A digital exhibit that I curated is live now! From Samurai into Engineers marks the 150th anniversary of the graduation of MIT’s first Japanese student, Eiichirō Honma (SB 1874), and highlights the experiences of MIT's first Japanese students. digital-exhibits.libraries.mit.edu/s/from-samur...

Introduction

Deleting all of the place of publication names from the bibliography of my book manuscript as I watch the word count go down.

a man in a blue shirt with the number 801027 on it is sitting in a car with his eyes closed

ALT: a man in a blue shirt with the number 801027 on it is sitting in a car with his eyes closed

Outstanding job opening in a legendary Buddhist Studies Department with an absolutely top-notch Japan Studies program as well. Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA is searching for a tenure stream assistant professor in Japanese Buddhism! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09824?fbc...

Assistant Professor in Japanese Buddhism

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

(I played no role in putting this together and was surprised to see a conference on Ise by the School of Architecture--definitely an interesting and different perspective)

gjl.princeton.edu/events/2024/...

Is Ise Circular?

The Ise Shrine (Jingū), in Mie Prefecture, Japan, is a complex of Shinto shrines and buildings that are rebuilt every 20 years. The last construction in 2013 is the 62nd iteration. With a few interru...

When you meet a public toilet architect at a conference who is also interested in Asian religions 💩

The whole 1990 NKOTB tour just kind of blurs together for me, just one stadium riot after the next 😂

They were my first concert! 1990, Foxboro Stadium, my cousin’s 11th birthday.

Me when I applied to grad school: “I have concepts of a plan.”

I'll be giving a talk in Manchester on 15th October on my recent work and next book project, it's an in-person event but will be recorded: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gregory-sc...