP
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Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.
Sand Mining Is a Booming Industry — This Mexican Community Is Paying the Price
Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.
truthout.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.
Scorched earths at Hiroshima City MOCA
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Scorched earths at Hiroshima City MOCA