Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, recently met in Tokyo with former Prime Minister of Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone. Yasuhiro Nakasone, now 97 years old, served as Japan's Prime Minister from 1982 until 1987. During his time in office, Prime Minister Nakasone consulted with Professor Curtis, an internationally renowned … [Read more...]
Robert S. Boynton Discusses His New Book About North Korea’s Abduction Project
Robert S. Boynton, an associate professor of journalism at New York University and director of NYU's Literary Reportage concentration, has published the new book The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). For decades, North Korea denied any part in the disappearance of dozens of Japanese citizens from … [Read more...]
Thursday, December 17: “Is Japan Really Back?”
A symposium in honor of Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University Columbia University Kellogg Center, Room 1501 420 West 118th Street New York, NY 10027 December 17, 2015 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM To register, please click here Tentative Schedule: Welcome: 1:00 PM – 1:05 PM Eugenia Lean, Director, Weatherhead East Asian … [Read more...]
David Brophy
Associate Research Scholar, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Email: david.brophy@sydney.edu.au BIO PUBLICATIONS NEWS History of Qing and Republican China; Early Modern Eurasia Colonialism and National Movements; Islam (particularly Sufism) and Islamic Historiography David Brophy is an Associate Research Scholar in the Department of … [Read more...]
Gal Gvili
Lecturer in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Email: gg2336@columbia.edu BIO PUBLICATIONS NEWS Early modern, modern, and contemporary Chinese literature; literary and cultural theory Gal Gvili received her PhD in Modern Chinese Literature with a concentration in Comparative Literature and Society from Columbia University in 2015. … [Read more...]
