We are pleased to showcase new and forthcoming titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series. The Studies of the WEAI series was inaugurated in 1962 to bring to public attention the results of significant new research on modern and contemporary East Asia. The books are published by academic and trade presses and represent scholars of East Asia … [Read more...]
Watch Paul Anderer Discuss His New Book “Kurosawa’s Rashomon”
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a short video in which Paul Anderer, the Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, discusses his new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published … [Read more...]
Paul Anderer Publishes New Book “Kurosawa’s Rashomon”
We are pleased to announce that Paul Anderer, Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, has authored a new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published by Pegasus Books in October 2016, is a groundbreaking investigation into the early life … [Read more...]
Reto Hofmann’s “The Fascist Effect” Shortlisted for Australian Book Award
We are pleased to announce that Reto Hofmann's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy: 1915-1952, has been shortlisted for the Australian Historical Association's W.K. Hancock Book Prize. The W.K. Hancock Prize recognises Australian scholars who have published an outstanding first book in any field of history. The Prize was … [Read more...]
Gray Tuttle Discusses His New Co-Edited Book with The New York Times
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...]
