Special Lecture and Discussion "Japan's New Foreign Minister: A Dialogue with Columbia Students About Diplomacy" His Excellency Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minister of Japan Opening Remarks by Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Columbia University Moderated by Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Discusses the Impending End of Japan’s Heisei Era with the Asahi Shimbun
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, was interviewed on August 30, 2017 in Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper on the impending abdication of Emperor Akihito and the accompanying calendrical change in the name of the era, which, under the current emperor, has been known as the Heisei … [Read more...]
“Effluent Disposal and Disease Prevention in Modern Japan”
Lecture "Effluent Disposal and Disease Prevention in Modern Japan" Alexander Bay, Associate Professor of History, Chapman University Moderated by Paul Kreitman, Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Columbia University 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. In the late 19th century, Japanese doctors built a … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes Tyran Grillo, the 2017-18 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in East Asia and the Americas
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to welcome Tyran Grillo, the 2017-2018 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in East Asia and the Americas, to the Columbia community. Dr. Grillo received his PhD in Japanese Literature in 2017 from Cornell University, where his research focused on (mis)representations of animals in Japanese popular culture, as well as intersections … [Read more...]
Takako Hikotani Publishes the Article “Trump’s Gift to Japan” in Foreign Affairs
Takako Hikotani, the Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Columbia University, has published an article in the September/October 2017 issue of Foreign Affairs titled "Trump's Gift to Japan: Time for Tokyo to Invest in the Liberal Order." "The most fundamental challenge that Trump poses for Japan relates to the liberal … [Read more...]
