East Asian Studies

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture series was launched in 2007 by the Japan Studies Committee to honor the legacy of Tetsuo Najita, the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations (EALC), and the College, and his contribution to the University of Chicago over his long career. This year’s lecture by Ryuichi Narita, professor of history at Japan Women’s University, is entitled “The Various Routes of Post-WWII Japanese Intellectuals: Their Perspectives on the War and World.” What was the role of Japanese intellectuals in the postwar period on the level of both ideas and actions? This presentation explores the paths taken by such figures as Maruyama Masao, Yamaguchi Masao, Oe Kenzaburo, Ueno Chizuko, and Karatani Kojin from the early postwar period to the present.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture series was launched in 2007 by the Japan Studies Committee to honor the legacy of Tetsuo Najita, the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations (EALC), and the College, and his contribution to the University of Chicago over his long career. This year’s lecture by Ryuichi Narita, professor of history at Japan Women’s University, is entitled “The Various Routes of Post-WWII Japanese Intellectuals: Their Perspectives on the War and World.” What was the role of Japanese intellectuals in the postwar period on the level of both ideas and actions? This presentation explores the paths taken by such figures as Maruyama Masao, Yamaguchi Masao, Oe Kenzaburo, Ueno Chizuko, and Karatani Kojin from the early postwar period to the present.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Evan Osnos speaks about the rise of the individual and the clash between aspiration and authoritarianism in China at The Paulson Institute China Speakers Series.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This lecture, “Haruki Murakami and the Question of Democracy in Post-Fukushima Japan,” focuses on rethinking the relation of “plurality” (Hannah Arendt) with “exclusion” and “violence” (Giorgio Agamben), with a focus on Haruki Murakami’s recent novels “Tasaki Tsukuru and the Year of His Pilgrimage” and “1Q84” in order to trace his thoughts on how to locate “unevenness” in liberal democracy, especially its ambivalent nature, in which both diversity and discrimination are implicated. Jun’ichi Isomae’s research specializes in religious discourse and practice in Japan in terms of colonialism and postcoloniality. He also focuses on Japanese mythology, from antiquity to modern interpretations. He has an MA and PhD in religious studies from the University of Tokyo. He is associate professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies and currently a visiting professor at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies was launched in 2007 by the Committee on Japanese Studies to honor the legacy of Tetsuo Najita, the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, and his contribution to the University of Chicago during his long career. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies Committee on Japanese Studies.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Forty Years of Japanese Feminism: What It Has Achieved … and What It Has Not By Chizuko Ueno, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University Has the second wave of feminism improved women’s status in Japan? Chizuko Ueno discusses achievements and failures of the last 40 years, as well as the lingering effects of the March 11 Fukushima nuclear disaster and current nuclear politics, with a special focus on how these issues relate to women. A sociologist by training, Professor Ueno is one of the leading feminist critics and public intellectuals in Japan. She is the author and co-author of more than 50 books that address issues of the family, patriarchy, gender, capitalism, and nationalism. Sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies of the Center for East Asian Studies and the International House Global Voices Program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Forty Years of Japanese Feminism: What It Has Achieved … and What It Has Not By Chizuko Ueno, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University Has the second wave of feminism improved women’s status in Japan? Chizuko Ueno discusses achievements and failures of the last 40 years, as well as the lingering effects of the March 11 Fukushima nuclear disaster and current nuclear politics, with a special focus on how these issues relate to women. A sociologist by training, Professor Ueno is one of the leading feminist critics and public intellectuals in Japan. She is the author and co-author of more than 50 books that address issues of the family, patriarchy, gender, capitalism, and nationalism. Sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies of the Center for East Asian Studies and the International House Global Voices Program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Event Location: Beijing, China After the US presidential debates, Elliot J. Feldman led a discussion on November 15, 2012, at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing. Feldman, Senior Partner and National Leader of BakerHostetler’s international trade practice, discussed the campaign, the outcomes, and the implications for US-China relations over the next four years. Learn more at http://www.uchicago.cn/event/elliot-feldman-on-china-us-trade-after-the-us-elections/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Event Location: Beijing, China After the US presidential debates, Elliot J. Feldman led a discussion on November 15, 2012, at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing. Feldman, Senior Partner and National Leader of BakerHostetler’s international trade practice, discussed the campaign, the outcomes, and the implications for US-China relations over the next four years. Learn more at http://www.uchicago.cn/event/elliot-feldman-on-china-us-trade-after-the-us-elections/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Jeffrey Patterson, Professor in Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI and former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, delivered a lecture on the health effects of radiation and the power of the nuclear industrial complex in controlling information. Patterson was introduced by Hoyt Long, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Chicago. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Yuki Miyamoto, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at DePaul University, leads a roundtable discussion in which audience members directed questions to a panel of speakers. The panelists included: Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute Ruiko Muto, anti-nuclear activist at Hair Action Fukushima Bobbie Paul, executive director at Georgia Women's Action for New Directions Jeffrey Patterson, board member of Physicians for Social Responsibility Dean Wilkie, retired nuclear plant operator involved with SimplyInfo Nancy Foust, online media expert at SimplyInfo This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Yuki Miyamoto, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at DePaul University, leads a roundtable discussion in which audience members directed questions to a panel of speakers. The panelists included: Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute Ruiko Muto, anti-nuclear activist at Hair Action Fukushima Bobbie Paul, executive director at Georgia Women's Action for New Directions Jeffrey Patterson, board member of Physicians for Social Responsibility Dean Wilkie, retired nuclear plant operator involved with SimplyInfo Nancy Foust, online media expert at SimplyInfo This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. At the Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5, 2012, keynote speaker Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute, provides an overview of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and highlights the destructive nature of nuclear power. UChicago professors Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies, and Michael Fisch, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, set the stage with opening remarks. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. At the Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5, 2012, keynote speaker Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute, provides an overview of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and highlights the destructive nature of nuclear power. UChicago professors Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies, and Michael Fisch, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, set the stage with opening remarks. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. At the Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5, 2012, UChicago professor Robert Rosner offers his thoughts on the Fukushima disaster and the safety and communications issues related to the management of nuclear power. Rosner is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics and the director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC). Rosner previously served as Director of Argonne National Laboratory and is actively involved in efforts to promote nonproliferation. Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute, responds to Rosner's talk with his own arguments. The event was introduced by Michael Fisch, Assistant Professor in Anthropology. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Eswar Prasad, professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and former head of the IMF's China division and its Financial Studies Division, discusses the Chinese Renminbi's role in the global monetary system and the release of a Chinese version of his book, "Emerging Markets: Resilience and Growth Amid Global Turmoil."

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Richard Epstein, Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses the question: can any political process achieve an ideal balance in taxes, deficits, and entitlements?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Thomas Christensen, professor of Music and the Humanities and Chief Editor of The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory, gives an opening speech for the "Music Theory Between East and West" conference at The University of Chicago's Center in Beijing.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Introduction by Norma Field As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Roundtable discussion.Topics include nuclear disasters, alternatives to nuclear energy, staying informed, and making a difference. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Panel Discussion II.Topics include energy policy, alternative practices, community conflicts, and activism in Illinois. This panel follows a screening of Ashes to Honey: For a Sustainable Future by Hitomi Kamanaka, a film documenting the decades- long struggle over whether to build a nuclear power plant on an island in the Inland Sea of western Japan. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Panel Discussion I. Topics include the history of nuclear weapons, testing, and energy, the role of scientists in discourse about nuclear science, and geographical issues in nuclear testing and power plant locations. This panel follows a screening of Atomic Mom, a documentary by MT Silvia that explores the impact of nuclear testing in the U.S., following the story of the filmmaker's mother, a scientist working at the Nevada Test Site. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Introduction by Norma Field As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Roundtable discussion.Topics include nuclear disasters, alternatives to nuclear energy, staying informed, and making a difference. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Panel Discussion II.Topics include energy policy, alternative practices, community conflicts, and activism in Illinois. This panel follows a screening of Ashes to Honey: For a Sustainable Future by Hitomi Kamanaka, a film documenting the decades- long struggle over whether to build a nuclear power plant on an island in the Inland Sea of western Japan. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. May 21, 2011 The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present - A Symposium Panel Discussion I. Topics include the history of nuclear weapons, testing, and energy, the role of scientists in discourse about nuclear science, and geographical issues in nuclear testing and power plant locations. This panel follows a screening of Atomic Mom, a documentary by MT Silvia that explores the impact of nuclear testing in the U.S., following the story of the filmmaker's mother, a scientist working at the Nevada Test Site. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about—and act upon—the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy? The reality of Fukushima, following upon the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, gives us new urgency as we explore the atomic age—weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament—as depicted in new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. At the symposium, panels of experts will join the filmmakers for discussion and Q&A. Participants: M.T. SILVIA Filmmaker | HITOMI KAMANAKA Filmmaker | KENNETTE BENEDICT Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | DAVID KRAFT Nuclear Energy Information Service | JOSEPH MASCO Anthropology, Univer- sity of Chicago | SIDNEY NAGEL Physics, University of Chicago | ROBERT ROSNER Astronomy & Astrophysics, Uni- versity of Chicago | NORMA FIELD East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago | YUKI MIYAMOTO Religious Studies, DePaul University |TOMOMI YAMAGUCHI Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University To learn more, visit The Atomic Age blog at http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23, the Minwa-za Company of Tokyo enchanted the crowd at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel with the lost art of magic lantern performance, utsushi-e. This Japanese art form uses lanterns (furo) and slides (taneita) to project brightly colored moving images on a large screen. The images are accompanied by storytelling and the music of the shamisen, a traditional three-stringed instrument. Utsushi-e was introduced in Japan around 1800, but began to fall out of favor by the end of the 19th century. The Minwa-za Company rediscovered the art of utsushi-e in the 1970s, and spent years researching and learning the traditional techniques. During Minwa-za's weeklong residency at the University of Chicago, they shared the art of utsushi-e in a series of workshops, lectures, and performances for students and community members. PhD candidate Artemis Willis, organized the company's visit and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the University of Chicago Arts Council sponsored the residency.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On Wednesday, April 20, the Minwa-za Company of Tokyo illuminated International House's Assembly Hall with a workshop and matinée of the lost art of magic lantern performance, utsushi-e. During the workshop, students from the Lab School constructed lanterns (furo) and slides (taneita) to project brightly colored moving images. Afterwards, Minwa-za enchanted students, teachers and parents with a performance. Utsushi-e was introduced in Japan around 1800, but began to fall out of favor by the end of the 19th century. The Minwa-za Company rediscovered the art of utsushi-e in the 1970s, and spent years researching and learning the traditional techniques. During Minwa-za's weeklong residency at the University of Chicago, they shared the art of utsushi-e in a series of workshops, lectures, and performances for students and community members. PhD candidate Artemis Willis, organized the company's visit and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the University of Chicago Arts Council sponsored the residency.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Justin Yifu Lin is the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. Prior to taking up this position in 2008, he served for 15 years as Professor and Founding Director of the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. Mr. Lin received his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986 and is the author of 16 books, including The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform, and State-owned Enterprise Reform in China. He has published more than 100 articles in refereed international journals and collected volumes on history, development, and transition. Mr. Lin was awarded the 1993 and 2001 Sun Yefang Prize (the highest honor for economists in China), the Citation Classic Award in 2000 (by the publisher of Social Science Citation Index), fellow of Academy of Sciences for Developing World in 2005, and various other prizes. He is on the editorial board of several international academic economics journals.As the first World Bank Chief Economist from a developing country, Mr. Lin guides the Bank's intellectual leadership and plays a key role in shaping the research agenda of the institution.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Justin Yifu Lin is the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. Prior to taking up this position in 2008, he served for 15 years as Professor and Founding Director of the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. Mr. Lin received his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986 and is the author of 16 books, including The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform, and State-owned Enterprise Reform in China. He has published more than 100 articles in refereed international journals and collected volumes on history, development, and transition. Mr. Lin was awarded the 1993 and 2001 Sun Yefang Prize (the highest honor for economists in China), the Citation Classic Award in 2000 (by the publisher of Social Science Citation Index), fellow of Academy of Sciences for Developing World in 2005, and various other prizes. He is on the editorial board of several international academic economics journals.As the first World Bank Chief Economist from a developing country, Mr. Lin guides the Bank's intellectual leadership and plays a key role in shaping the research agenda of the institution.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On March 4, 2010 Kenzaburo Oe, recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, returned to the University of Chicago's Center for East Asian Studies to deliver this year's Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture. Oe's lecture, "A Novelist Re-Reads 'Kaitokudo,'" discussed the contemporary relevance of Tetsuo Najita's approach to intellectual history.The talk was presented in Japanese, with English translation provided by Michael Bourdaghs, Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.Oe's most recent novel, Suishi (Death by Drowning), was published in Japan to great acclaim in late 2009. His works have been translated into many languages, and in 1994 he became the second Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.For more information about the Najita Distinguished Lecture Series, visit the Center for East Asian Studies website at http://ceas.uchicago.edu/events.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On March 4, 2010 Kenzaburo Oe, recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, returned to the University of Chicago's Center for East Asian Studies to deliver this year's Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture. Oe's lecture, "A Novelist Re-Reads 'Kaitokudo,'" discussed the contemporary relevance of Tetsuo Najita's approach to intellectual history.The talk was presented in Japanese, with English translation provided by Michael Bourdaghs, Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.Oe's most recent novel, Suishi (Death by Drowning), was published in Japan to great acclaim in late 2009. His works have been translated into many languages, and in 1994 he became the second Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.For more information about the Najita Distinguished Lecture Series, visit the Center for East Asian Studies website at http://ceas.uchicago.edu/events.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. A nearly life-size red dinosaur looms over Millennium Park a toy-like, yet ominous, figure with Made in China stamped prominently on its belly. A summer breeze blows through the open-grid construction of Windy City Dinosaur, which serves as a visual riff on Chicago's nickname.In its shadow stands Wu Hung, a giant in the world of contemporary Chinese art, who inspired longtime friend Sui Jianguo China's most prominent sculptor to create the piece for an exhibit of Chinese sculpture in Millennium Park.A Beijing native who has deep roots in the city's artistic avant-garde, Wu, the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History and East Asian Languages & Civilizations, has known many of his country's most important artists for decades. He visited them in China and was crucial in bringing four monumental pieces by the country's most famous sculptors to Chicago.One of the foremost champions of Chinese modern art since the 1980s and a curator who has introduced China's bold aesthetic to the West, Wu was the obvious choice when the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs needed an exhibit co-curator for a new downtown exhibit called A Conversation with Chicago: Contemporary Sculptures from China.He is the star curator of contemporary Chinese art, says co-curator Lucas Cowan, Millennium Park's visual arts coordinator. It would have been shameful if I didn't have him do this.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dr. Yuki Tanaka of the Hiroshima Peace Institute examines the question of the criminality of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the responsibility of American political and military leaders who were closely involved in the decision-making and execution of the order to drop the bombs. Criminality is examined in accordance with international law effective at the time that the bombs were dropped and in the light of the Charter of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. The lecture also examines the history and present situation of indiscriminate aerial bombing of civilian popu^A-lations. It examines how the use of this tactic started, what kind of military logic was used to justify it, and why it is still being widely sanctioned despite the fact that large numbers of civilians are repeatedly victimized in various war-torn regions of the world. It further explores how we should utilize the result of the International Peoples’ Tribunal of Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to increase understanding of the fact that killing civilians is a crime against humanity, regardless of the asserted military justification.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dr. Yuki Tanaka of the Hiroshima Peace Institute examines the question of the criminality of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the responsibility of American political and military leaders who were closely involved in the decision-making and execution of the order to drop the bombs. Criminality is examined in accordance with international law effective at the time that the bombs were dropped and in the light of the Charter of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. The lecture also examines the history and present situation of indiscriminate aerial bombing of civilian popu^A-lations. It examines how the use of this tactic started, what kind of military logic was used to justify it, and why it is still being widely sanctioned despite the fact that large numbers of civilians are repeatedly victimized in various war-torn regions of the world. It further explores how we should utilize the result of the International Peoples’ Tribunal of Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to increase understanding of the fact that killing civilians is a crime against humanity, regardless of the asserted military justification.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This was the keynote address of the conference,"Taiwan's New Approach: Opportunities and Challenges for President Ma Ying-jeou's Government"

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This was the keynote address of the conference,"Taiwan's New Approach: Opportunities and Challenges for President Ma Ying-jeou's Government"

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This was the first panel of the conference,"Taiwan's New Approach: Opportunities and Challenges for President Ma Ying-jeou's Government"

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This was the first panel of the conference,"Taiwan's New Approach: Opportunities and Challenges for President Ma Ying-jeou's Government"