Alex Watson
@footnotesman.bsky.social
Prof. at Meiji University, Tokyo. Research: Romanticism; paratexts; Asian adaptations/translations; intermediality; public humanities. Organizer of Tokyo Humanities Café. Like hiking, travelling, museums, music, and movies. https://www.alexwatson.info
Pinned
Alex Watson
@footnotesman.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Tokyo Humanities Café featured in “Asahi Shimbun” (the Guardian or New York Times of Japan). Great to see the humanities promoted in this excellent publication!
Reposted by Alex Watson
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...
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...
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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...
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...
The protuberance is not a stomach:
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The protuberance is not a stomach:
1819 monument to console the spirits of insects that had been used as models for “Chuchijo”, a sketchbook by Sessai Mashiyama, lord of Ise.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1819 monument to console the spirits of insects that had been used as models for “Chuchijo”, a sketchbook by Sessai Mashiyama, lord of Ise.
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!
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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!
Great interview and interesting to find out Eno loves London Review of Books! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...
Brian Eno on AI, Art and What Makes Us Human
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Great interview and interesting to find out Eno loves London Review of Books! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...
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...
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...
September 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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...
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...
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.
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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.
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
Nice hike in Tsukuba:
September 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Nice hike in Tsukuba:
Togoshi Hachiman shrine matsuri:
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Togoshi Hachiman shrine matsuri:
Family friendly photos from the Kabukicho Shunga and national art centre exhibitions:
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Family friendly photos from the Kabukicho Shunga and national art centre exhibitions:
Fascinating exhibitions today:
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Fascinating exhibitions today:
Finally got round to hiking up Fuji-san:
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Finally got round to hiking up Fuji-san:
#WeWillNotTolerateASocietyWhereDisinformationAndDiscriminationSpread
Street Rally
Friday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit Plaza
Speakers:
Keiko Ota / Sumiko Hatakeyama / Shoichi Ibusuki / Sayaka Oki / Yutori Takai (invited)
＋ Members of Parliament
Street Rally
Friday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit Plaza
Speakers:
Keiko Ota / Sumiko Hatakeyama / Shoichi Ibusuki / Sayaka Oki / Yutori Takai (invited)
＋ Members of Parliament
アピール「デマと差別の蔓延する社会を許しません」街頭宣伝
8月1日（金）18時～
#デマと差別が蔓延する社会を許しません
オンライン署名にぜひご協力ください
➡ https://chng.it/2PMr8gQPBw
youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
#WeWillNotTolerateASocietyWhereDisinformationAndDiscriminationSpread
Street Rally
Friday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit Plaza
Speakers:
Keiko Ota / Sumiko Hatakeyama / Shoichi Ibusuki / Sayaka Oki / Yutori Takai (invited)
＋ Members of Parliament
Street Rally
Friday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit Plaza
Speakers:
Keiko Ota / Sumiko Hatakeyama / Shoichi Ibusuki / Sayaka Oki / Yutori Takai (invited)
＋ Members of Parliament
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.
July 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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.
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:
July 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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:
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!
July 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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!
Tokyo this weekend:
June 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Tokyo this weekend:
Nice hike in Okutama:
June 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Nice hike in Okutama:
Reposted by Alex Watson
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!
See all the details/links here! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6036
And please share widely!
NCSA Announcement: Submissions Open for Emerging Scholars Award, Article Prize, and BIPOC Scholars Prize – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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!
See all the details/links here! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6036
And please share widely!
Tokyo this weekend:
May 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tokyo this weekend:
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...
Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith:CORRESPONDENCES | Exhibitions
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo explores diverse approaches to contemporary art through exhibitions, collections, and educational programs.
www.mot-art-museum.jp
May 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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...
Reposted by Alex Watson
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!
See the full call and all details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6022
And please share widely!
Call for Papers: the 2025 joint RSAA/David Nichol Seminar conference on “Living/Building” – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
May 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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!
See the full call and all details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6022
And please share widely!
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
May 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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
