Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, chaired the June 24, 2016 special roundtable "Horizons of Hope in Asia" at the Association for Asian Studies in Asia conference in Kyoto. In addition to Professor Gluck, the roundtable featured Jie-Hyun Lim of Sogang University, Rwei-ren Wu of Academia … [Read more...]
Lydia H. Liu Discusses Her Curated Exhibition “Pixel Analysis” in China Daily
Lydia H. Liu, the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Director of Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, discussed the Columbia Global Centers I East Asia - Beijing exhibition "Pixel Analysis" in a June 21, 2016 article in the China Daily. The exhibit, curated by Professor Liu, presents works by Chinese wood block artist Yang Hongwei … [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...]
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...]
