Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke about President Obama's visit to Hiroshima with WNYC Radio's "On the Media" and Wisconsin Public Radio's "Kathleen Dunn Show." She also discussed the different ways that Japanese and Americans remember World War II with PRI's "The World." With … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Adam Bronson’s “One Hundred Million Philosophers”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: One Hundred Million Philosophers: Science of Thought and the Culture of Democracy in Postwar Japan, published by the University of Hawaii Press. The book’s author is Adam Bronson, who will become Lecturer in the History of Japan at Durham University in the fall of … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks About Royalty in Japan on “BackStory”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke on the BackStory radio program about royalty in Japan. On the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday, BackStory presented the May 13, 2016 podcast "Watch the Throne: America and Royalty" in which leading historians, including Professor Gluck, … [Read more...]
Read Gerald L. Curtis’s Keynote Speech “The US and Japan in a Turbulent Asia”
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, gave the keynote speech at a May 13, 2016 symposium in Japan that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School. Titled "The United States and Japan in a Turbulent Asia," Professor Curtis's speech addressed how East Asia’s … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks with Slate About the Differing Ways Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, talked with Slate in a May 11, 2016 article titled "How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II." Following the news that President Obama will be the first American president to visit Hiroshima, Isaac Chotiner, a Slate contributor, conducted an interview … [Read more...]
