Video is now available of Leta Hong Fincher, 2015-16 Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University and author of the 2014 book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, discussing the challenges and inequalities faced by women in contemporary China. Professor Fincher, who was the first American to receive a PhD … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with The New York Times About Prominent New Tibet-Related Films
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with The New York Times in a June 10, 2016 article about prominent Tibet-related movies that are screening at the 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival. “These young Tibetan filmmakers are trying to make us look very hard without giving us answers,” Professor Barnett noted. “Many of their films … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin Co-Organizes First AAS Workshop on “Emerging Fields in the Study of Asia”
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...]
