Newsweek Japan recently devoted four cover stories to a series of two-hour special seminars led by Professor Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History at Columbia University. In these seminars Gluck engaged in spirited conversations with a group of around fifteen Columbia students on the subject of the public memory of World War II. The group of graduate students, … [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...]
March 27 Event: “China’s Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective:” Audio, Photos, and Partial Video
Audio, photographs, and partial video footage are now available from the March 27, 2018 event "China’s Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective." The event featured Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor of History, UC Irvine; Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, historian and writer; Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation … [Read more...]
Resurrecting Nagasaki: Reconstruction and the Formation of Atomic Narratives
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Chad R. Diehl (Cornell University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl examines the reconstruction of Nagasaki City after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945. Diehl illuminates the genesis of narratives surrounding the bombing by following the people and groups … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters about the Political Longevity of Japan’s Post-Abe Leaders
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, was quoted in the March 14, 2018 Reuters article "Japan Political Longevity Likely Elusive in a Post-Abe World." The article asks whether successors to current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will experience similar longevity and power in office. "Abe is the culmination of changes that began … [Read more...]
