In 1973, a Taiwanese woman by the name of Sanmao made her way to the turbulent Spanish Sahara. She trekked through cultural and linguistic barriers, romance, solitude, and mirages, before publishing her experiences of the desert in the form of a book. Now, more than four decades after its original publication in Chinese, Sanmao's groundbreaking 1976 debut Stories of the Sahara … [Read more...]
“Japanese Book History Workshop”
Workshop "Japanese Book History Workshop" Takahiro Sasaki, Keio University Moderated by Haruo Shirane, Columbia University 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 Registration required. Please click here to register. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and the C.V. Starr East Asian … [Read more...]
“Kurosawa’s Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films”
Lecture “Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films” Paul Anderer, Mack Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University Moderated by James Shapiro, Larry Miller Professor of English, Columbia University 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Book Culture (112th Street) 536 West 112th St. No registration required. Co-sponsored by Book … [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...]
Howard W. French discusses his new book about the massive Chinese migration to Africa
Howard W. French, a professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, has spent years reporting about the massive migration of Chinese people to Africa. Alfred A. Knopf has just published the results of his work: China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in China. French, who has served as the bureau chief in Japan, China, West and … [Read more...]
