Delighted to join my co-contributors in celebrating the launch of the latest issue of Nichibunken’s Japan Review, Special Issue: Global Samurai I, at the British Museum and SOAS this weekend, including a visit to the museum’s blockbuster exhibit! Link to the special issue (open access) in the reply.

New job: Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Modern Japanese History Columbia University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69935

New job: Recruitment Information for Researchers: Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) or Associate Professor (non-tenure-track) Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69934

We've launched an official Japanese account! Give it a follow if you're interested in more Japan-specific information.

Thank you to @jkdahl.bsky.social for their review of my Geographies of Gender on #AHR @historians.org! The review discerns my argument of the circulations of gender as both promising and limiting as it captures the importance of--and difficulties in--creating an entire narrative.

New job: Lecturer/Instructor in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature & Culture University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69911

Iulia Ivana, Acquisitions Editor for Modern East Asian Studies at @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, collaborates with the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) to deliver a workshop on academic publishing. April 24, 2026 (Friday) RSVP: lnkd.in/eqM6qN_8

I just realized that the AHA will hold a zoom roundtable on career paths for history BAs this Thursday. Here is the registration link: historians.org/event/histor.... I sent the link to students to join it for an extra-credit opportunity. How about offering it to your students?

Have you ever struggled to identify contact information for scholars in Japan? As their dept. website does not indicate any contact information, there is one method to search their name and contact information: J-Global (jglobal.jst.go.jp/en).

New job: Principal Researcher with Tenure Option in Premodern Japanese Studies with a focus on Buddhism (Vienna, Austria) Austrian Academy of Sciences jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69889

Please judge my book by its cover! 🥰 You can also judge it by what appears on the pages buying it in the US from April 21, in the UK from mid June, and in Australia from mid-July. @princetonupress.bsky.social

Call for Proposals: International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association satellite conference in Japan, July 20, on Zoom and in person. Submit proposals on "Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation: The 19th-Century Legacies in East Asia" by March 31.

**Postdoc positions** Kyoto University has opened up applications for the Hakubi Project, due May 17, 2026. This is a cream of the crop postdoc ("all fields, from basic to applied"), 5 (FIVE!) years, great research budget. Please apply or let others know! www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/recruitme...

Nǐ hǎo, Vancouver and #AAS2026 attendees! We're thrilled to be in Vancity. Please stop by our booth to check out our latest books about the Asian diaspora and beyond! Be sure to check out our AAS webpage and find out how to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

Our booth for #AAS2026 is all set up! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow when the exhibit hall opens. In the meantime, our virtual exhibit is up now: www.sup.org/virtual-exhi... @asianstudies.org

In connections to #AAS2026, @universitypress.cambridge.org has offered discounted titles for Asian history and studies for about 30 days! They include my book about #Japan, #empire, #Taiwan, #gender, and #law among others. While the hard copy is pricey, I hope you can check it out!

Indeed! I wish I could sit down in the panel. Have a great time to all of you #AAS2026.

New job: Taft Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences University of Cincinnati jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69872

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.

I am thrilled to receive the Research Intensive Award from my home institution, @ucf.bsky.social! While it is an internal award, I appreciate the recognition of my research from my colleages within and outside humanities departments.

CFP: 28th Annual Japanese Studies Graduate Student Conference at UCLA (May 18–19, 2026); abstracts due March 31. https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20143435/cfp-28th-annual-japanese-studies-graduate-student-conference-ucla-may

Thank you to Dr. Clay Darcy and Dr. Moumita Dey for their review of Geographies of Gender @aignejournal.bsky.social and on AAG Review of Books. As it is interdisciplinary in nature, I appreciate their engagement with my work through geogrpahical and sociological perspectives!

2/ My first book, “Territorial Natures: Imperial Japan and the Mongolian Question,” is coming out with @uchicagopress.bsky.social this August 2026. You can find it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

New job: Lecturer in History The Australian National University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69828

After a year of hiring pause, we have finally resumed our search for Harvard's next #Librarian for #JapaneseStudies. Please help us spread the word! Friendly reminder: you don't need to check all the boxes to be a competitive candidate. careers.harvard.edu/job/libraria...

