My new post on children and communities is now live on the CRFR blog.

On Saturday, 1 November, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. (JST), the Japanese Association of Public History will host an online book review session on my edited volume Practicing Public History.
Please note that this event will be conducted in Japanese.
public-history9.webnode.jp/l/new2/
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My research report, "Exploring Methods for Understanding Local Communities," has been published on Keio University's Research Highlights.

You can read it here:
research-highlights.keio.ac.jp/2025/08/b.html

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‪I have contributed a blog post on my research into Ise-kō (伊勢講) to the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR),

I'm honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). Many thanks to those who supported my application.

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From April 1, I’m joining the School of Social and Political Science (@uoe-sps.bsky.social) at the University of Edinburgh as a visiting researcher.

The book "Lifelong Sciences for Everyone" edited by Takashi Tsukiura, et al. (2025, Nakanishiya Shuppan, Kyoto) has been published. My paper, "Repertoire for Better Living Together," is also included.

▼I had the pleasure of introducing and discussing our book Practices of Public History, at Kuífǔ Bookstore in Taipei, hosted by the Taiwan Association for Public History!

▼在臺灣大眾史學協會的主辦下，我在台北的奎府聚書店介紹並討論了我們的新書《實踐大眾史學》！

▼台湾パブリックヒストリー協会主催で台北の奎府聚書店にて私たちの『パブリック・ヒストリーの実践』について紹介し議論してきました！

The book "Modern Legal Understanding of Landscapes" edited by Hiroya Ushio (2025, Nippon Hyoron sha, Tokyo) has been published. My paper, "Distortions in the Cadastral Maps and Distribution of Small Place Names in Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture," is also included.
www.nippyo.co.jp/shop/book/94...

I gave a brief lecture at a symposium marking the 150th anniversary of Kunio Yanagita’s birth, the founder of Japanese folklore studies. The event included a keynote speech and four short lectures, including mine. Although I don't specialize in Yanagita's folklore,

"Modern Legal Understandings of Landscapes," edited by H. Ushio, will be published soon by Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd., Tokyo. I'm pleased to share that my paper, "Distortions in Cadastral Maps and Small Place Names: Based on Maps of Ritto History Museum," is included
www.nippyo.co.jp/shop/book/94...

I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of our new book:
Yoshinori Kasai and Eiichi Tajima (Eds.), Doing Public History: Weaving Alternative and Polyphonic Histories,
Keio University Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2025.
www.keio-up.co.jp/np/isbn/9784...