Rafal Zaborowski
@zaborowski.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) at King's College London. Media, audiences, popular music, virtual idols, migration, Japan, brewing, wrestling, board games, stuff no one else finds funny.
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kingsdh.bsky.social
📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).

📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract
🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025

Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

#DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
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zaborowski.bsky.social
A very full and fascinating Audience Section panel on influencer cultures at #iamcr2025 #iamcr #iamcraud More tomorrow!
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kingsartshums.bsky.social
📺 Tune in this Sunday, 6 July, at 9:10 am for the English version of the NHK documentary "New Japonism: Vocaloids", featuring our own Dr @zaborowski.bsky.social!

🔗 Catch it on NHK On-Demand: buff.ly/RmQa19V

#DigitalCulture #Vocaloids @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Two members of NHK crew are filming Dr Rafal Zaborowski in his office on King's Strand Campus.
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mikuer.bsky.social
We'll be getting 4 airings of this in the next day, so there will be a few chances to catch it before it's taken off. You can find the schedule here!
NHK World schedule listing:
"J-POP: Vocaloid Goes Global
NEO-JAPONISM
Japanese Vocaloid culture has taken the world by storm, sparking a global fan base and inspiring a new generation of artists. Watch and learn about this technology and how it unleashes creativity."
Thumbnail is a photo of two overseas Rin & Len cosplayers
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/
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mikuer.bsky.social
hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
www3.nhk.or.jp
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aprilw.bsky.social
Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!
mikuer.bsky.social
hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
www3.nhk.or.jp
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joshshepperd.bsky.social
RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.
oddletters.bsky.social
this morning friends, colleagues, and students recieved an email with the sad news that jonathan sterne passed away last night in his sleep. if you would like to reach out to carrie, you can do so at the heyjonandcarrie email that was previously distributed. (dm me if you dont have this)
zaborowski.bsky.social
Debuted on NHK last week! I was interviewed for a TV special on vocaloid cultures, focusing on how they allow listeners and young people in particular to develop their voice and a sense of agency. Friends in Japan can catch it on-demand.
zaborowski.bsky.social
Happy Fat Thursday, the best Polish holiday
zaborowski.bsky.social
Can’t believe it. Effortlessly kind. A rare quality of leaving you feeling better after every interaction.
zaborowski.bsky.social
Works well now - maybe just a temporary glitch on my side. Thanks!
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danielsohege.bsky.social
Nelson correctly says that of course Sunak is English, but absolutely misses his part in shaping the rhetoric we have now which makes the "unthinkable" questions mainstream.
FRASER NELSON

Is Rishi Sunak English? It didn't use to be a question

The era of Trump and Musk is seeing issues raised in a way unthinkable a year ago - but it may yet trip up Farage

Fraser Nelson

Friday February 21 2025, 9.00pm, The Times

I s Rishi Sunak really English? Until recently I had no idea this was a controversial question, but the debate is fast evolving amid the Trump “vibe shift”.

The once unthinkable is being said regularly: yesterday's taboos are becoming today's orthodoxies. A new breed of digital discussion programmes are shaping the national conversation.
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mulboyne.bsky.social
Sankei gallery for 猫の日(Cat Day) leads with this photo. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
A cat leaps from one gatepost to the other, with a wooden torii in the background. The cat's body stretches from one pillar of the torii to the other.
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davidleheny.bsky.social
Please repost! My department -- Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies -- is planning to offer a tenured position to begin in 2026. We're a friendly place and we offer one of the best research environments in Japan. Application information here! Thanks for reposting, folks!
Academic Recruitment April 2026 for the Post of Full-Time Academic Faculty
The Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) at WASEDA University is conducting a search for the following full-time academic faculty...
www.waseda.jp
zaborowski.bsky.social
Looks fun - the link does not open for me though
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augustaquarius.bsky.social
It's publication day for this edited collection that I've been working on with my two fabulous co-editors.

Plenty of great work in here on animation, fandom and transmedia, and the general importance of this classic film 🕷🎃🎄

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...
The Nightmare Before Christmas
This edited collection considers The Nightmare Before Christmas as a milestone in animation and film history, considering the different layers of meaning and hi…
www.bloomsbury.com
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hypercubexl.bsky.social
saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
Academics have always been complaining about admin duties eating into their teaching and research time
moudhy.bsky.social
In this ancient Assyrian letter, astronomers complain that they can’t do their jobs or teach astronomy “because of the ilku-duty”, a type of taxation in the form of labour.

“we cannot keep the watch of the king, and the pupils do not learn the scribal craft” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...
Photo of a portrait shaped clay tablet with well-preserved cuneiform signs. Photo of a portrait shaped clay tablet with well-preserved cuneiform signs.