John Person (Hawaii University Press, 2020) For information from the publisher, please click here. In the 1930s and 1940s Marxist academics and others interested in liberal political reform often faced virulent accusations of treason from nationalist critics. In Arbiters of Patriotism, John Person explores the lives of two of the most notorious right-wing … [Read more...]
Q&A with Professor Michael Sharpe on racism and immigration in Japan
Q: First, could you introduce yourself and your research background? I am an associate professor of Political Science at York College of the City University of New York as well as an adjunct research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. My areas of expertise are comparative politics and international relations and my research involves … [Read more...]
LIVESTREAM — Japan versus COVID-19: A Conversation with H.E. Kono Taro, Minister of Defense of Japan
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event KONO Taro, Minister of Defense of Japan Discussant: Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy, Asia Society Policy Institute (APSI) Moderated by: Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy Department of Political Science, … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Tatiana Linkhoeva’s “Revolution Goes East: Imperial Japan and Soviet Communism”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Revolution Goes East: Imperial Japan and Soviet Communism published by Cornell University Press. The book’s author, Tatiana Linkhoeva, is assistant professor of Japanese history at New York University. Revolution Goes East is an intellectual history that applies a … [Read more...]
LIVESTREAM — Japan in a COVID-19 World: A Discussion on Japan’s Responses to the Global Pandemic
Harukata Takenaka, Professor of Political Science National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science Department of Political Science, Columbia University Moderated by: Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy Department … [Read more...]
