One of Abutsu's sons is referred to as "Ajari." Here is the relevant page (151) of Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women where I mention the translations of "Officiant" and "Teacher."

Women's Memorial March honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S+) People. How many of the 231 calls for justice issued six years ago have been upheld? According to the AFN 5-year report, "critical areas such as policing and corrections require urgent reforms."

UBC Vancouver people: Come repair your clothes!
Feb 13 from 12 to 3 pm
libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3879056

This event looks amazing 👏
In the Ruins of History: A CAWS / #EOTalks Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine
Co-organized by the Critical Ancient World Studies Collective and Everyday Orientalism
Feb 18 at 7 am PST
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/i...

A renewal notice arrived from @modernlanguage.bsky.social today. Join me in *not* renewing until MLA Executive Director and Executive Council allow a vote on the "Resolution to Endorse the 2005 Palestinian BDS Call." Details: linktr.ee/mla4pal.
#MLA25

Not surprising but clear that money steeped in genocide is sweeter than a personal commitment to social justice, antiracism, decolonization, and equality.

👀 Seeing scholars of Asia who allegedly research "the history of settler colonialism," "the history of slavery and freedom," and "decolonization" accepting $300,000 in prize money deeply tied to genocide.

It used to be common to attribute content when lifting it from other accounts.

It used to be common to attribute content taken from someone else's sccount.

Premodern Japanese literature professor and AAUP Columbia Chapter president David Lurie speaking out on behalf of colleagues, in solidarity with students.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04...

Popping up here (as a UBC colleague of Siobhán) to say I have pictorial proof of this in the photo below taken by a friend when we were in Tokyo last November.

Tabuchi Kumiko (Waseda University) explains “nyōbō,” female court attendants. She describes their contributions to Japanese poetry, memoirs, miscellanies, and tales; role in shaping aesthetics; work in women’s education; and the cultural legacy of working women of premodern Japan.

Watanabe Yumiko (Rissho University) explores “utamakura" (poetic place names) in poetry and visual culture. How are “utamakura” connected to art, architecture, and poetry production through screens and shōji (sliding doors)? Watanabe shows transformation of poetic places and their enduring legacies.

Next is Kanze School Noh Actor Uzawa Hikaru on time, space, and travel across the life of a performer, focusing on the play Izutsu. How do people and memories journey from past to present and how is this performed on stage? What does this tell us about our own perceptions about the past and present?

First up is Kanze noh actor Uzawa Hisa on travel in noh from the perspective of a noh practitioner. How does time pass in noh? How does noh convey travel across distances or a character's longing for a far away place? From Kyushu to northern Japan, noh plays offer many local narratives of travel.

(2) Feminists in Solidarity with Palestinian Women in Gaza THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 6 PM EST scholarstrikecanada.ca