Photographs are available here from the September 12, 2014 event Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien, which featured acclaimed writer and academic Ian Buruma, Columbia University film studies professor Richard Peña, and Bard College professor Richard I. Suchenski. Suchenski organized the international retrospective "Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien," which … [Read more...]
A New Retrospective on Hou Hsiao-hsien: A Discussion with Organizer Richard Suchenski
On Friday, September 12, 2014, the Museum of the Moving Image will launch a retrospective of the films by Taiwan's celebrated director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The internationally-touring series, titled "Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien," runs through October 17 in New York and includes all of the director's seventeen feature films. The retrospective will also showcase … [Read more...]
Photos from the 2014 MARSEA Convocation and the WEAI’s MARSEA/SIPA Graduation Reception
On May 18, 2014, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute celebrated the convocation for its Master of Arts in Regional Studies--East Asia (MARSEA) students. Three days later, on May 21, the Institute hosted a graduation reception for MARSEA students and for students in Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs with regional specializations in East Asian … [Read more...]
Columbia’s Gregory Pflugfelder on Godzilla’s Global History
Advertisements for the new "Godzilla" are ubiquitous this summer. Weatherhead East Asian Institute faculty member Gregory Pflugfelder is well acquainted with such images. Pflugfelder, a professor of Japanese history at Columbia University, has collected around five thousand posters and promotional materials for Godzilla films and other Japanese monster flicks. His archive of … [Read more...]
March 31 Event: “China and the Environment:” Photos and Audio
A Report on the March 31, 2014 China and the Environment panel discussion featuring Chinadialogue editor Isabel Hilton, Georgetown University professor Micah Muscolino, Yale University professor Peter Perdue, and moderator Eugenia Lean. Audio for the event is available on iTunes here: In an in-depth conversation, three of the leading experts in the field … [Read more...]
