We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine: Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan, published by the University of Hawaii Press. The book's author is G. Clinton Godart, who teaches history at Hokkaido University. Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine is the first book in … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck discusses Asia’s changing power dynamics on BBC Radio 4
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke on BBC Radio 4's program The New World about the changing power dynamics in Asia in an episode titled "Axis of Power." The episode, hosted by Gideon Rachman, explores the implications of changing international geo-politics and asks how world … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck discusses Shinzo Abe’s Pearl Harbor visit in The New York Times and The Japan Times
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, was quoted in the December 24, 2016 New York Times article "In Pearl Harbor Visit, a Symbol of Reconciliation in Japan" and the December 28, 2016 The Japan Times article "Leaders’ Hawaii Remarks Include Veiled Message for Trump: Experts." Both articles … [Read more...]
Watch Carol Gluck Discuss the Politics of Memory Surrounding Pearl Harbor’s 75th Anniversary
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 6, 2016 video in which Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, discusses the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the Politics of Memory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZaNhk2ym4& Please click here to watch the video on … [Read more...]
Watch Gerald L. Curtis Discuss the Possible Impact of the Trump Administration on U.S.-East Asia Relations
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 8, 2016 video in which Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, discusses the possible ways the Trump Administration may affect U.S.-East Asia economic and political relations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsaiJKOaBM4& Please click here to see the … [Read more...]
