Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies at Columbia University, has co-organized the first Association for Asian Studies workshop on "Emerging Fields in the Study of Asia." Co-organized by Siddharth Chandra at Michigan State University, the workshop will focus on economic history and will take place from June 10 to June 11 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Professor … [Read more...]
Marc Steinberg Discusses “Media Mix” and Anime in Japan
Video is now available of Marc Steinberg, Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, discussing the key aspects of the Media Mix and Anime in Japan. Professor Steinberg, who visited the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in March 2016, is an expert on Japanese animation, transmedia practice, global media industries, … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks to Kyodo News and Fujisankei TV about Obama’s Hiroshima Visit
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke to Kyodo News and to Fujisankei New York Television about President Obama's historic May 27 visit to Hiroshima. Professor Gluck discussed the speech that President Obama gave during his visit to Hiroshima. "He (Obama) said memory must never fade, but … [Read more...]
Gray Tuttle Discusses His New Co-Edited Book with The New York Times
Gray Tuttle, the Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, discussed his new book, co-edited with Ben Hillman, Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China’s West, in a Q & A with The New York Times on May 26, 2016. The book, a Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute published by Columbia University … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with NBC News about China’s Investments in Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with NBC News on May 24, 2016 about China's significant investments in majority Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture. Professor Barnett discussed the decline of self-immolations in the region. "It seems that the use of collective punishment in some key areas —penalizing families, friends, communities and … [Read more...]
