Colloquium Featuring with Associated Press Lead Photographer Wong Maye-E AP’s lead North Korea photographer Wong Maye-E shares images of North Korea and its people, in conversation Stephen Noerper, Columbia University Adjunct Professor in Political Science and Korea Society Senior Director The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY … [Read more...]
Residual Futures: The Urban Ecologies of Literary and Visual Media of 1960s and 1970s Japan
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Franz Prichard (Columbia University Press, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. In the postwar years, an eruption of urbanization took place across Japan, from its historical central cities to the outer reaches of the archipelago. During the 1960s and 1970s, Japanese literary and visual media took a deep … [Read more...]
“The Camera for Social Change: Photographic Art in Contemporary China”
Lecture “The Camera for Social Change: Photographic Art in Contemporary China” Bao Kun, Photographer and Critic 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Huang/Lin Fund, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, the Confucius Institute, Columbia Global Centers East Asia, and the … [Read more...]
“3DPRK: 3D Portraits from North Korea”
Center for Korean Research Lecture “3DPRK: 3D Portraits from North Korea” Matjaž Tančič, Photographer Moderated by Charles Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University 1:00PM – 2:30PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and … [Read more...]


