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Shin Takahashi

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Lecturer at Monash University. Historian. Okinawa/Japan/EastAsia. The Translocal Island of Okinawa: Anti-Base Activism and Grassroots Regionalism (Bloomsbury 2024) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/translocal-is…

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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
www.counterwinds.net?fbclid=IwY2x...
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Counterwinds
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Modern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
On March 2nd! Lynne K. Miyake (Pomona College) on her recent book “The Tale of Genji through Contemporary Manga”, in conversation with Jan Bardsley (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Sara Kang (Princeton U). Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314342
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Modern Japan History Association - New Books on Japan: "The Tale of Genji through Contemporary Manga"
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Online Book Launch (ENG/JP) Holding Grief of Those Who Survived: Okinawan Feminist Literature Resisting Militarization by Dr Aya Sakima All are warmly welcome. Please email dougal.mcneill@vuw.ac.nz to register.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm delighted to introduce our newly refurbished website, and the first post is the publication information. The Southern Discourse in Sinophone Literature, edited by A/Prof. Chia-rong Wu (University of Canterbury), et al. nzasia.org.nz/the-southern...
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
我ら、後ろずさりしつつ、未来へ
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
We enter a future backwards.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Nous entrons dans l'avenir à reculons.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Tokyo in Tashkent: The Afro-Asian Writers Association and Japanese Cold War Dissent* url: academic.oup.com/past/article...
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Tokyo in Tashkent: The Afro-Asian Writers Association and Japanese Cold War Dissent*
Abstract. In October 1958, seven Japanese writers attended the first great cultural event of the Bandung era, the week-long Afro-Asian Writers Conference h
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I'm delighted to announce that the paperback edition of The Translocal Island of Okinawa: Anti-Base Activism and Grassroots Regionalism (Bloomsbury 2024) is available for 1/4 of the original hardcover price. I hope this makes the book reach a broader readership. www.bloomsbury.com/au/transloca...
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The Translocal Island of Okinawa
The Translocal Island of Okinawa reveals the underrepresented memories, visions and actions that are involved in the making of Okinawan resistance against its s…
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSgb...
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堀田善衛 1998年 大江健三郎・桑原武夫との対談含む) 004
YouTube video by 金子泰久
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If anyone knows about the Australian writers who participated in the Asia-Afro Writers' Association in India in 1971, please let me know.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My latest article on Okinawan activism from the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. oxfordre.com/.../acrefore.... Above everything else, I'm glad to see the historical struggles in/from Okinawa increasingly gaining recognition overseas, socially, culturally, and academically.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Glad to see my latest article was finally published. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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War, New Zealand, and a Japanese Scientist: A Transimperial Intellectual Network Across the Pacific, 1931–1959
This article examines the historical relationship between Japan and New Zealand from the 1930s until the 1950s by focusing on the transoceanic journey of a Japanese university student, Kawase Isamu...
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Spread the word! Australian Society for Asian Humanities invites all scholars & PGs from around the world in any fields of Asian Humanities to send their paper abstracts to celebrate the launch of the NEW chapter of our field! See you in Sydney July 2026! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/call-for-p...
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Call for Papers : ASAH Inaugural Conference 2026
Join us for the Australian Society for Asian Humanities Inaugural Conference in 2026 at the University of Sydney.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The 2026 Australian Society for Asian Humanities (ASAH) Emerging Scholar Award We invite entries from eligible applicants. We are looking forward to receiving your entry. asah.sydney.edu.au/emerging-sch...
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Emerging Scholar Award – Australian Society for Asian Humanities
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Thank you, @modernjapanhist.bsky.social, for offering me a chance to talk about my recent publication. Your very generous invitation was much appreciated. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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New Books on Japan: "The Translocal Island of Okinawa: Anti-Base Activism & Grassroots Regionalism"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
My third year chairing @asah-sydney.bsky.social's Emerging Scholar Award. Great papers from across AUS/NZ ECRs. My deep gratitude goes to this year's judging panel members (Dr @emeraldlking.bsky.social, Dr Lewis Mayo and Professor Robert Cribb) for their commitment. josah.org/emerging-sch...
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Emerging Scholar Award – Journal of the Society for Asian Humanities (JOSAH)
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Yes!!!
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 01/12/2023
The November issue of Perspectives on History is now available to read online! From transimperial experience to trouble in Texas, lost refuges, and the city's edge, this issue is full of border stories. 🗃️
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November 2023
Read the November issue of Perspectives on History.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Tekapo.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I’ve started reading this masterpiece by our colleague, @manjeetsp.bsky.social, with great interest!
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Manjeet S. Pardesi @manjeetsp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Looking forward to having Amitav Acharya as the 2025 Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies at the Centre for Strategic Studies @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social @davidcapie.bsky.social! Do join us (& register) for his exciting public lecture on 3 April! www.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-st...
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The Once and Future World Order: Why the West Needs to Work with 'the Rest' | Te Pokapū Take Rautaki Aotearoa / Centre for Strategic Studies | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
A public lecture by the 2025 Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/grief-gend...
