it's a monday afternoon at the end of july, of course we're writing syllabi against-a-i.com is here for you! and if you're a humanities teacher who's developed materials you'd like to contribute as we glow up for fall, PLEASE SEND! against-a-i.com

Get familiar with the academic job market in #AsianStudies at this AAS Digital Dialogue on August 19, led by Dr. Paula R. Curtis of the Diversity and Equity Committee. Get insight into how to set yourself up for success now! https://bit.ly/DEC-JobMarket

This is definitely what the samurai used to drive www.autox.com/news/car-new... Right, @olegb.bsky.social?

Lamborghini Revuelto Impavido Edition Draws Inspiration From Japan's Samurai Culture | autoX

The Lamborghini Revuelto Impavido celebrates 25 years of Lamborghini Japan with samurai-inspired styling and exclusive colour options.

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Good new for @jonabel.bsky.social, I guess bad news for modern literature?

Jonathan E. Abel@jonabel.bsky.social · 3w ago

Look what came in the mail today!!! www.versobooks.com/products/347.... Thanks @versobooks.bsky.social!!! Officially out next month. Order yours today.

The latest of Simon Partner's "Life Stories From Japan" is off to a good start: simonpartner.substack.com/p/harry-kawa...

Harry Kawabe (Part 1)

This is a million times-told story.

simonpartner.substack.com

IT'S TIME. The #AAS2027 Call for Proposals is now open!! Read the submission instructions, gather your proposal components, and submit everything before the 5:00pm ET deadline on August 5. We can't wait to see you all in Boston! bit.ly/AAS2027CFP

Verge: Studies in Global Asias, special issue CFP "The Cultural Labor of Internationalism: Reorienting Solidarities in Times of Struggle" Edited by Yawen Li, Ajay Bhardwaj, Anup Grewal, Nicolai Volland Convergence proposals due 9-30-26 Essays due 5-15-27 sites.psu.edu/vergeglobala...

Ahead of new print alert! You can now read John Kanbayashi's "Watershed Protection as Dispossession in Japanese-Occupied Taiwan" from the April 2026 issue. #envhist #envhum www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Watershed Protection as Dispossession in Japanese-Occupied Taiwan | Environmental History: Vol 31, No 2

Abstract Environmentalists have long seen in the watershed the promise of an ethic of stewardship predicated on the recognition that no action affecting a waterway can be free from upstream influences...

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Reminder 📢 Join us tomorrow for Hiromi Mizuno's Science and Technology in Asia @ Harvard talk on nitrogen sovereignty in the Japanese empire! Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #envhist #histsci 🧪

Victor Seow@eastasiascitech.bsky.social · 3mo ago

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻? Upcoming S&T in Asia talk by Hiromi Mizuno (UMN)! Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm 🧪

Mark your calendars! MJHA will host a roundtable on the historical truth behind ninjas and samurai on Tuesday, May 12! Featuring Polina Barducci, @OlegBenesch, Robert Tuck, and Ran Zwigenberg!

Yay, new stuff for the Early Modern Japan class I'll be teaching this Fall!

Oleg Benesch@olegb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm thrilled to announce "Global Samurai I" - a special issue of Japan Review, featuring 11 open-access articles and with a wonderful cover by Tetsuya Noguchi. This research feeds into and builds upon the "Samurai" exhibition now on at the British Museum 1/12 nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp/search?searc...

A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Akiko Takenaka regarding her "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!

New Books on Japan: "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan"

YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association

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just in time for #aas2026 I wanted to post a link to my state of the field (of modern Japanese literature) essay updated from 2018 with more data: jabeljabel.github.io/japanese-lit.... For those interested in the AAS data specifically... jabeljabel.github.io/japanese-lit...

Come to my Mentor Session at #AAS2026 to talk about "Traveling a Non-Standard Career Path." 3pm Saturday, Vancouver Convention Ctr, Ocean Foyer, Level 2.

Wow, wish I'd had this when I was writing about the Japanese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair! www.historyofjapaneseinny.org/exhibiting-j...

