Photographs and audio are now available from the September 20, 2016 event "The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan" During the discussion, Princeton University professor and Columbia PhD Federico Marcon talked about his Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan … [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...]
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...]
Carol Gluck Talks to Kyodo News and Fujisankei TV about Obama’s Hiroshima Visit
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke to Kyodo News and to Fujisankei New York Television about President Obama's historic May 27 visit to Hiroshima. Professor Gluck discussed the speech that President Obama gave during his visit to Hiroshima. "He (Obama) said memory must never fade, but … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks on Public Radio Programs About President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke about President Obama's visit to Hiroshima with WNYC Radio's "On the Media" and Wisconsin Public Radio's "Kathleen Dunn Show." She also discussed the different ways that Japanese and Americans remember World War II with PRI's "The World." With … [Read more...]
