The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a short video in which Paul Anderer, the Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, discusses his new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Delivers Lecture “What the World Owes the Comfort Women” at Washington University in St. Louis
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered a public lecture on November 3, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis titled "What the World Owes the Comfort Women." "The practices and norms of public memory have changed in the seventy years since the end of World War II creating what I … [Read more...]
“Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen and the Second World War”
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute - Japan Author Lecture Series "Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen and the Second World War" Lee K. Pennington, Associate Professor of History, United States Naval Academy Moderated by Paul Kreitman, Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Columbia University 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs … [Read more...]
Paul Anderer Publishes New Book “Kurosawa’s Rashomon”
We are pleased to announce that Paul Anderer, Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, has authored a new book titled Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films. The book, published by Pegasus Books in October 2016, is a groundbreaking investigation into the early life … [Read more...]
“Kurosawa’s Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films”
Lecture “Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films” Paul Anderer, Mack Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University Moderated by James Shapiro, Larry Miller Professor of English, Columbia University 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Book Culture (112th Street) 536 West 112th St. No registration required. Co-sponsored by Book … [Read more...]
