Professor of Japanese Studies- University of Manchester; Interested in religion; Japan; media; violence; religious minorities; fear; temporalities; belonging; food. PI "Fear and Belonging in Minority Buddhist Communities" http://tinyurl.com/36rnykdyhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3mmgdshxsw22cCreating Community (tinyurl.com/2snjytca) offers some short reflections from the @leverhulme.ac.uk project “Fear and Belonging”(tinyurl.com/yckh3y43). It captures some of the feelings, experiences, and atmospheres running through the stories people shared with us. The artwork is by artist Sian Fan. https://tinyurl.com/2snjytca22 May 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgdshxsw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lqczeef26k2jTruly enjoyed listening to @uomsalc.bsky.social researchers presenting their research projects at the annual SALC Research Showcase [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqczeef26k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3llo3vvlgdc2xComing up this week! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2025 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llo3vvlgdc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lknnefh4j22i@uomsalc.bsky.social will be holding an online information session for potential applicants to the following schemes: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships. Link here: shorturl.at/opLFB https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/research/funding-opportunities/18 Mar 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknnefh4j22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lkdxtj6rl22dEast Asian Studies Seminar coming up next week @uomsalc.bsky.social Iwashima, Fumi (Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University) ‘Shared Washing Machines in Rural Japan: Embodied Experience of the Electrification of Home Life’ 4-6pm Tuesday 18 March Samuel Alexander Building A213A14 Mar 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdxtj6rl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lkdque2tsk23Our next Fear Research Network (FeRN) seminar will be on April 2, 2025. Valentina Zagaria will present on “The harga is the women’s fault” – Fearing migration’s revolutionary potential in a Tunisian border town" https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:h1tz-m830hfp7-vhoruv/fern-seminar-series-the-harga-is-the-womens-fault-fearing-migrations-revolutionary-potential-in-a-tunisian-border-town. @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social14 Mar 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdque2tsk23https://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3ljpncbls4s2f2 PhD and 1 postdoc positions available on the RADHEART project. In beautiful Bergen and with an amazing project leader! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpncbls4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3ljhul52tqc2eJoin us on Wednesday for this great talk! @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhul52tqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3ljfpitddos2hLooking forward to being part of this interdisciplinary event in Bristol on March 11-12, bringing together academics, artists, and filmmakers to discuss how Japanese religious practices, media, and the arts have been shaped by and responded to the 3/11 tragedy. theartofrecovery.blogs.bristol.ac.uk https://theartofrecovery.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/02 Mar 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljfpitddos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lj4f2ju55k2hHappening on Friday this week! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj4f2ju55k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lj3nju5y4s23East Asian Studies- FeRN seminar next week! Ran Zwigenberg (Pennsylvania State University) "Nuclear Minds: Anxiety and Transformation in A-bomb Psychology" @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:z1qz-m7lqo1oh-w0noae/easfern-seminar-nuclear-minds-anxiety-and-transformation-in-abomb-psychology26 Feb 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3nju5y4s23https://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3liwx2f5o3k24Happening on Wednesday this week! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwx2f5o3k24https://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3li3n2vwa6k2qComing up in a couple of weeks @uomsalc.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social ! Looking forward to discussing affective entanglements, bodies and temporalities, atmosphere and, of course, fear!13 Feb 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3n2vwa6k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lhdzxjn7gs2fGreat job opportunity at The John Rylands Library https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=30018&source=JobTrainRSSFeed04 Feb 2025 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhdzxjn7gs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lgzwep3fz22bApplications are now open for the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships @official-uom.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ypxjkce5 4 x Simon Fellowships 5 x Hallsworth Fellowships/Hallsworth Chinese Political Economy Fellowships 5 x Hallsworth Fellowships External Engagement and Impact Closing date: 7 March 2025. https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/funding/simon-hallsworth-fellowships/31 Jan 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzwep3fz22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lgtfybkrts2pFull time professorship in Japanese studies at Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. English here: https://cwfront.ulb.ac.be/greffe/modules/vac/data/sources/pdf/prod/8912.pdf En français ici: https://cwfront.ulb.ac.be/greffe/modules/vac/data/sources/pdf/prod/8911.pdf https://cwfront.ulb.ac.be/.../data/sources/pdf/prod/8912.pdf28 Jan 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtfybkrts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lgsntgudks27A month to go! Only a few tickets left. @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsntgudks27https://bsky.app/profile/baffellierica.bsky.social/post/3lgq5zikefk2qOur next EAS seminar will be on February 14. Yutaka Yoshida (Cardiff University) and Yoko Demelius (Turku Universities) "Technologies of the YouTuber Self: Digital Vigilantism, Masculinities, and the Attention Economy in Neoliberal Japan." tinyurl.com/5cbs98su @uomsalc.bsky.social27 Jan 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:tasqaheyqsmew4tkjopncyfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgq5zikefk2q