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EPISODE · Dec 18, 2025 · 1 MIN

Third Anniversary of Disability Studies Scholar and Japanologist Dr. Mark Bookman’s Death

from Disability News Japan · host Michael Gillan Peckitt

Three years have now passed since the disability studies scholar and Japanologist Mark Bookman (1991 – 2022) died on December 16th 2022. At the time of his death, Mark was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tokyo College and about to take up a position at Ritsumeikan University. Episode notes: ‘ ‘Mark - A Call to Action’ (documentary) dir. Ron Small ’: https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Call-Action-Ron-Small/dp/B0DFV5ZCD4 ‘Disability Publics: Making Accessibility in Modern Japan’: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Disability-Publics-Making-Accessibility-Modern/dp/0198979738#immersive-view_1766021047271

Three years have now passed since the disability studies scholar and Japanologist Mark Bookman (1991 – 2022) died on December 16th 2022. At the time of his death, Mark was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tokyo College and about to take up a position at Ritsumeikan University. Episode notes: ‘ ‘Mark - A Call to Action’ (documentary) dir. Ron Small ’: https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Call-Action-Ron-Small/dp/B0DFV5ZCD4 ‘Disability Publics: Making Accessibility in Modern Japan’: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Disability-Publics-Making-Accessibility-Modern/dp/0198979738#immersive-view_1766021047271

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