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Sabine Frühstück’s New Book Published: “Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan”

Posted on | by Michael Veltri

Congratulations to Professor Sabine Frühstück for publishing her new book, Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan, Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan describes the ever-changing manifestations of sexes, genders, and sexualities in Japanese society from the 1860s to the present day. Analysing a wide range of texts, images and data, Sabine Frühstück considers the experiences of females, males and the evolving spectrum of boundary-crossing individuals and identities in Japan.

To learn more about the book, please read this wonderful blog post by Professor Frühstück by clicking HERE.

Reviews & Endorsements

“Encompassing the full sweep of modern history, and drawing upon the tools of multiple disciplines, this broad ranging and deeply insightful book is essential reading for anyone interested in what Japan has to teach us about the ways in which questions of sex, gender, and sexuality define our world and its possibilities.”  ~~ Daniel Botsman, Yale University

“Frühstück’s keen historiographic eye along with her deep knowledge of literature and visual culture combine to make this book a must-read for anyone interested in the broader landscape of gender and sexuality in Japan. It is truly a tour de force.”  ~~ Glenda Roberts, Waseda University

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Special Lecture By Prof. Peter Sturman: Learning From Su Shi’s 蘇軾 Old Tree, Rock, and Bamboo

Posted on | by Michael Veltri

The Dept. of History of Hong Kong Baptist University is excited to host Prof. Peter Sturman as part of the Prof. Chang Chuen Memorial Public Lecture Series (2021-22).  Please join us as Professor Sturman shares his latest research on Su Shi’s 蘇軾 Old Tree, Rock, and Bamboo.   
When (Hong Kong Time):  Monday, April 11, 10:30 AM – 12 PM 
When (Pacific Time):  Sunday, April 10, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Via Zoom:
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Linshan Jiang Interviews Susan Chan Egan On Her New Book, “A Companion to the Story of the Stone”

Posted on | by Michael Veltri

Click the link below to hear a great podcast interview on the New Books Network by Ph.D. candidate, Linshan Jiang.  In the podcast, Linshan interviews Susan Chan Egan, co-author with Pai Hsien-yung (Bai Xianyong) on the new book, A Companion to the Story of the Stone: A Chapter-By-Chapter Guide.

 

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Hangping Xu BBC Interview About the Poet Yu Xiuhua and the Winter Paralympics

Posted on | by Michael Veltri

EALCS professor Hangping Xu was recently interviewed by the BBC to discuss the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing and how poet Yu Xiuhua challenges official narratives about disability in China. Prof. Xu has previously written about Yu Xiuhua for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, and co-edited a special section on Yu Xiuhua for Chinese Literature Today. He is also one of the founders of UCSB’s Disability Studies Initiative.

Book cover for "Cultural Imprints: War and Memory in the Samurai Age" edited by Elizabeth Oyler and Katherine Saltzman-Li

Congratulations to Kate Saltzman-Li on Her New Co-Edited Volume, “Cultural Imprints”!

Posted on | by Michael Veltri

Congratulations to Professor Kate Saltzman-Li on her new co-edited volume, Cultural Imprints:  War And Memory In The Samurai Age!

Cultural Imprints draws on literary works, artifacts, performing arts, and documents that were created by or about the samurai to examine individual “imprints,” traces holding specifically grounded historical meanings that persist through time. The contributors to this interdisciplinary volume assess those imprints for what they can suggest about how thinkers, writers, artists, performers, and samurai themselves viewed warfare and its lingering impact at various points during the “samurai age,” the long period from the establishment of the first shogunate in the twelfth century through the fall of the Tokugawa in 1868.

The range of methodologies and materials discussed in Cultural Imprints challenges a uniform notion of warrior activity and sensibilities, breaking down an ahistorical, monolithic image of the samurai that developed late in the samurai age and that persists today. Highlighting the memory of warfare and its centrality in the cultural realm, Cultural Imprints demonstrates the warrior’s far-reaching, enduring, and varied cultural influence across centuries of Japanese history.

Contributors: Monica Bethe, William Fleming, Andrew Goble, Thomas Hare, Luke Roberts, Marimi Tateno, Alison Tokita, Elizabeth Oyler, Katherine Saltzman-Li

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Kaitlyn Ugoretz interviewed about Global Shinto for Beyond Japan Podcast

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec

 

White text on red background reading "Global Shinto with Kaitlyn Ugoretz." Below are three circles with a Shinto priest on a laptop screen, headshot of Ugoretz, and a photo of torii gates. At the bottom are logos of sponsors.

EALCS Ph.D. candidate Kaitlyn Ugoretz recently sat down with the Beyond Japan podcast to discuss the global appeal of Shinto in the digital era. Kaitlyn introduces online Shinto communities as old as the internet itself, as well as the many international faces of Shinto, from official shrines in the USA to localised rituals and Marie Kondo’s brand of spiritualism. Click here to stream the podcast, or find it on your favorite podcast app.