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...]
Sept. 21 Event: “”Japan’s New Foreign Minister: A Conversation with Columbia Students About Diplomacy:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the September 21, 2017 event "Japan's New Foreign Minister: A Conversation with Columbia Students About Diplomacy," which featured His Excellency Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minister of Japan. The sold-out event--the Foreign Minister's only public address during his visit to the United States--was co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East … [Read more...]
Columbia Event with Japan’s Foreign Minister, H.E. Tarō Kōno, Draws International Media Coverage
The Thursday, September 21, 2017 visit by H.E. Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minster of Japan, to Columbia University has drawn international media coverage. The sold-out event--the Foreign Minister's only public address during his visit to the United States--was co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, the Center on … [Read more...]
“Swallowing and Spitting History: Performing History/Experimental Practices (Perspectives from Japanese Performing Arts)”
Workshop "Swallowing and Spitting History: Performing History/Experimental Practices (Perspectives from Japanese Performing Arts)" Miya Masaoka, Composer and Sound Artist Brooke O’Harra, Director Eiko Otake, Choreographer and Movement Artist Marilyn Ivy, Columbia University Katie Brewer Ball, Wesleyan University Peter Eckersall, CUNY Graduate Center Tyran Grillo, … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters about Japan’s Possible October Snap Election
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, was quoted in a September 19, 2017 Reuters article about the possibility of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holding a snap election in October 2017. The Prime Minister is expected to hold such an election in order to take advantage of a rebound in his approval ratings. However, … [Read more...]
