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September 2023
A “Toy Film” History of Shōwa: The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945
Motion picture films were greeted at their inception as a new form of “history writing.” Over a century later, Japanese film archivists rescued, restored, and edited together rare footage from colonial-era home movies shot in Japan-occupied Manchuria, animation shorts related to the Russo-Japanese and 2nd Sino-Japanese wars, scenes of the Taishō Emperor's funeral, and Hirohito's coronation. Join us for a history from found footage using small gauge (9.5mm) “toy film” (amocha eiga). Film Presented by Yoneo Ota, Professor of Art,…
Find out more »Tibetan Studies Workshop
East Asian Studies Library Resources Fall 2023 Orientation Area- specific workshop (1.5 hour sessions): Tibetan Studies. Sessions will take place in Room 306, Butler Library. Sign-up is required; please use following link.
Find out more »She and They: Wei Haimin and Chinese Opera in Our Time
Speaker: Wei Haimin, World-Renowned Dan Opera Performer Moderators: Lening Liu, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Director of the Chinese Language Program, Columbia University Ying Qian, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Columbia University Ms. Wei will lecture on and demonstrate artistic features of Master Mei Lanfang’s “Dan” opera performance, and reflect upon her own career as an opera performer of the Mei tradition in today’s Taiwan. Drawing from her own performances in "The…
Find out more »Chinese Studies Workshop
East Asian Studies Library Resources Fall 2023 Orientation Area- specific workshop (1.5 hour sessions): Chinese Studies. Sessions will take place in Room 306, Butler Library. Sign-up is required; please use following link.
Find out more »Thailand’s Lost Election and the Return of the Princes
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET 420 W 118th St International Affairs Building 918 Register to attend in person here. Zoom registration here. NYSEAN Event Thailand's Lost Elections and the Return of the PrincesWith speaker: Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Kyoto University Moderated by: Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University; WEAI This event is cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Find out more »Tibetan Studies Workshop
East Asian Studies Library Resources Fall 2023 Orientation Area- specific workshop (1.5 hour sessions): Tibetan Studies. Sessions will take place in Room 306, Butler Library. Sign-up is required; please use following link.
Find out more »THE GEOGRAPHY OF INJUSTICE: East Asia’s Battle between Memory and History
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET 420 W 118th St International Affairs Building 918 Register to attend in person here. WEAI Event The rGeography of Injustice: East Asia’s Battle between Memory and HistoryWith speaker: Barak Kushner, University of Cambridge Moderated by: Sarah Kovner, Columbia University
Find out more »Chinese Studies Workshop
East Asian Studies Library Resources Fall 2023 Orientation Area- specific workshop (1.5 hour sessions): Chinese Studies. Sessions will take place in Room 306, Butler Library. Sign-up is required; please use following link.
Find out more »Making sense of how we make sense of Chinese Foreign Policy’ with Todd Hall, Oxford University
September 25, 2023 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Hybrid Event REGISTER A plethora of work on Chinese foreign policy has sought to decipher what China wants, what its strategies are, and how it implements (or fails to implement) its designs. These efforts have produced a number of sophisticated analyses that provide valuable insights into various aspects of Chinese international behaviour. Nonetheless, these advances in our knowledge have taken place against the background of an increasingly fragmented field. Indeed, there seems…
Find out more »Korean Studies Workshop
East Asian Studies Library Resources Fall 2023 Orientation Area- specific workshop (1.5 hour sessions): Korean Studies. Sessions will take place in Room 306, Butler Library. Sign-up is required; please use following link.
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