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James Welker
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ジェームズ・ウェルカー（he/him）

I research queer cultures, feminisms, and popular culture & media in and beyond Japan・クィアスタディーズ、フェミニズム、グローバリゼーション、日本文化史を研究しています

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Online lecture (book talk):

James Welker
Reimaginging “Women” in 1970s–1980s Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans

Thurs, Oct 16, 7 pm New York/Toronto (8 am Friday in Tokyo)

Open to the public. (It will not be recorded.)
Zoom info is in the attached flier.
Flier for talk. Here are the full details. I'll be giving an online lecture next week about my monograph, Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans (2024), hosted by Rutgers University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Global Asias. Thursday, October 16 at 7 pm New York/Toronto time (or Friday, October 17 at 8 am Tokyo time) The lecture is open to the public. Please join if you missed one of my in-person talks over the past year. (It will not be recorded.) Zoom Meeting ID: 9181599714 Password: 446539 (Or DM me for the link.) ---- Abstract: In the early 1970s, Japan saw the emergence of three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender and sexual norms: the women’s liberation (ūman ribu) movement, the lesbian community, and a sphere comprised of artists and fans of queer shōjo manga (girls’ comics). In this talk, James Welker will discuss Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans, which examines these communities and their cultural import. As he shows, individually and collectively, they found the normative understanding of the category “women” untenable and worked to redefine and expand its meaning by transfiguring ideas, images, and practices selectively appropriated from the “West.” They did so, however, while remaining primarily focused on the local. Welker argues that their transfiguration of Western culture into something locally meaningful had tangible effects far beyond these communities.
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Lecture:

Julia Bullock, “Beauvoir in Japan: Japanese Women and The Second Sex”

Kanagawa U. Minatomirai Campus
Wed 23 July 3:30–5pm (hybrid)

Pls preregister to attend in person.

Preregistration & Zoom details:
human.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/kenkyu/sympo...
Flier for talk. Details in the flier can be found in text form via the link.
July 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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I'll be speaking at Variations: Transmedia Storytelling and Queer Transfigurations in Seoul July 4 & 5.

The event will be in a mix of Korean & English (but I don't think individual talks are being interpreted).Z

Details are at the link.

skb.skku.edu/korean/commu...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Lecture:

Daniele Durante, “Why Is Cross-Dressing Perceived as a Fray in the Social Fabric? A Case Study from Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Japan”

Kanagawa U. Minatomirai Campus
Wed., June 18, 3:30–5pm (in person only)

Preregistration Requested: forms.gle/ji2nWbnZgxGp...
Flier with details about the lecture. The same details can be found at the preregistration link.
June 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Hybrid Lecture
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"Hyperfeminine Harajuku: Exploring Queer KAWAII Practices in a Tokyo Subcultural District"
Kanagawa U, Minatomirai Campus, M8015
Wed 21 May 3:30–5pm

In-person preregistration forms.gle/7FF8yLSmDkRF...

Zoom (no prereg)
Meeting ID: 985 5806 9693 Passcode: KUMMC
Flier with abstract that you can find at the preregistration link.
May 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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I'll be giving a public lecture at UPenn in Williams Hall 623 (255 S 36th St) from 1–2:30 PM EST on my new book. (The original start time was noon.)

It's hybrid. Though it doesn't say so, preregistrants should be getting a Zoom link before the event.

www.eventbrite.com/e/rethinking...
Flier for talk. No extra info. Just a dorky pic of me.
March 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I'll be giving a public lecture on my book at Temple University in Philly on Wed., Mar. 19, from 4:30 to 6 pm in Mazur 821 (the Women's Studies Lounge). No preregistration but you will need ID/to register to enter the building.
Poster for the lecture with the abstract and cover of my book. If you need more info, reply to the post or DM me.
March 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I'll be giving a public lecture on my new book at the University of Pennsylvania on March 20 (Thurs) from 12:00–1:30 EST in Williams Hall 623. Please come if you're in the area!

ceas.sas.upenn.edu/index.php/ev...
Covers of some of my books, including Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan, the book I'll be speaking about at Penn
March 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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I'll be giving a public lecture on my new book at Penn State on Mar 17 (Mon) from 12:15–1:30 EST in 102 Kern. Please come if you're in the area!

complit.la.psu.edu/events/comp-...
Flier for talk that includes an abstract and bio. Just come to the talk. You'll love it, I hope!
March 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Next Tuesday, March 4, I'll be giving a public lecture on my book at Macalester College from 4:45–5:45 in Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center - Art Comm 102.

www.macalester.edu/calendar/eve...
Flier for my talk. The key info is in the post and at the link.
February 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Next Monday, March 3, I'll be giving a public lecture on my book at St. Olaf College from 4:30 pm in Viking.

