Video is now available from the February 18, 2016 event “Digital Humanities in East Asian Studies at Columbia: Strategies and Possibilities.” The workshop featured Tucker Harding, the Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in Digital Humanities at Columbia University, and Tenzin Dickyi, Editor at The Treasury of Lives. Their presentation was moderated by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley … [Read more...]
December 17 Event: “Is Japan Really Back?” Videos and Photos
On Thursday, December 17, 2015, leading scholars of Japan participated in the symposium "Is Japan Really Back?" in honor of the retirement of Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. The panelists, all of whom were Professor Curtis's former PhD students, included: Victor Cha, Georgetown University; Bill Heinrich, U.S. Department of … [Read more...]
December 16 Event: “The Many Worlds of Yamaguchi Yoshiko:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the December 16, 2015 event “The Many Worlds of Yamaguchi Yoshiko.” The event was a multidisciplinary mini-workshop exploring the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko (1920–2014), a Japanese actress, singer, and politician whose remarkably resilient career spanned multiple culture industries, ethnic identifications, and strategic … [Read more...]
November 30 Event: “The Transformation of the Indonesian Economy in Challenging Times:” Photos and Video
Photographs and video are now available from the November 30, 2015 event “The Transformation of the Indonesian Economy in Challenging Times.” The panel discussion featured Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Bank and the former Minister of Finance of Indonesia; Mari Pangestu, former Minister of Trade and of Tourism and Creative … [Read more...]
November 11 Event: “The Emerging Geometry of Asia: U.S. Alliances and Asian Architecture:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the November 11, 2015 event “The Emerging Geometry of Asia: U.S. Alliances and Asian Architecture.” The event featured a lecture by Victor Cha, the D.S. Song Chair in Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University. His talk was accompanied by comments from Charles K. Armstrong, the Korea Foundation Professor of … [Read more...]
