Raja Adal (Columbia University Press, 2019) For information on the publisher, please click here. Beauty in the Age of Empire is a global history of aesthetic education focused on how Western practices were adopted, transformed, and repurposed in Egypt and Japan. Raja Adal uncovers the emergence of aesthetic education in modern schools and its role in making a broad … [Read more...]
Japan’s Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters at the Borders of Empire
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES David R. Ambaras (Cambridge University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. This major new study uses vivid accounts of encounters between Chinese and Japanese people living at the margins of empire to elucidate Sino-Japanese relations in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Each chapter … [Read more...]
April 2 Event: “Can We Globalize WWII?: A Chinese Perspective:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from the April 2, 2018 event "Can We Globalize WWII?: A Chinese Perspective." The event featured Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Cambridge, who discussed his new book China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China, 1937 – 1953. His talk was moderated by Madeleine Zelin, Dean … [Read more...]
March 29 Event: “Scales of History: Family History/Global History:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from the March 29, 2018 event "Scales of History: Family History/Global History." The event featured distinguished scholar Shunya Yoshimi, Professor of Sociology, Cultural Studies and Media Studies, University of Tokyo. Moderated by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia … [Read more...]
“Scales of History: Family History/Global History”
Brown Bag Lecture “Scales of History: Family History/Global History” Shunya Yoshimi, Professor of Sociology, Cultural Studies and Media Studies, University of Tokyo Moderated by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required … [Read more...]
