Who is Sachiko Kondo?
March 1, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Sachiko Kondo’s teaching interests include language pedagogy, content-based instruction, and second language acquisition. Read more about Kondo in this installment of Who Am I?
Hiroshima Survivor and Peace Activist Shigeko Sasamori to Give Public Lecture
April 11, 2019
Communications Staff
After surviving the Hiroshima bombing in 1945, Shigeko Sasamori has devoted her life to promoting antiwar activism through sharing her story and vision for a more peaceful world.
Former Ambassador Kathleen Stephens to Speak on U.S.-Korean Relations
February 15, 2019
Communications Staff
Kathleen Stephens’ visit immediately follows the planned U.S.-North Korea summit in late February.
Examining East Asian Book Technologies and Formats
May 9, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
Designed by library staff members Ed Vermue and Runxiao Zhu and curated by students in the course East Asian Book Cultures, an exhibit about East Asian book technologies and formats was recently showcased in the main library.
Sheila Miyoshi Jager on the Topic of Korea
April 11, 2017
Communications Staff
Professor of East Asian studies Sheila Miyoshi Jager discusses the long historical context of animosity between the two Koreas for the podcast Truth, Politics and Power.
First-of-its-Kind Symposium on Asian Cinema
March 11, 2015
Lisa Gulasy
A series of events is taking place this weekend, including the symposium Asian Cinemas in a Global Context; the lecture “Why Cinema Has Not Yet Been Invented: or Taking the Digital in Hand,” by University of Chicago Professor Tom Gunning; and the lecture “Globalization from a Local Lens: Creative Conceptions of a Taiwanese Director,” by documentary filmmaker Ho Chao-ti. The symposium is the first to explicitly bring together Indian and Chinese cinemas for discussion.
