STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Martin T. Fromm (Cambridge University Press, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. In the 1980s, as China transitioned to the post-Mao era, a state-sponsored oral history project led to the publication of local, regional, and national histories. They took the form of written and transcribed personal testimonies … [Read more...]
Newsweek Japan Features Cover Story on Carol Gluck’s “War Stories” Discussion Group
Newsweek Japan devoted its December 12, 2017 cover story to a special discussion group at Columbia University on "War Stories: Memory and History" that is led by Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought. Participants in the discussion group included 20 undergraduate and graduate students from Columbia College, Columbia … [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...]
