APAC Lecture "North Korea Today and Tomorrow: A Conversation with Professor Charles K. Armstrong" Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Refreshments to be served. Sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Affairs Council … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Travis Workman’s “Imperial Genus”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan, published by the University of California Press. The book’s author is Travis Workman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of … [Read more...]
“Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan”
Meet the Authors of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Book Series Lecture "Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan" Travis Workman, Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Moderated by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University 12:00 PM - 1:30 … [Read more...]
Study of the WEAI author Celeste Arrington Publishes Op-Ed on Comfort Women in the Washington Post
Celeste Arrington, author of the forthcoming Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea (Cornell University Press, 2016), wrote an op-ed in the January 13, 2016 Washington Post about the agreement between Japan and South Korea surrounding redress over the "comfort women" issue. … [Read more...]
“Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea” at Australian National University
Center for Korean Research International Workshop "Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea" Charles Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University Ruth Barraclough, Senior Lecturer, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University Tatiana Gabroussenko, Visiting Fellow, Australian National … [Read more...]
