In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Grace En-Yi Ting, an Assistant Professor in the Gender Studies Programme at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Ting specializes in queer/feminist approaches to Japanese literary and cultural studies

Claire Maree

Jul 23rd, 2021 1h 19m

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Claire Maree, an Associate Professor and Reader at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. Dr. Maree is a linguist examining the reproduction, negotiation, and contestation of identities in l

Vyjayanthi Selinger

Jun 18th, 2021 1h 9m

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Vyjayanthi Selinger, a scholar of Japanese literature and culture. Her research examines literary representations of conflict in medieval Japan, using conflict as the key node to examine war memor

Gabriella Lukács

Jun 2nd, 2021 57m

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Gabriella Lukács, whose research focuses on analog and digital media, which she theorizes as a continuum. The conversation centers on her new book Invisibility by Design: Women and Labor in Japan'

Jolyon Baraka Thomas

Apr 2nd, 2021 1h 6m

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Jolyon Baraka Thomas, whose research focuses on religion as it intersects with media, freedom, education, and capitalism. The conversation centers on his book Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom i

Suma Ikeuchi

Jan 5th, 2021 1h 5m

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Suma Ikeuchi, whose research focuses on migration, ethnic studies, religion, and science & technology studies. Our conversation centers on her book, Jesus Loves Japan: Return Migration and Global

Charlotte Eubanks

Sep 24th, 2020 57m 31s

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Charlotte Eubanks, whose research focuses on material culture, performance studies, and ethics, with a focus on Japanese and Buddhist literature from the medieval period to the present. The conver

Trailer

Season 2 Trailer

Aug 14th, 2020 3m 8s

This short episode is the trailer for our second season. Rather than talking with a scholar, Allison Alexy briefly explains changes the production team has made in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and newly public conversations about racism, i

Morgan Pitelka

Jul 29th, 2020 50m 8s

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Morgan Pitelka, whose research examines late medieval and early modern Japan, with a focus on the samurai, tea culture, ceramics, cities, and material culture. The conversation centers on a new bo

Meghen Jones

Jul 17th, 2020 40m 46s

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Meghen Jones, whose research focuses on the history of ceramics, modern art, and craft theory in Japan and in international perspective. The conversation centers on her new book Ceramics and Moder

Michael Strausz

Jul 2nd, 2020 46m 44s

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Michael Strausz, whose research focuses on Japanese politics, particularly Japan’s immigration policy, as well as the role of norms in international politics. The conversation centers on his new b

Marié Abe

Jun 18th, 2020 1h

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Marié Abe, whose research focuses on space and sound, and popular performing arts, in Japan as well as many other topics. The conversation centers on her new book Resonances of Chindon-ya: Soundin

Levi McLaughlin

Jun 10th, 2020 59m 12s

In this episode, Allison Alexy talks with Prof. Levi McLaughlin, whose research focuses on religion in contemporary Japan. The conversation centers on his new book Soka Gakkai's Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan, ex