Beyond Japan Postcast: Two Series Later

A map of the 69 countries where our listeners tune in from, most prominently the UK, USA and Japan.

Two years have now passed since Beyond Japan was innovated in response to an abrupt halt of our CJS research seminar series at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since our first episodes introducing our CJS colleagues and their research, the podcast has continued beyond the return of our online seminars as an accessible, engaging and global means of broadening understanding on the many faces of Japanese Studies. We have had 15,000 downloads since our start across 69 countries, the top three being the UK (31%), USA (29%) and Japan (16%), demonstrating the global appeal of Japan-related research. You can find Beyond Japan across 9 servers, including Spotify, Apple, Amazon and Anchor

As series 2 came to an end earlier this year, we are delighted to announce that Oliver Moxham, host of the series, has been awarded the 2022 UEA Engagement Award for his work encouraging public engagement with academia through the podcast. Series 3 of the podcast began in October 2022 with monthly episodes on the first Thursday of every month. Episodes so far have focussed on constructing national histories, manga and underwater archaeology. More information is available here. If you’re new to the series, have a listen to some of our most popular episodes below: