STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Yao Li (Cambridge University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. Growing protests in non-democratic countries are often seen as signals of regime decline. China, however, has remained stable amid surging protests. Playing by the Informal Rules highlights the importance of informal norms in structuring … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Alexander Zahlten’s “The End of Japanese Cinema”
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...]
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...]
October 8 Event “Around 1948: Human Rights & Global Transformation:” Video, Photos, and Audio
Photographs, audio, and video are now available from the October 8, 2014 event "Around 1948: Human Rights and Global Transformation." The event featured Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University; Lydia H. Liu, Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University; Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History, Harvard University; and … [Read more...]
