Gray Tuttle, the Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, discussed his new book, co-edited with Ben Hillman, Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China’s West, in a Q & A with The New York Times on May 26, 2016. The book, a Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute published by Columbia University … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with NBC News about China’s Investments in Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with NBC News on May 24, 2016 about China's significant investments in majority Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture. Professor Barnett discussed the decline of self-immolations in the region. "It seems that the use of collective punishment in some key areas —penalizing families, friends, communities and … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks on Public Radio Programs About President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke about President Obama's visit to Hiroshima with WNYC Radio's "On the Media" and Wisconsin Public Radio's "Kathleen Dunn Show." She also discussed the different ways that Japanese and Americans remember World War II with PRI's "The World." With … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks About Royalty in Japan on “BackStory”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke on the BackStory radio program about royalty in Japan. On the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday, BackStory presented the May 13, 2016 podcast "Watch the Throne: America and Royalty" in which leading historians, including Professor Gluck, … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks with Slate About the Differing Ways Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, talked with Slate in a May 11, 2016 article titled "How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II." Following the news that President Obama will be the first American president to visit Hiroshima, Isaac Chotiner, a Slate contributor, conducted an interview … [Read more...]
