We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies, published by Duke University Press. The book's author is Alexander Zahlten, an Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. In The End of … [Read more...]
“Minority Media in Taiwan”
Film Screening and Discussion "Minority Media in Taiwan" Robert Chen, Professor of Radio-TV, National Chengchi University Chun-chi Wang, Associate Professor of English, National Dong Hwa University Introduction by Ying Qian, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 2:00 PM - 5:10 PM Butler Library, Room 203 Registration Required; … [Read more...]
Columbia Global Centers I Mumbai Reports on the Summer 2017 Global Scholars Program “Media Practices in India & China”
Columbia Global Centers I Mumbai recently reported on this summer's successful Global Scholars Program "Media Practices in India and China," which was organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Office of Global Programs, and Columbia Global Centers. During the program, which ran from May 22 to June 30, WEAI faculty member Ying Qian, Assistant Professor of East … [Read more...]
The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Alexander Zahlten (Duke University Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. In The End of Japanese Cinema Alexander Zahlten moves film theory beyond the confines of film itself, attending to the emergence of new kinds of aesthetics, politics, temporalities, and understandings of film and media. He traces the … [Read more...]
“Family Album: 100 Chinese Family Stories Uncovered”
Film Screening & Discussion "Family Album: 100 Chinese Family Stories Uncovered" Yuhong Li, Documentary Filmmaker; Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong Moderated by Peter E. Hamilton, Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in the Making of the Modern Pacific World, Weatherhead East Asian Institute 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room … [Read more...]