Exhibiting JAPAN: The Japan Pavilions at the New York World's Fairs in 1939-1940 and 1964-1965

Exhibiting Japan explores Japan’s national pavilions at the 1939-40 and 1964-65 New York World’s Fairs, examining how the country presented itself at two of the most iconic cultural events of the 20th...

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I am pleased to share that our long-awaited forum in the Journal of Asian Studies, "Digital Humanities in/and Asian Studies," is out! My article examines some case studies of the possibilities DH can offer East Asian Studies. read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-a...

Toward a Digital Future in East Asian Studies: Case Studies in Dissimilarity and Possibility

Abstract. Despite growing interest in the role of digital humanities (DH) in and beyond East Asian/Asian studies, the breadth of possibilities for DH within area studies is still unclear for many rese...

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One week from today, get ready for the AAS Annual Conference with our online #AAS2026 orientation session. AAS staff will answer your questions, share their tips for conference attendees, and help you make the most of your time in Vancouver. https://bit.ly/AAS2026-orientation

We have a new Author-Meets-Critics session type at #AAS2026, featuring 11 authors who will respond to analysis of their work. Look for the special 🗯️ icon designating these sessions in our online program! https://aas2026.eventscribe.net/

The new issue of the Journal of Japanese Studies is now online! online.ucpress.edu/jjs/issue/52/1

Volume 52 Issue 1 | The Journal of Japanese Studies | University of California Press

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Job Opportunity: Harvard Art Musuems are hiring for a position of Associate Curator for Asian Art, specialising in Japan. Please help us circulate widely! careers.harvard.edu/job/abby-ald...

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Associate Curator for Asian Art

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Definitely what Tokyo needs!

Christian Dimmer@remmid.bsky.social · 6mo ago

More green space—Tokyo remains a concrete jungle. Despite an accelerating climate crisis and ambitious resilience plans, the city continues to lose mature green spaces at a faster rate than new green is created. Every year summers get hotter and the heat island effect is worsening.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺? Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for this upcoming talk by Yu Wang (Cornell)! Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #sts #histtech

Oh, this looks like a good book!

Jonathan E. Abel@jonabel.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Look what came in the mail!

Check out Simon Partner's "Life Stories from Japan" simonpartner.substack.com

Life Stories From Japan | Simon Partner | Substack

In these posts, I introduce you to some of the remarkable (though often unknown) Japanese men and women whose stories I found interesting. I think these stories are a great way to learn more about Jap...

simonpartner.substack.com

Next week Seth Jacobowitz & Jonathan E. Abel will be launching the new book "Modern Japanese Literary Studies" at the University of Pittsburgh. Register for the virtual conversation at pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📣Call for graduate students in Japan Studies! Application deadline is this Friday the 23rd at 5pm ET⏳ Looking forward to seeing everyone in Vancouver very soon! tr.jpf.go.jp/conference-a...

AAS 2026 Conference Attendance Grant: Graduate Students in Canada -

The Japan Foundation, Toronto is pleased to announce an open call for a Conference Attendance Grant for graduate students in Canada attending the AAS 2026 conference in Vancouver happening March 2026....

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Association for Asian Studies@asianstudies.org · 7mo ago

Graduate students in Canada are invited to apply for a Japan Foundation Toronto #AAS2026 Conference Attendance Grant. Please note that the application deadline is January 23! buff.ly/n7SkTGb

Save the date! We will hold our usual meeting-in-conjunction for Digital Humanities Japan at #AAS2026 in Vancouver in March (3/14). If you would like to have a few minutes to showcase a recent project, please email me prior to the conference! 💻🗾

We are pleased to announce the Digital Humanities and Digitization Workshop for Japanese Materials workshop, which will be held 3/13 during #AAS2026! Learn about text encoding, codicology, & more from field experts. 💻 The workshop is free, but please register by 2/15! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Whether you're conducting short-term research, organizing a conference/seminar, building a website, or digging into a translation project, an AAS EIAC grant can offer support. Apply for one by February 2 and get the resources you need to do the work. bit.ly/EIAC26