We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan, published by Cornell University Press. The book's author is D. Colin Jaundrill, who earned his PhD from Columbia University and is Associate Professor of History at Providence College. In … [Read more...]
The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Alexander Zahlten (Duke University Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. In The End of Japanese Cinema Alexander Zahlten moves film theory beyond the confines of film itself, attending to the emergence of new kinds of aesthetics, politics, temporalities, and understandings of film and media. He traces the … [Read more...]
The Japanese and the War: Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory
ASIA PERSPECTIVES: NEW HORIZONS IN ASIAN HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE Michael Lucken. Translated by Karen Grimwade. The Japanese and the War: Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory (2017) "In this highly readable book, Michael Lucken combines an encyclopedic overview of Japan's diverse conflicts over the memory of WWII with a razor-sharp dissection of … [Read more...]
May 8 Event: “Pacific Overtures: A Panel Discussion About the Celebrated Musical:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the May 8, 2017 event "Pacific Overtures: A Panel Discussion About the Celebrated Musical and its 2017 Off-Broadway Revival." The event featured George Takei, actor and activist; John Weidman, librettist of "Pacific Overtures;" Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University; and David Hajdu, Professor of … [Read more...]
“Pacific Overtures: A Panel Discussion About the Celebrated Musical”
Panel Discussion "Pacific Overtures: A Panel Discussion About the Celebrated Musical" George Takei, Actor and Activist John Weidman, Librettist of "Pacific Overtures" David Hajdu, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University; Music Critic, The Nation Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Low Memorial Library, Faculty … [Read more...]
