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Thanks to all the participants to our Online Symposium (events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:c1…). It's been an inspiring couple of days and I hope to be able to continue the conversation with all of you very soon. And many thanks @erica_baffelli for partnering up with me in this!

Call for Contributions: Routledge Handbook of East Asian Translation. Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2021. Please share!

If you are enjoying coverage of the #TokyoOlympics, be sure to listen to @erica_baffelli on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Programme, talking about religion in Japan in relation to the Tokyo Olympics (buff.ly/3rKcqyD) and watch her on Sunday Morning Live (buff.ly/2WK4eD1).

For anyone who fancies a virtual tour of Tokugawa Japan. Thanks John Rylands Research Institute and Library for working with me on this!

📣 We're delighted to announce the launch of our brand new exhibition 'Qing'! Explore the languages and cultures of China’s last dynasty through new research funded by The University of Manchester and @ConfuciusMCR. Visit our website to find out more: library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/…

Interested in using library collections for digital exhibits? Check out our Comprehensive Digitization & Discoverability Program’s Video Series: “Introduction to Spotlight: Digital Showcases for Research and Teaching” by Catherine Aster (Stanford University Libraries)! 🖼️ guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

An amazing opportunity to work on Japanese Maps at the British Library. Please feel free to share!

We’re excited to announce the Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series. The University of Manchester academics will present new research on special collections in conversation with Rylands curatorial colleagues. Visit our website to learn more about these free online events: library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/…

Listen to @erica_baffelli, Professor of #Japanese Studies at The University of Manchester - discuss "new #religions" in #Japan. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/32-…

#forarthistory2022 session: ‘Global Anatomies’ convened by #KerenHammerschlag & #NatashaRuizGómez with speakers: #DanielTrambaiolo #HansunHsiung #YutongLi Sonia Favi Dr Rebecca Whiteley (rebeccawhiteley.bsky.social) #RobertBrennan #TaniaCleaves #BarboraBartunkova & Becky Martin eu.eventscloud.com/website/5317/s…

Many thanks Centre for Japanese Studies for inviting me, and @olliemox for the thoughtful questions! Recording this was great fun.

Editors at Japan Forum are inviting articles for a Special Issue on the decolonisation of JS. We welcome papers from any field of study, including (but not only) history, literature, film and anime, international relations, art and heritage, tourism, and the social sciences,

Interested in global #bookhistory? Keio Global & the British Library have announced a new 3-week FutureLearn course, Travel Books: History in Europe and Japan! Starting June 27th you can learn about books, literature, exchange, & digital impacts! 📚💻 futurelearn.com/courses/travel…

BAJS Members, all the information about the BAJS Conference @ the University of Manchester has been sent to you by email.

Did you know that we offer digital as well as physical exhibitions of our collections? Come with us on a journey through Tokugawa Japan with our free digital exhibition showcasing material from our Japanese maps. Donna Sherman digitalexhibitions.manchester.ac.uk/s/travels-in-j…

Université de Genève is looking for 2 Ph.D. students for a research programme I am collaborating with, on globetrotters. If you have brilliant students who have graduated in History or Geography and speak French, please feel free to circulate this call: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.…

You are all warmly invited to join us at the hybrid conference “Fascism(s), War, Economic Reconstruction. Japan and Italy between the 1920s and the 1960s” on June 29-30 Università di Torino. Details about the schedule can be found here: sites.google.com/view/fascismsw…

Thanks to all the presenters and attendees yesterday for a lively discussion on politics and the press. We start again today at 9 am CEST, and we'll be discussing literature, art and museum culture. You are very welcome to join us!