LECTURE SERIES
December 2013 – March 2014
This series provides new insights into Japan, China, and Tibet from Weatherhead East Asian Institute authors. For more information on WEAI publications, visit here
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December 9 |
“Jamesian Precisions in Natsume Sōseki: Contending with Light and Dark” John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 No registration required.Co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture |
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February 25 |
“Neither Donkey Nor Horse: Medicine and the Struggle Over China’s Modernity” Sean Lei, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; 2013-14 Member, Institute for Advanced Study Moderated by Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. |
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March 25 |
“Taming Tibet: Landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development” Emily Yeh, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder Moderated by Robert Barnett, Director, Modern Tibet Studies Program, Columbia University 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. |
| April 30 (Thursday) |
“Collecting and Presenting Tibetan Material Culture in the West” Melissa Kerin, Washington and Lee University; Dominique Townsend, Rubin Museum of Art Moderated by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia University 4:30 PM – 6:30PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Co-Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures |
