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Related Links: Mark Bookman
Personal Blog Mark Bookman: Disability Historian and Accessibility Consultant The Japan Times New film honors life and legacy of disability pioneer Mark Bookman (PDF) IMDB Mark—A Call to Action
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The Mark Bookman Prize Recipients
2026 Sensing the Frontier: A Response to Emptiness in Namie, Fukushima prefecture Xue Yang, independent scholar Fifteen years on from the 3/11 disaster, the landscape around the crippled Fukushima #1…
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In Memoriam: Mark Bookman (1991–2022)
I well remember the first time I met Mark Bookman. He had come to attend the Anthropology of Japan, in Japan (AJJ) Conference at my home campus, Meiji Gakuin University…
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The Harumi Befu Prize Recipients
2026 Akita University, May 23rd–24th Joint winners: Felix BORTHWICK and JOSH FENG Right to Residence: The (Non)Politics of Public Housing Governance in Contemporary Japan Felix Borthwick, Duke University In this…
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In Memoriam: Harumi Befu (1930–2022)
We are bereft of two members in 2022, Harumi Befu and Mark Bookman, memorialized here thanks to Tom Gill: In Memoriam Harumi Befu 1930 – 2022 I first met Harumi…
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Announcing the winners of the 2025 Befu and Bookman prizes
At the joint JAWS/AJJ conference held at Hyogo University held in Kobe April 4-6, judging was conducted to award the third edition each of the Harumi Befu prize and the…
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