Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, talked about the possible impacts of a Hillary Clinton presidency and a Donald Trump presidency on Asia in a November 8, 2016 Nikkei Asian Review interview titled "Trump Couldn't Change Asian Policy Even if Elected, Columbia Professor Says." "I think Clinton is more hard-line on … [Read more...]
Watch Paul Anderer Discuss His New Book “Kurosawa’s Rashomon”
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a short video in which Paul Anderer, the Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, discusses his new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Delivers Lecture “What the World Owes the Comfort Women” at Washington University in St. Louis
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered a public lecture on November 3, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis titled "What the World Owes the Comfort Women." "The practices and norms of public memory have changed in the seventy years since the end of World War II creating what I … [Read more...]
WEAI Announces Global Scholars Program 2017: “Media Practices in India and China – A Summer Program in Mumbai & Beijing”
MEDIA PRACTICES IN INDIA AND CHINA A Summer Program in Mumbai and Beijing Led by Columbia film scholars Debashree Mukherjee and Ying Qian, this summer 2017 program will take students to Mumbai and Beijing to investigate contemporary media practices in India and China. Through visits to sites of media production, exhibition, and consumption, and meetings with a wide array of … [Read more...]
Paul Anderer Publishes New Book “Kurosawa’s Rashomon”
We are pleased to announce that Paul Anderer, Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, has authored a new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published by Pegasus Books in October 2016, is a groundbreaking investigation into the early life … [Read more...]
