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...]
October 14 N.T. Wang Lecture “Social Welfare: Does it Have a Future in China’s Evolving Economy?”: Photos and Report
Photographs are now available from the October 14, 2015 Sixth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture on the Chinese Economy: "Social Welfare: Does it Have a Future in China's Evolving Economy?" The lecture featured Zhigang Yuan, Professor of Economics at Fudan University, and moderator Qin Gao of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. A report about the … [Read more...]
October 7 Event: “The South China Sea: The View from the Philippines:” Video and Photos
Photographs and video are now available from the October 7, 2015 event “The South China Sea: The View from the Philippines” The presentation featured Honorable Antonio T. Carpio, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who spoke about the current situation in the South China Sea. Justice Carpio's lecture was moderated by Ann Marie Murphy, Senior … [Read more...]
