STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Hikari Hori (Cornell University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In Promiscuous Media, Hikari Hori makes a compelling case that the visual culture of Showa-era Japan articulated urgent issues of modernity rather than serving as a simple expression of nationalism. Hori makes clear that the Japanese … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks About Royalty in Japan on “BackStory”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke on the BackStory radio program about royalty in Japan. On the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday, BackStory presented the May 13, 2016 podcast "Watch the Throne: America and Royalty" in which leading historians, including Professor Gluck, … [Read more...]
