The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a short video in which Paul Anderer, the Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, discusses his new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Delivers Lecture “What the World Owes the Comfort Women” at Washington University in St. Louis
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered a public lecture on November 3, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis titled "What the World Owes the Comfort Women." "The practices and norms of public memory have changed in the seventy years since the end of World War II creating what I … [Read more...]
WEAI Announces Global Scholars Program 2017: “Media Practices in India and China – A Summer Program in Mumbai & Beijing”
MEDIA PRACTICES IN INDIA AND CHINA A Summer Program in Mumbai and Beijing Led by Columbia film scholars Debashree Mukherjee and Ying Qian, this summer 2017 program will take students to Mumbai and Beijing to investigate contemporary media practices in India and China. Through visits to sites of media production, exhibition, and consumption, and meetings with a wide array of … [Read more...]
Paul Anderer Publishes New Book “Kurosawa’s Rashomon”
We are pleased to announce that Paul Anderer, Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, has authored a new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published by Pegasus Books in October 2016, is a groundbreaking investigation into the early life … [Read more...]
Call for Papers: Dorothy Borg Workshop “Critical Perspectives on US-Southeast Asia Relations”
The Dorothy Borg Research Program of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce a call for papers for the upcoming workshop Critical Perspectives on US-Southeast Asia Relations Complete information is below: Workshop on “Critical Perspectives on US-Southeast Asia Relations” New York City: April 20-21, 2017 Convenor: Duncan McCargo Visiting Professor … [Read more...]
