@yutakakubo
Researcher in Japanese cinema and queer cinema. Associate professor of film studies at Kanazawa University. Currently working on projects on food, loss and grief, aging, affect, gay porn, and queer archives. Works: https://researchmap.jp/y_kubo315
Just received a copy of The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading. While my first book employed queer reading as a core methodology, since Iโve been slacking off theoretical updates, I hope this book will help me think better and more deeply.
I miss Kyoto already.
Going to Kyoto for a book talk event. Itโs been so long since the last ride on Thunderbird that I almost forgot how much I liked looking at the sceneries through the big window on Thunderbird.
I donโt know what advice to give to graduate students who donโt work part-time and socialize with other students while complaining how their poor financial conditions take away their attention from research and how they donโt have friends.
This weekend, Iโll be charing a panel โTexts in Arts: Politics, Society, and the City in Colonial and Contemporary Taiwanโ at ASCJ at Sophia University.
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Now flying out from Komatsu to Haneda and then to Chicago!
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Why do I always find interesting previous studies a few days before the conference presentation? Getting ready for SCMS2025, but not ready yet at all.
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ๅๆธๅบใตใคใใงใฎใไบ็ดใฏๆๆฅไปฅ้ใซใชใใจใฎใใจใชใฎใงใใพใใ็ฅใใใใพใใญใ
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Going to see Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX this afternoon since one of my seminar students will give a presentation on it tomorrow.
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I contributed a chapter to the latest issue of Eureka on Pedro Almodovar. My chapter focuses on how the film Pain and Glory offers a way of queering pain as a creative force.
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More books and articles to read as I prepare for a piece on Almodovar films.
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Iโm writing an introductory book to queer cinema for middle and high school students. Yesterday I had a chance to share the draft with my colleague at a bi-weekly tea party aka writing session. She asked me why Iโm writing about โcinemaโ in this age. Why cinema? What a hard question.
New books!
ใฆใชใคใซใฎใขใซใขใใใซ็น้ใซๅใใฆๅ จไฝ่ฆ็ดใใฆใใใๆฌใ่ฒทใฃใใDVD่ฒทใฃใใใงใไปๅใฎ่ซ่ใฏ่ตคๅญใงใใชใใพใใใใใใชใใใ
้ฆ็ธใๅๆงๅฉใซๅฏพใใฆ่ฏๅฎ็ใชๆ่ฆใ่กจๆใใ็จๅบฆใงใใใใใจใใใใใพใใใจใชใ่จใใชใใจใใใชใใฎใใๅฝใใๅใ ใใ็ก็ ใฏๅใใใซใใฃใใจไปไบใใฆใใ ใใใจใใๆใใชใใ
I overheard that serious snow is expected tomorrow in Kanazawa. I donโt feel like driving to the university already because itโs on the top of the hill.
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