Conference "Esther Eng and Other Challenges to Women and World Cinema" Keynote Speakers: Yvonne Tasker, University of East Anglia Lingzhen Wang, Brown University Featuring: Weihong Bao, UC Berkeley Deirdre Boyle, The New School Jane Gaines, Film & Media Studies Program, Columbia University DeeDee Halleck, Paper Tiger Television Hikari Hori, Columbia … [Read more...]
“Qarangghu Tagh: The Villages Afar” Film Screening
Film Screening "Qarangghu Tagh: The Villages Afar" Saipulla Mutalip, Film Director Jessica Yeung, Film Producer Moderated by Robbie Barnett, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Columbia University 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Co-Sponsored by the Modern Tibetan Studies Program and the Inner Asia … [Read more...]
“Film Festivals as Social Space: Local Queer Activism and Community in Japan”
Brown Bag Lecture "Film Festivals as Social Space: Local Queer Activism and Community in Japan" Yuka Kanno, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University Moderated by Hikari Hori, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 12:00 PM -1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration … [Read more...]
WEAI welcomes new faculty member Ying Qian
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes Ying Qian, assistant professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, to the Columbia faculty. Professor Qian, who earned her PhD from Harvard University, studies Chinese film, literature, and media. Her current research focus is on Chinese documentary cinema. In the following Q & A, Professor Qian discusses her scholarship … [Read more...]
“The Look of Silence”
Film Screening & Discussion "The Look of Silence" Joshua Oppenheimer, Film Director 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Journalism School, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University School of the Arts, Columbia Law School, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and the Alliance for Historical Dialogue and … [Read more...]