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Grief, Gender, and Loss in a Late Ming Séance (Prof Nicole Richardson)
Australian Society for Asian Humanities Seminar Series
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
“Turf War”, at The Art of Banksy.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Thinking of my family and friends in South Korea.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Re-articulating the war and the occupation. Gabe Satoshi.
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みすず書房 @misuzushobo.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
【書評】11/30毎日新聞「鼎談書評 台湾の文化と文学」で新井一二三さんが『台湾、あるいは孤立無援の島の思想』をご紹介くださいました。 「政治学の本で、なかなか歯ごたえはあるが、…「なぜ」と思うことの答えが全て書かれている。」 mainichi.jp/articles/202...
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今週の本棚:鼎談 台湾の文化と文学 評者・池澤夏樹、川本三郎、新井一二三 | 毎日新聞
◆台湾の文化と文学 鼎談(ていだん)  ■評者 池澤夏樹(作家) 川本三郎(評論家) 新井一二三(明治大教授、中文コラムニスト)  ■推薦・川本氏  ◆歩道橋の魔術師 呉明益・著、天野健太郎・訳(河出文庫・1078円)
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Our dear colleague, Em Prof Sekhar Bandyopadhyay's new edited volume.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
こうして、なし崩し的に事態が進んで行く。
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
www.amazon.com/Takeuchi-Yos...
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Before Identity: The Question of Method in Japan Studies sunypress.edu/Books/B/Befo...
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Before Identity
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Anyone, please translate this book. www.shinchosha.co.jp/book/401808/...
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試し読み | 『虚空へ』谷川俊太郎 | 新潮社
「夥しい言葉の氾濫に、小さくてもいいから詩の杭を打ちたい」デビュー以来つねに第一線にありつづける国民的詩人、谷川俊太郎。70年の詩作を経て至った、瑞々しく自由なる新境地。誕生の不思議、いま触れている感覚、死の向こう……老
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
His last work was to reduce the word count when writing poetry. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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Shuntaro Tanikawa, giant of Japanese poetry, dies aged 92
The poet also wrote the lyrics for the Astro Boy theme song and translated Peanuts into Japanese
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This was an absolutely terrific lecture with a great turnout. Honestly, I didn't expect to be joined by so many people for a summer event. Thank you all for attending the lecture. For those who missed it, I will try to make the recording publicly available online.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Starting in 40 minutes! Victoria University of Wellington, SLC Research Seminar “Whales, South Sea Islanders and the Japanese discovery of the Pacific” By Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki vuw.zoom.us/j/9298555333...
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My favourite bakery, cafe, and community space in Yomitan, Okinawa: The Commons.
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Adrian Vickers @avick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The Virtual Museum of Balinese Painting has undergone a major make-over. We're still fixing some things (like the bibliography link), but thanks to the Systemik team, I've been able to add a lot more: heurist-usyd.cloud.edu.au/heurist/?db=...
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The Virtual Museum of Balinese Painting
Enter a concise description of the Heurist database / website here, which will be used eg. in lists of websites and in search engine discovery. Remember to indicate the institution and/or project, t...
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Chelsea Szendi Schieder @chelseaszendi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Please share with your Japan gender studies grad student networks! Last year’s was so fun.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Listen up, Asian studies folks! Our research seminar with a wonderful guest, Prof Tessa Morris-Suzuki, TOMORROW! Zoom link is available on the website. Check it out! www.wgtn.ac.nz/slc/about/ev...
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SLC Research Seminar - Tessa Morris-Suzuki | Te Kura o ngā Reo me ngā Tikanga-ā-iwi / School of Languages and Cultures | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
This seminar explores stories of Pacific Islanders who arrived in Japan via whaleships and Japanese castaways rescued by whalers before Japan's 1853 'opening'.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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Adrian Vickers @avick.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Join us for Mina Roces on Filipino labour migration uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2024 A.R. Davis Lecture. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
When Home is an Empty Italian Villa in the Philippines: The Semiotics of Consumption of Filipino Domestic Workers in Italy, 1980s-2018 The A.R. Davis memorial lecture is an annual event hosted by the...
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Listening to my lecture recording made me almost fall asleep. I wish to believe that was because I just had a lunch…🥪🍙
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Great to see proofs for this one: first outcome of our ARC project on yanks down under during the Vietnam War.
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
No one will likely even realise this is with us unless I do a self-promo. Thanks for sparing even just a sec of your time looking at this post/link. I’d be most grateful if you made a purchase request to the local library. Don’t buy yourself, tho. Too expensive. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transloca...
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The Translocal Island of Okinawa
The Translocal Island of Okinawa reveals the underrepresented memories, visions and actions that are involved in the making of Okinawan resistance against its s…
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Shin Takahashi @sytakahashi.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Russia urges Donald Trump to remain in Paris agreement at upside-down COP29 on.ft.com/3UQVx4Y
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Russia urges Donald Trump to remain in Paris agreement at upside-down COP29
Countries historically viewed as blockers of progress at global climate talks defend UN process
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