I'll be speaking at the spring bakai at IEAS at Berkeley on Wednesday, January 30 at 4pm. My talk is called "Record of Dying Days: Ôoku as Alternate History," and is the next step of the talk I've been giving in various fora since last fall. The event isn't open to the public, but if you're a Berkeley grad student who wants to attend, drop me a line and I'll forward your RSVP. Brendan Morley and Michael Craig of EALC will also be giving talks.