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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks to our fantastic speakers – James Brown, Kyoko Nakajima and Roland Kelts – for their fascinating talks at Tokyo Humanities Café last Friday. The next THC will be in December at Impact Hub (details tbc).

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tokyo Humanities Café #28 Fri 2 Oct, 7–9pm @ Impact HUB Tokyo 3 talks in English: J.D.J. Brown—Espionage & Intelligence Roland Kelts—Manga to Murakami Kyoko Nakajima—The Dreaming Imperial Library ¥500 + drink hubtokyo.com/en www.tokyohumanities.org

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

東京ヒューマニティーズ・カフェ #28 10/2（金）19–21時 @ Impact HUB Tokyo 英語による3講演： J.D.J. Brown—諜報活動とインテリジェンス Roland Kelts—マンガから村上春樹まで中島京子—夢見る帝国図書館 500円＋1ドリンク hubtokyo.com www.tokyohumanities.org

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Very pleased to have just received the final MS for 'The Bloomsbury Handbook of Romanticism in Britain and Asia', from volume editors Rosinka Chaudhuri, Peter J. Kitson, and Alex Watson. Spanning 28 chapters, it'll be a landmark text on the topic. Sneak peak at the ToC below...

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July! Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue. More information: tokyohumanities.org #TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thanks to Geoff Baker, W. David Marx, Keiko Nishimura, and Sven Saaler for their fantastic presentations at Tokyo Humanities Café last night. Next THC is on 17 July and features Keichiro Hirano, Kimiyo Ogawa, and Tom Ue (19:00-21:00 Impact Hub Meguro). More details soon!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 26 at Impact Hub Meguro 7:00-9:00 on Friday 5 June.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

One overlooked story in Japan’s election: the hyper-technocratic new party Team Mirai, led by AI engineer made gains. It backs digital transparency, innovation, and tech-driven bureaucracy-an emerging alternative to the xenophobic turn. www.chosun.com/english/worl...

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Team Mirai Emerges as Japan's Sixth-Largest Party

Team Mirai Emerges as Japans Sixth-Largest Party Young engineers party secures 11 seats, signaling generational shift from ideology to policy focus

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Tokyo Humanities Café 25 will take place on Friday, 6 March 2026 at 7 pm at ImpactHub Tokyo Meguro (hubtokyo.com). Join us for talks on topics Jane Austen, Poetry, the Opening of Japan and Japanese statues: www.tokyohumanities.org

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

彼女は、満員電車で今にも性的嫌がらせをしてきそうな年配の女性に見える。She looks like an old lady who is about to sexually harass you on a crowded subway train.

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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026

Ilhan Omar: “He was saved by security”

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Thank you to Richard Evanoff, Patrick Galbraith, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, and Megha Wadhwa at Tokyo Humanities Café #24! Next THC is 6 March Impact Hub Tokyo featuring Professor Ros Ballaster on Jane Austen (details soon).

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 24 for a series of engaging, 15-minute accessible talks from top experts on topics including Indian food in Tokyo, otaku, transculturalism, and graphic novels.

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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I find conference organising super stressful, but it is a chance to imagine the field in ways that interest you. I'm very proud of the programme we have for our joint Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith seminar - you can see it here www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The protuberance is not a stomach:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

1819 monument to console the spirits of insects that had been used as models for “Chuchijo”, a sketchbook by Sessai Mashiyama, lord of Ise.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Thanks to our wonderful speakers - Ian Haywood, Mayu Koike, Taylor Mignon, and Mariko Nagai - for their wonderful presentations at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 23. We will be back in a few months!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Great interview and interesting to find out Eno loves London Review of Books! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...

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Brian Eno on AI, Art and What Makes Us Human

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Please come to the Meiji-Edinburgh Frankenstein Symposium Saturday 18 October 2025. For details, please see poster and www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein.... 明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム 2025年10月18日（土）に開催いたします。詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください： www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

15-min talks on Hokusai & British art, forgotten lives, online love & visual poetry! Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Togoshi Hachiman shrine matsuri:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Family friendly photos from the Kabukicho Shunga and national art centre exhibitions:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Finally got round to hiking up Fuji-san:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I hiked in the rain 11 km each way to see this tree “Jomon Sugi” in Yakushima Japan. It is estimated to be between 2170 and 7200 years old.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org/about.html

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thanks to our wonderful speakers Yuiko Asaba, Ashok Malhotra, Wing Tek Lum and Yuri Tanaka! The next Tokyo Humanities Café will be on Friday October 24 from 19:30 at Ryozan Park Lounge Sugamo (subject to change). Please see:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Tokyo Humanities Café 22 is coming up on Friday, 11th July, from 7:30pm (finishing around 9:15) at Ryozan Park Lounge, Sugamo. For more information, please visit our website (www.tokyohumanities.org). Please join us!

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Now on the BARS Blog: Submissions Open for Emerging Scholars Award, Article Prize, and BIPOC Scholars Prize See all the details/links here! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6036 And please share widely!

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NCSA Announcement: Submissions Open for Emerging Scholars Award, Article Prize, and BIPOC Scholars Prize – BARS Blog

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I recommend the fantastic/hypnotic Patti Smith / Soundwalk Collective exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo especially if you are interested in movies and ecology. Not allowed to take photos so here is the link instead: www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitio...

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Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith:CORRESPONDENCES | Exhibitions

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo explores diverse approaches to contemporary art through exhibitions, collections, and educational programs.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Now on the BARS Blog: Call for Papers: the 2025 joint RSAA/David Nichol Seminar conference on “Living/Building” See the full call and all details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6022 And please share widely!

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Call for Papers: the 2025 joint RSAA/David Nichol Seminar conference on “Living/Building” – BARS Blog

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Tokyo Humanities Café 22 will feature a Tango violin duo performance, a reading from one of Japan’s leading young poets plus talks on Imperial Science and Honolulu’s Chinatown. Please see our website for details: www.tokyohumanities.org

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Watched Love Exposure again the other day, and it remains one of the Greatest Films of All Time.

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