A labor shortage, rising standards and a global audience are reshaping the industry — but not everyone is benefiting equally.

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

The philosopher and literary critic Kojin Karatani turns 85 today. His latest book, The End of Modern Literature: On Permanent Revolution, publishes later this month. Meanwhile, his most ambitious wor...

Higher ed institutions, particularly large research universities, already have their own experts on the payroll.

When it comes to emoji usage, we’re all just following teen girls.

Distillation has long been a topic for AI wonks, but it's become a hot-button issue of late as techies and lawmakers debate how it should be regulated.

June 4-7, 2026 George Eastman Museum Notes: • darker is shown digitally and is a pre-festival, special event screening • The Day That You Love Me is just a fragment of the film shown in the shorts pro...

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

“Pick a topic you love,” my PhD advisor told me. “You’re going to be working on it for years.” At first, I bristled at the advice, thinking he meant I was likely to take a long time finishing my disse...

The Berggruen Prize Winner’s Farewell to Literature When the Left enjoys the most active resurgence since the end of the Cold War thanks to the disasters of neoliberalism, The End of Modern Literatur...

Modern Japanese Literary Studies brings together a broad range of interdisciplinary and institutional perspectives on the state of the field and presses for overdue recognition that Japanese literatur...

The year 2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II and the sixtieth anniversary of Korea-Japan diplomatic normalization, making it an opportune time to reflect upon these two his...

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Modern Japanese Literary Studies brings together a broad range of interdisciplinary and institutional perspectives on the state of the field and presses for overdue recognition that Japanese literatur...

People are using ChatGPT to create Studio Ghibli–style images. And the backlash is huge.

In this talk, I discuss the representations of Afro-Japanese encounters in digital culture using the case studies of Yasuke and Megan Thee Stallion. Yasuke, a historical figure and Black African samur...

Council on East Asian Libraries Committee on Japanese Materials (CEAL-CJM) & North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) Informal Business MeetingTheme: National Diet Libra...

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