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March 2023
Japan’s Borderless Empire: A Roundtable on Eiichiro Azuma’s In Search of Our Frontier
REGISTER This roundtable discussion will center on Eiichiro Azuma’s In Search of Our Frontier: Japanese America and Settler Colonialism in the Construction of Japan's Borderless Empire (UC Press, 2019), which was recently translated into Japanese by Mariko Iijima. Professors Azuma and Iijima, David Ambaras, and Martin Dusinberre will discuss what the book’s reception shows about the state of global Japanese studies in the US and Japan. They will address such questions as: To what extent are research agendas within English - and…
Find out more »Sinomania in 1950s Czechoslovakia: Socialist Realism with Chinese Characteristics
March 27, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 918 IAB Speaker: Olga Lomová, Professor, Department of Sinology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague Moderator: Ying Qian, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Columbia University Discussant: Christopher Harwood, Senior Lecturer in Czech, Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center, Harriman Institute, Columbia University For some time Olga Lomová have been interested in how China had been imagined in Central Europe since late 19th century. This talk discusses…
Find out more »‘South Korea and Japan: Stabilizing Bilateral Relations With An Eye On China’ with Leif-Eric Easley, Professor at Ewha Womans University, Seoul
March 27, 2023 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 918 IAB REGISTER North Korea’s nuclear missile threats and China’s regional assertiveness make coordination between Japan and South Korea more critical than ever. Ties are often strained over history but are better maintained than either side is given credit. Political elites practice restraint to limit nationalist recriminations. Both governments calibrate policies toward Beijing while avoiding divergence from each other. Trilateral initiatives with the United States provide reassurance about the cost-effectiveness of alliances…
Find out more »Spring 2023 Modern Japan Seminar: Prof. Tomoko Akami (ANU)
Monday, March 27 Weatherhead East Asia Institute, International Affairs Building room #918 6:30-8:00pm Professor Tomoko Akami (Australian National University) will present “The Japanese empire and imperial polities as problematics and possibilities for History of International Relations.” Papers can be found here and here. Professor Jessamyn Abel (Penn. State) will comment. If you would like to attend the seminar, please RSVP for in person attendance at this link or online (via ZOOM) at this link. After each session this term there is an optional dinner in the seminar room. The cost…
Find out more »Repertoires of Redemption: Migration, Asylum and Religion in the Era of Involuntary Immobility
Jaeeun Kim is the Korea Foundation Endowed Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan. She studies race/ethnicity/ nationalism and international migration and citizenship from a comparative-historical and transnational perspective. Kim is the author of an award-winning book, Contested Embrace: Transborder Membership Politics in Twentieth- Century Korea (Stanford University Press 2016; paperback 2020). She has also published articles in journals in sociological theory, law and society, race/ethnicity/migration, and historical sociology. Her article “Migration-Facilitating Capital: A Bourdieusian Theory of International…
Find out more »One Child Nation
REGISTER March 30, 2023 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 918 IAB Speaker: Nanfu Wang, filmmaker and director of One Child Nation (2019) and Hooligan Sparrow (2016) Moderator: JM Chris Chang, Asia in Action/ Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University One Child Nation is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang about the fallout of China's one-child policy that lasted from 1979 to 2015. The documentary is made up of…
Find out more »Benkyokai-Xingzhihui MA Thesis Writing Workshop
Please join us for our MA Thesis Writing Workshop next Friday, March 31st, 12:30 - 2:30 pm, a follow-up session for our MA Thesis Proposal Workshop in the past fall. We are happy to announce that we are including more speakers and you may be able to talk with them in-depth about your questions. For those who are working on other projects, feel free to join us for the Writing Retreat in the second half starting 2:30 pm. Time: March…
Find out more »Performance Workshop on Kun Opera (Kunqu)
Date and Time: Friday, March 31st, 2:00-5:00pm Location: Kent 403 (EALAC Lounge) RSVP: by Wednesday, March 29th to Zach Berge-Becker (zsb2109@columbia.edu) and Allison Bernard (aeb2197@columbia.edu) The workshop will be held with members of the Kunqu Society (海外崑曲社) and will feature top-ranked performer Cheng Min 程敏. Workshop topics include stage movement and vocal training. This event is held in conjunction with two spring EALAC courses: "Chinese Theater and Drama" (taught by Allison Bernard) and "Music in Premodern China" (taught by Zach Berge-Becker). For…
Find out more »Early China Seminar Lecture Series: “Fall of the Scribes and the Rise of Han Literati”
Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Fall of the Scribes and the Rise of Han Literati” Speaker: Christopher J. Foster, University of London Time: March 31, 2023 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. **Please see Seminar Safety Guidelines for attendance information. In the early Western Han, hereditary scribal families enjoyed a privileged status that provided them access to bureaucratic office. This status was guarded through a government-sanctioned examination system, outlined…
Find out more »April 2023
Legal Strategies of Environmental Activism in China
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Jerome Greene Hall, 435 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 Room/Area: 102A Feng Ge and Zhao Zhong discuss Environmental Protection Advocacy in China. Lunch will be provided. This event is hosted by the Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies. About the Speakers Feng Ge is an environmental protection lawyer in China with extensive experience in litigation and policy advocacy. For six years, Ge led the legal department at Friends of Nature, the first environmental…
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