The 2001 Sо̄shitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture

Burton Watson at Columbia University, The Pleasures of Translating

Thursday, May 1
Low Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
Sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture

Read the text of the lecture here as a PDF.

Professor Donald Keene with Burton Watson at the reception following the lecture

Introduction by Professor Haruo Shirane

Burton Watson speaks about his experiences as a translator

Burton Watson delivers the Sen Lecture in the Rotunda of Low Memorial Library