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...]
Carol Gluck Takes Part in Chatham House Conference “Challenge and Uncertainty in a Volatile World: Japan-UK Perspectives”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, took part in the Chatham House conference "Challenge and Uncertainty in a Volatile World: Japan-UK Perspectives" on October 12 and 13, 2016. The event, held in Tokyo, was the fourth in a series of five annual conferences on the UK-Japan relationship and … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck talks with Slate, The New York Times, and The Takeaway about Japanese Emperor Akihito
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, was interviewed by Slate on August 8, 2016 about the possibility that Japan's emperor Akihito may abdicate the throne. On August 9, 2016, Professor Gluck discussed Emperor Akihito's significance in The New York Times article "In Japan, an Emperor Constrained … [Read more...]
Call for Papers for the 2016 Consortium of African and Asian Studies (CAAS) Symposium
The 2016 Symposium for the Consortium of African and Asian Studies (CAAS) will take place October 22-23, 2016 at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Japan. This is a Call for Papers for Columbia faculty and graduate students who wish to participate. The theme is Crossing Boundaries: Asians and Africans on the Move. All disciplines are welcome. More information is … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Chairs “Horizons of Hope in Asia” Special Roundtable at AAS in Kyoto
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...]