Formosa Files: first English translation of 1898 Austrian traveler in Formosa www.kaohsiungtimes.com/recently-on-...

Tomorrow evening (7pm EST)! I hope this and other opportunities will increase the publicity of Asian legal history in ASLH. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you're interested in developing a pre-conference symposium during the American Society for Legal History conference in Banff in November, please send your proposal to the Program Committee co-chairs by this Friday, 2/27! (Other proposals are due 3/24) #legalhistory #ASLH aslh.net/2026-annual-...

I just received author copies of my book on Chongryon (Chosen Soren). KumHee and I went through many emotional ups and downs during our research. I cannot describe what the weight of a physical copy means to me (FYI: It's physically heavier than I expected). The official release date is 31 March.

Job alert! We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).

Look forward to an online conversation about my Geographies of Gender in the "Making Connections: New Works in Legal History" series by ASLH @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social on Wednesday, Feb. 25. I will be joined by Jisoo M. Kim (George Washington) and the audience like you!

Spread the word: a funded dissertation research opportunity in #Kobe, #Japan! Here is the link: www.kccjee.org/graduate-fel.... A friend of mine, Dr. Tomoko Seto at Kobe College, wanted me and others to announce it. It is a great opportunity, though I believe it is limited to US-based PhD students.

Congratulations to the three finalists for MJHA's 2025 Charlotte J. Conroy Dissertation Prize, Kandra Polatis (UCSB), Sara Kang (Harvard), and Isaac Tan (Columbia)!

Wow!! Her third book will be out in May. Of course I promote it here (as her former student)!

Call for Applications: Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies, which offers a grant of up to $120,000 to design and implement initiatives over a period of 12-18 months. Letters of intent are due by March 31. https://www.acls.org/competitions/luce-acls-collaborative-grant-in-china-studies/

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

The CFP is now up for the 6th Asian Legal History Conference, which will be in Melaka, Malaysia (6-7 August 2026). Proposals are due by 1 April 2026 (Malaysia time): www.mmu.edu.my/fol/alhc2026/ #LegalHistory

Great opportunity for junior scholars of modern Japanese history or sociology!

The National Diet Library is exploring the possibility of extending its Digitized Transmission Service for Individuals (DCTI) to those residing outside of Japan. To understand potential demand, the NDL and CULCON have created a survey. Deadline for responses 3/31! forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Recently released from University of Hawaii Press. Edited by Anne Sokolsky. A collection of mostly modern Japanese women writing on divorce. Translations and substantial introductions.

New job: Patricia C. and Charles H. McGill III ‘63 Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies Trinity College jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69757

外国人ではなくても、2023年に戻った時にゴミ箱が無くてビックリしました。なんであんなにないのだろうかと。

On February 5! Hilary Holbrow (Indiana U) on her new book “The Future Is Foreign: Women and Immigrants in Corporate Japan”, in conversation with Ulrike Schaede (UCSD) and Sara Kang (Princeton U). Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314253

Looking for a postdoc opportunity outside the UK/US? I'm happy to support up to two JSPS postdoc applicants for the coming round for two-year posts starting from Sep./Oct. 2026 onwards at UTokyo. The application to be submitted before the end of March. 1/n

Great work by Cameron!!

柳井イニシアティブでは2026‐2027年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！〆切：2026年3月30日。VGR（Visiting Graduate Researchers）プログラムの詳細については、このページをご覧ください： yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/engage?tab=v...

Thrilled to receive an honorable mention for my Geographies of Gender: Family and Law in Imperial Japan and Colonial Taiwan @universitypress.cambridge.org from the Southeast Regional Conference of @aasasianstudies.bsky.social. It is amazingly next to Prof. Weisenfeld's The Fine Art of Persuasion!

Job! Four-year PhD fellowship in Chinese Studies at Leiden University Deadline: 1 March careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Four-yea...

Survived the first week of the semester!! Feel awesome😄

Thursday at 1:30-3pm at #AHA26, I’ll be talking about publishing with some of my esteemed university press colleagues. Hope to see you there. @historians.org @alisonsyring.bsky.social