Disability Japan Mark Bookman Podcast

Third Anniversary of Disability Studies Scholar and Japanologist Dr. Mark Bookman’s Death [Podcast Episode]

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.

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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By Barrier Free Japan

December 19 2025

TOKYO – 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 ’:

‘Disability Publics: Making Accessibility in Modern Japan’:

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