I've got no link for this but I assume if you're in the Northfield, MN, area you can sort it out.
Flier with the same date, time, and place info as the flier. If you need more info, please DM me or reply to this post.
February 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Chicagoland people, I'm giving a public lecture Thursday, February 27, from 12:30 to 1:50 pm in Harris Hall 101, at Northwestern.

Please come!

planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/624952
Flier for talk with same info as in the post and at the link.
February 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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St. Louis people, I'm here and giving a public lecture tomorrow, Tuesday, February 25, from 5 to 6:30 pm in the Anheuser-Busch Hall, room 103, at UMSL.

Please come!

tritonconnect.umsl.edu/umslglobal/r...
February 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I'll be giving a hybrid public lecture about my new book at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Fri, Feb 21 from 1–2:30 pm CST in 1080 SLCL Bldg.

Please come!

Or join online if you're free. (A registration link is included in the website.)

calendars.illinois.edu/detail/904/3...
Flier for talk. More details are at the link in this skeet.
February 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I'll be giving a public lecture about my new book at Purdue University on Wednesday, February 19 from 5:00–6:30 pm in Wetherill 104.

Please come if you're in the area!

events.purdue.edu/event/transf...
Lecture flier with the talk abstract and title. All details can be found as well in the attached link.
February 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I'll be giving a public lecture at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, on Tuesday, February 18 from 12–1 pm.
Flier for the lecture that notes the topic is my new book and the location is the LBC Richmond room
February 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I'll be giving a public lecture at Butler University in Indianapolis on Monday, February 17 from 4–5:15 pm.
Flier for the talk that notes the location on campus is Gallahue Hall 104, and that the topic is my book.
February 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I'll be speaking at Bates College tomorrow at 4:15!

Please come if you're nearby!
Poster with book cover and location of lecture. (It's in Pettengill Hall G52) from 4:15.
February 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I'll be speaking (in English) about my (still) new monograph at Nagoya University, Thursday, 16 January at 17:00—Tomorrow!!

7th Floor Conference Hall (Integrated Humanities Bldg)
名古屋大学 カンファレンスホール (文系総合館7階)

No preregistration necessary.
入場無料・予約不要・Q&A日本語可
Poster with the event info. It's pretty much the same as the text of the post but if you need more info, please just reply to this skeet.
January 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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I'll be speaking (in English) about my (still) new monograph at Nagoya University, Thursday, 16 January at 17:00.

7th Floor Conference Hall (Integrated Humanities Bldg)
名古屋大学 カンファレンスホール (文系総合館7階)

No preregistration necessary.
入場無料・予約不要・Q&A日本語可
Flier with roughly the same info as the post. Please just reply to this post if you need more info. Thanks!
January 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Public Lecture
Andrea Castiglioni, “Mountains on the Move: From Kumano Sanzan to Dewa Sanzan” (Kanagawa Univ, Minatomirai; Wed, 15 Jan, 3:30–5pm JST; Hybrid)
Preregister to attend in person
human.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/kenkyu/sympo...
Flier with the same info that can be accessed via the link in the post.
January 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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“Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans Rethinking ‘Women’ in 1970s–1980s Japan” | James Welker,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Feb 21, 2025 1:00 pm CST
Hybrid (register for the Zoom link)

Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCL Building
calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7604?...
Flier for event. The same info can be found on the linked-to webpage.
December 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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So it’s not a ton of followers but it’s a cool number to have.
December 18, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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Every time I open a new page on @washingtonpost.com, I get this stupid pop-up for a year-end review. WaPo thinks it's Spotify. But Spotify doesn't make you click a tiny X to use it every.fucking.time you interact. And what about the visually impaired, Wapo? They struggle with those Xs.
"Your newsprint is here" year end review pop-up image
December 9, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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I'm doing a panel at @thecasacon.bsky.social this weekend! Come join me and all the other cool panels all weekend!

This is a free event on Discord.

More info: casacon.org
December 9, 2024 at 7:29 AM