WEAI professor Gregory Pflugfelder's popular course "A Cultural History of Japanese Monsters" is named the Number One Coolest College Class in the U.S. by Zipcar. Read the Ziptopia article here. Click here to read a Columbia University Record article about Professor Pflugfelder's expertise about the history of Japanese monsters such as Godzilla. Click here to … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Presented Keynote Lecture on Comfort Women and the Politics of Memory
On September 9, 2015, Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History at Columbia University, presented the keynote lecture at the Fifth Annual Congress on Asia and the Pacific on "Comfort Women and the Politics of Memory in East Asia" Learn more about the conference here. … [Read more...]
February 25 Event “Birds of Metal in Flight: An Evening of Poetry with 5+5”
Photographs and video are now available from the February 25, 2015 event “Birds of Metal in Flight: An Evening of Poetry with 5+5.” The landmark event, held in the beautiful Cathedral of St. John the Divine, featured a reading by five Chinese poets: Bei Dao, Ouyang Jianghe, Xi Chuan, Zhai Yongming, and Zhou Zan; and five American poets: Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei … [Read more...]
February 5 Event: “New Directions in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy:” Photos and Video
Photographs and video are now available from the February 5, 2015 Tenth Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics, titled: "New Directions in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy." The event featured Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. The lecture by Professor Curtis--an internationally known expert on Japanese politics--was moderated by … [Read more...]
October 8 Event “Around 1948: Human Rights & Global Transformation:” Video, Photos, and Audio
Photographs, audio, and video are now available from the October 8, 2014 event "Around 1948: Human Rights and Global Transformation." The event featured Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University; Lydia H. Liu, Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University; Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History, Harvard University; and … [Read more...]
