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Dr. Kimberly Hassel

@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social

Dominican New Yorker. Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. Anthropologist specializing in digital culture, youth culture, Japan, & Afro-Asia. Princeton PhD | Dartmouth, MMUF, & IRT alum

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Durba Mitra@durba.bsky.social · 3d ago

there are so many grifters and violent men in positions of power in the academy who are committing serious crimes, sexually harassing students, producing false research for fascists, and aiding and funding genocide. they feel no shame, they face no consequence, and no one is hounding them to death.

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · last mo.

Mark your calendars and consider submitting an abstract for this AMAZING transnational symposium! So grateful that a space like this exists!

Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨@aurelievpetit.bsky.social · last mo.

✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ellen’s workshop had a tremendous impact on my book project and writing practices. I highly recommend her workshop to folks who are working on a book, especially if it is their first! Thanks to Ellen's guidance, I was able to finish a full draft of my book a few months after the workshop. ✨

Ellen Tilton-Cantrell@ellentc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Registration is now open for Crafting Your Scholarly Book, my annual summer book workshop! tiliaeditorial.com/crafting-your-scholarly-book A participant comment: "Ellen knows how to work with diverse kinds of projects and help everyone articulate their own ideas better. Dream editor to work with!"

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Honored to be moderating this important conversation. Please join us over Zoom tonight at 7 PM (9 AM JST)!

Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University@apsi-duke.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🔜 2/26, 7PM (E. US) // 2/27, 9AM (Japan): Dr. Felicity Stone-Richards (University of Michigan) talks w/ Maurice Shelton, an entrepreneur who has been living in Japan for 11 years. Moderated by Professor Kimberly Hassel @kimberly-hassel.bsky.social (Duke). 🔗 asianpacific.duke.edu/event/fight-...

text: “The Fight Against Police Racial Profiling in Japan: A Conversation with Felicity Stone-Richards and Maurice Shelton”; event date and time; photos of two people (the primary speakers)
Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thrilled to be featured in the January 2026 issue of @thenation.com with my colleague David Landes! I argue “no” & draw attention to how the loneliness crisis is a symptom of late-stage capitalism & a society unable to support its youth. I also share insights on digital & youth culture in Japan. 📱

The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · 8mo ago

For our latest Debate, we asked David Landes and Kimberly Hassel, "Are cell phones to blame for the youth loneliness epidemic?" https://bit.ly/4ja9WEv

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Interested in data centers? In critical data center studies? Here's an open biblio -- anyone can add or borrow from it. Please do add anything that's missing. Enjoy! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Critical Data Center Studies

Critical Data Center Studies Books Amoore, Louise. 2020. Ethics Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and Others Duke https://www.dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics Bedir, M; Groen. L; Kuijpers. M; Sa...

docs.google.com

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Returned to my PhD alma mater to speak with alumni, faculty, and current Princeton EAS PhD students about career pathways in academia! And in a full circle moment, I finished the first full draft of my book manuscript (!!) in the same cafe where I wrote my dissertation. 🥳 Excited for next steps!!

Professor Kimberly Hassel posing in front of a banner that says: “Next Chapters: Conversations with East Asian Studies Alumni.” She is pointing to her own image on the banner. Photograph of a cafe table with an open laptop, cookie, iced coffee, and water bottle. The laptop has a document with the tentative name of Hassel’s book: “Intimate Solitudes and Solidarities: Digital Sociality and Pandemic Times in Japan.”
Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I’m on the ballot for the Diversity and Equity Committee! As an Afro-Latina scholar in Asian Studies, advocacy for scholars of underrepresented identities has been central to my service. If elected, I will work with AAS in aiding these scholars to thrive—not just survive—in the field.

Association for Asian Studies@asianstudies.org · 10mo ago

Established by member vote in 2020, the Diversity and Equity Committee is the newest AAS governance body. Its members advise the Board of Directors on issues relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. buff.ly/TAstsxe

Portrait of Kimberly Hassel, Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at Duke University, featured as a nominee for the Diversity and Equity Committee in the AAS 2025 Elections.
amy brown@amybrown.xyz · 12mo ago

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
Nate Ledbetter@nhledbetter.bsky.social · last yr.

First day (night) has been worth staying up until almost 4 AM @kimberly-hassel.bsky.social @paularcurtis.bsky.social Great stuff, provocative discussion. And Prof. Schmidt-Hori taking on internet trolls (and winning). Good stuff!!

Japan Past & Present@jppinfo.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to be back in Tokyo to present at this inaugural symposium! Please drop by/tune into our panel on 05/29: “Whose Japan Is It Anyway?: Navigating the Competing Desires and Crossed Thresholds as Japan Studies Scholars and More.” I’ll be presenting with Junnan Chen and Sachi Schmidt-Hori! ✨

Japan Past & Present@jppinfo.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

Lindsay Nelson-Santos@newsfromnihon.bsky.social · last yr.

Come work with me! My dept. at Meiji U. has an opening for a full-time, permanent faculty position (専任). Candidate must have native or near-native fluency in Japanese and be able to teach in both Japanese and English. App deadline: July 4. More info: (#7 on list): www.meiji.ac.jp/seikei/koubo...

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Sarah@wadadlifeminist.bsky.social · last yr.

Just listened to an *incredible* keynote today by Dr. @kimberly-hassel.bsky.social, titled “Mediating Afro-Japanese Encounters from Yasuke to Megan Thee Stallion.” Dr. Hassel’s neologism #OtakuHotGirlStudies promises some exciting transnational feminist scholarship! 🤩 👏🏽

Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2025

A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures

events.humanitix.com

Rainy Studios (٭°̧̧̧ω°̧̧̧٭)–🛍️BL Shop Open!🛍️@samaburime.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm sitting in on this for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2025 and it's fascinatingly wonderful! You should follow Kimberly! Especially if you're interested in Black focused feminist perspectives on Japanese media!💯🙌🏼

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a full circle moment this month: I delivered my presentation for the 2025 meeting of AJLS in the SAME ROOM as my undergrad senior honors thesis defense in 2016! I was high-key emotional to be back at Dartmouth as a Duke professor. Grateful for those who helped me get here. 🥹

Kimberly Hassel defending her senior honors thesis in 2016. She has short curly black hair and is wearing a pink scarf. She is standing behind a podium.
Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨@aurelievpetit.bsky.social · last yr.

Starting Monday!!!!! I’m so excited!! We are finalizing some details and it’s gonna be so so so good 😍 We sold out so quickly (300 tickets in 10 days) but we released a few more tickets to let people in from the waiting list 🌸🌸🌸🌸

Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨@aurelievpetit.bsky.social · last yr.

✨🗣️ Here is the link to register for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium Second Edition 💕🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥 a free and online event (May 19 to 22) with 20+ participants and three awesome keynotes ✨😎 Program below and at the link here 👉 events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...

Dr. Kimberly Hassel@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a full circle moment this month: I delivered my presentation for the 2025 meeting of AJLS in the SAME ROOM as my undergrad senior honors thesis defense in 2016! I was high-key emotional to be back at Dartmouth as a Duke professor. Grateful for those who helped me get here. 🥹

Kimberly Hassel defending her senior honors thesis in 2016. She has short curly black hair and is wearing a pink scarf. She is standing behind a podium.Kimberly Hassel standing in front of a projector with a presentation slide: "Translating Encounter: Digital Mediations of Afro-Japan from Yasuke to Megan Thee Stallion." She has curly brown hair reaching up to her shoulders. She is wearing glasses and smiling. She is wearing a patterned long dress.