Cultural historian studying queer art and literature in modern Japan. Currently Tanaka Junior Research Fellow in Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford
Ok twitter, since i'm desperately trying to ignore my final papers, here's a thread on a Japanese designer and illustrator who pioneered the "aesthetic" of kawaii in the 60s, revolutionized fashion and design, and helped launch one of Japan's first gay magazines: Rune Naitō
Excited to participate in this workshop on Queer History in East Asia being held later this month at the University of Tokyo! More information and registration available here: https://t.co/Ze0Kdcdv0H
Haven't been on twitter in a while, but I will be presenting some new research on queer Japanese history at an online seminar hosted by the University of Tokyo Humanities Center this week!
【145th HMC Open Research Seminar 📣】
Why Queer History Matters: New Vistas for Japanese and East Asian Studies
🗓 June 19, 2026 | 11:00–13:00 (JST)
💻 Online (Zoom)
Registration & details 👇
https://t.co/qSywjfepmr
Extremely excited to share that on October 1st, I will begin a 3-year postdoctoral position as the Tanaka Junior Research Fellow in Japanese Studies at Pembroke College, University of Oxford!! 🇬🇧🇯🇵 Extremely excited to connect with Japanese studies colleagues in the UK and Europe
Jonathan D. Katz, curator of Wrightwood 659's “The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939,” discusses the show and its resistance to oppression and discrimination.
https://t.co/bIHtJhP0UO
Had a wonderful time presenting at the Association for Japanese Literary Studies conference at Dartmouth College this year! And a big thank you to Dr. Angela Yiu at Sophia University for gifting me her newly edited book on Heisei era Literature!
5月2-3日、アメリカのダートマス大学で行われるアメリカ日本文学学会年次大会にて、日本文学研究者パトリック・カーランド=エチャバリア氏(ペンシルベニア大学所属)が拙作『ジュリアン・バトラーの真実の生涯』について発表を行います。
パトリック・カーランド=エチャバリア氏が『ジュリアン・バトラーの真実の生涯』についての発表を行うのは5月3日10:00から。
発表タイトルは“An Absolutely True Story: Metafictional Translation and Queer Literary Imaginaries in Kawamoto Nao’s The Real Life of Julian Butler”.
タイムテーブルはこちら。 https://t.co/5jS45XKycP
アメリカ日本文学学会の公式サイトはこちら。 https://t.co/d8uxRtqRd0
Japanese literature scholar Patrick Carland-Echavarria (University of Pennsylvania) will give a presentation on my novel "The Real Life of Julian Butler" at the Association for Japanese Literary Studies The 32nd annual meeting of, which will be held at Dartmouth College on May 2-3, 2025.
Patrick Carland-Echavarria will give a presentation on "The Real Life of Julian Butler" at 10:00 on May 3.
The title of his presentation is "An Absolutely True Story: Metafictional Translation and Queer Literary Imaginaries in Kawamoto Nao'sThe Real Life of Julian Butler".
Click here for the timetable. https://t.co/5jS45XKycP
Click here for the official website of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies. https://t.co/d8uxRtqRd0
Don't miss it!!
I'm thrilled to be presenting on Kawamoto Nao’s fabulous, genre defying novel, The Real Life of Julian Butler 『ジュリアン・バトラーの真実の生涯』, at the Association for Japanese Literary Studies conference at Dartmouth College this week! Please check it out if you can!
5月2-3日、アメリカのダートマス大学で行われるアメリカ日本文学学会年次大会にて、日本文学研究者パトリック・カーランド=エチャバリア氏(ペンシルベニア大学所属)が拙作『ジュリアン・バトラーの真実の生涯』について発表を行います。
パトリック・カーランド=エチャバリア氏が『ジュリアン・バトラーの真実の生涯』についての発表を行うのは5月3日10:00から。
発表タイトルは“An Absolutely True Story: Metafictional Translation and Queer Literary Imaginaries in Kawamoto Nao’s The Real Life of Julian Butler”.
タイムテーブルはこちら。 https://t.co/5jS45XKycP
アメリカ日本文学学会の公式サイトはこちら。 https://t.co/d8uxRtqRd0
Japanese literature scholar Patrick Carland-Echavarria (University of Pennsylvania) will give a presentation on my novel "The Real Life of Julian Butler" at the Association for Japanese Literary Studies The 32nd annual meeting of, which will be held at Dartmouth College on May 2-3, 2025.
Patrick Carland-Echavarria will give a presentation on "The Real Life of Julian Butler" at 10:00 on May 3.
The title of his presentation is "An Absolutely True Story: Metafictional Translation and Queer Literary Imaginaries in Kawamoto Nao'sThe Real Life of Julian Butler".
Click here for the timetable. https://t.co/5jS45XKycP
Click here for the official website of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies. https://t.co/d8uxRtqRd0
Don't miss it!!
Very complicated period of history, and in this article I hope to shed light on its largely unexamined queer aspects. As an article bridging postwar Japanese history, literature, and queer studies, it will be of interest to a wide range of scholars! Please check it out! 7/7
Hey all! I'm not at AAS this year, but I'm happy to share that my peer-reviewed article "'In Ohio, Men Do Not Turn Into Young Girls’: Queer Exiles and Utopian Imaginaries in Occupation Japan" is now out in the Journal of American-East Asian Relations! 1/7 https://t.co/FrXFz7bMjM
Donald Richie, Earle Ernst, and many other queer Americans found a refuge in postwar Japan during a period of intense homophobia in the U.S. At the same time, they benefited from racial, gender and economic privilege while living in occupied Japan. Occupation era Japan was a 6/