WEAI welcomes Miki Kaneda, who is a visiting assistant professor in Columbia University's Department of Music. Dr. Kaneda's research focuses on transcultural crossings and the entanglements of race, gender, power, and colonial residues in experimental, avant-garde and popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Trained in musicology and ethnomusicology, she has published on … [Read more...]
WEAI Announces Global Scholars Program 2017: “Media Practices in India and China – A Summer Program in Mumbai & Beijing”
MEDIA PRACTICES IN INDIA AND CHINA A Summer Program in Mumbai and Beijing Led by Columbia film scholars Debashree Mukherjee and Ying Qian, this summer 2017 program will take students to Mumbai and Beijing to investigate contemporary media practices in India and China. Through visits to sites of media production, exhibition, and consumption, and meetings with a wide array of … [Read more...]
Marc Steinberg Discusses “Media Mix” and Anime in Japan
Video is now available of Marc Steinberg, Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, discussing the key aspects of the Media Mix and Anime in Japan. Professor Steinberg, who visited the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in March 2016, is an expert on Japanese animation, transmedia practice, global media industries, … [Read more...]
March 11 Event: “The Nuclear Disaster, Tsunami, and Manga: The Representation of Recent Disasters in Japanese Popular Culture:” Video
Video is now available from the March 11, 2016 event “The Nuclear Disaster, Tsunami, and Manga: The Representation of Recent Disasters in Japanese Popular Culture." The event featured guest speaker Yukari Fujimoto, Professor of Japanese Studies, Meiji University and Visiting Scholar, Columbia University; and moderator Hikari Hori, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages … [Read more...]
“Genesis of the Platform Concept: iMode and ‘Platform Business’ in Japan”
Brown Bag Lecture "Genesis of the Platform Concept: iMode and 'Platform Business' in Japan" Marc Steinberg, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University Moderated by Hikari Hori, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No … [Read more...]
