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Teaching Japanese religions at Kyushu Uni, current Harvard-Yenching visiting scholar, thinking about religiosity and mountains, modernity, sacred graffiti. Casual climber and banjo noodler.
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submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

If you're an early bird at the Association of Asian Studies this year, come visit us on Thursday eve! There's something for scholars of religious studies, art history, anthropology, and environmental history. And oh yes, mountain lovers. #AAS2025

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

For my birthday, I’m ‘ungifting’ myself a Twitter/X account. After 13 years, I’ve just deleted it—cathartic 🤩. I’m salvaging this one 🧵, which introduces my book from 2022.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

A site with info and resources to help anyone fearing possible deportation from the US. “Know your rights” is a valuable starting point. Please share widely and send to anyone you know who might need it www.wehaverights.us

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Stoked to share the publication of my first article, a short piece about literary legacies and Miyazawa Kenji in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Out now in Review of Japanese Culture and Society!🤙 muse.jhu.edu/article/919573

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Applications for Kyushu University's International MA Program and Doctorate in Japanese Humanities (IMAP / IDOC, 広人文学コース) Fall 2025 enrollment are coming up, March 3-17! For those interested, visit www.imapkyudai.net/apply

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Sheffield is an important centre of expertise on East Asia, both within the UK and internatiinally! Please share and sign to support our colleagues!

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I'm thrilled to share my new article, "The Metamorphic Spirit: Mountaineering, Secularity, and Spirituality at the Turn of Japan’s Twentieth Century." 🧵doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2024.2443842 (for open access, see below)

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

I just came across this article about my painter friend, Prudence Whittlesey. I first sat for Pru at the age of 17. We looked at the canvas afterwards and noticed one eye was very dark. I mentioned a migraine I had and we realized she had picked that up subconsciously. tinyurl.com/4x5zwyad

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Happy New Year! Here’s an interview that’s just come out. I talk with Peter Carnell about religion in the mountains of Japan and my 2022 book, A Path into the Mountains: Shugendo and Mount Togakushi (where he regularly guides!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment