Cornell reaches out to Japan's earthquake victims
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Channel: Cornell University · 2011 · Education
The Asian Studies department and the Cornell International Affairs Review, in the aftermath of the horrific Japanese earthquake, convened a multidisciplinary group of faculty on April 27, 2011 to reach out to both the Cornell community in Japan and the Japanese people as a whole. With a panel discussion meant to educate and inform, and readings and a musical performance meant to convey the emotional grief that academic discussion cannot, the Cornell Community is reaching out a helping hand to Japan in its most vulnerable moment in half a century. Panel Speakers: Professor J. Victor Koschmann (History) Professor Naoki Sakai (Comparative Literature and Asian Studies) Professor Brett de Bary (Comparative Literature and Asian Studies) Readings: Professor Brett de Bary Naomi Nakada-Larsen (Asian Studies), Sahoko Ichikawa (Asian Studies) Assistant Professor Katsuya HIrano (History) Moderator: Noah Karr Kaitin '13
