I'd like to thank Chilla Bulbeck for her excellent review of my recent book 'Animism in Contemporary Japan'. 🌱 Find Bulbeck's review, "Postmodern animism for a new modernity" in Green Magazine at the link: greens.org.au/wa/magazine/po…

Thanks Megan Warin for spreading the word!

This June, I had the opportunity to present as a keynote speaker at the World Anti Bullying Forum World Anti-Bullying Forum in Dublin, on structural factors underlying school bullying in Japan. It's great to see so many people committed to addressing these issues! wabf2019.com/keynote-speake…

Thanks to The Japan Foundation, Sydney for including my book in their August #jstudies newsletter! Check it out for handy info on grants/scholarships for undergrad & graduate students, 日本学生支援機構　JASSO's 2019-2020 Guide to Student Study in Japan, a #cfp for @NVSPjournal, & more!

I'm thrilled to be presenting at Japan Australia Friendship Association's AnimeGO! Japan Pop Culture Festival on October 20. In my talk, 'Can anime save the world?', I discuss what we can learn from the works of Hayao Miyazaki & Makoto Shinkai! (5:30pm in Cinema). See you there! facebook.com/events/publish…

Reminder - Japan Australia Friendship Association's AnimeGO! Japan Pop Culture Festival is this Sunday (Oct 20)! In my talk, 'Can anime save the world?', I discuss what we can learn from the works of Hayao Miyazaki & Makoto Shinkai. (5:30pm in Cinema). See you there! facebook.com/events/3383616…

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my book, 'Animism in Contemporary Japan: Voices for the Anthropocene from Post-Fukushima Japan' (Routledge)! Book Launch is on Nov 13th (Wed), 5-6pm Uni of Adelaide (see Eventbrite link). I hope to see you there! eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launch-…

Thank you to the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus for publishing my article: "Rethinking Human-Nature Relationships in the Time of Coronavirus: Postmodern Animism in Films by Miyazaki Hayao & Shinkai Makoto"! Find the article in the latest Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus volume: apjjf.org/2020/16/Yoneya…

Please sign and share this important petition: megaphone.org.au/petitions/save… via Megaphone Australia

I am thrilled to announce that my article “Miyazaki Hayao’s Animism and the Anthropocene” is now out! Find it (Open Access) in Theory, Culture & Society Theory, Culture & Society journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

New video abstract: Shoko Yoneyama introduces the Theory, Culture & Society article 'Miyazaki Hayao’s Animism and the Anthropocene' youtu.be/zWCt_VGVpoY Shoko Yoneyama

Save the date! The Fourth International Thematic Meeting on Bullying will be held this Tuesday (7th Sep; online), where I will be speaking as a member of the Scientific Committee for UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 & World Anti-Bullying Forum on International Perspectives on Bullying: en.unesco.org/events/role-te…

ICYMI: Shoko Yoneyama introduces the article 'Miyazaki Hayao’s Animism and the Anthropocene' theoryculturesociety.org/blog/video-sho… Shoko Yoneyama

A Korean translation of my Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus article, "Rethinking Human-Nature Relationships in the Time of Coronavirus: Postmodern Animism in Films by Miyazaki Hayao & Shinkai Makoto", has been published in Green Review! Translation can be accessed through the link: apjjf.org/2020/16/Yoneya…

I am thrilled to share a new short piece: "Miyazaki Anime: Animism for the Anthropocene"! Find it (open access) in Global Dialogue ISA Global Dialogue, the Magazine for ISA (available in 7 languages), and at the link: globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/miyaz…