Video and photographs are now available from the September 21, 2017 event "Japan's New Foreign Minister: A Conversation with Columbia Students About Diplomacy," which featured His Excellency Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minister of Japan. The sold-out event--the Foreign Minister's only public address during his visit to the United States--was co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East … [Read more...]
The Asahi Shimbun interviews Gerald L. Curtis about Japan’s Diplomacy
The Asahi Shimbun recently interviewed Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, about Japan's current diplomacy efforts. In the article, Professor Curtis argues that the nature of Japan’s diplomacy can best be characterized as a “coping strategy." “A coping strategy does not seek to set the international agenda; instead it takes the … [Read more...]
December 17 Event: “Is Japan Really Back?” Videos and Photos
On Thursday, December 17, 2015, leading scholars of Japan participated in the symposium "Is Japan Really Back?" in honor of the retirement of Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. The panelists, all of whom were Professor Curtis's former PhD students, included: Victor Cha, Georgetown University; Bill Heinrich, U.S. Department of … [Read more...]
The Japan Times reports on the retirement and legacy of Professor Gerald L. Curtis
The Japan Times recently paid tribute to Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science, on the eve of his retirement from teaching at Columbia. In the December 12, 2015 article "Gerald Curtis, the Ultimate Insider in Japanese Politics, Retires," Jeff Kingston, a Columbia PhD who teaches at Temple University in Japan, talked with leading academics about Professor … [Read more...]
November 11 Event: “The Emerging Geometry of Asia: U.S. Alliances and Asian Architecture:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the November 11, 2015 event “The Emerging Geometry of Asia: U.S. Alliances and Asian Architecture.” The event featured a lecture by Victor Cha, the D.S. Song Chair in Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University. His talk was accompanied by comments from Charles K. Armstrong, the Korea Foundation Professor of … [Read more...]
