Symposium: Architecture and Modern Japan
October 20, 2000
Symposium: Architecture and Modern Japan
Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM
RSVP Required
- Session 1: ORIGINS AND FOUNDATIONS (Discussant: Ellen Conant, Independent Scholar)
- Session 2: NATION AND STATE (Discussant: Professor Alan Tansman, University of California, Berkeley)
- Session 3: MODERNISM AND INTERNATIONALISM (Discussant: Professor Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University)0
- Session 4: ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY (Discussant: Professor Gwendolyn Wright, Columbia University)
Simultaneous interpretation between Japanese and English will be available on the day of the symposium.
| This symposium will be dedicated to the discussion of sixteen papers intended for eventual publication in a conference volume. The paper drafts will be made available in advance to all who are interested in attending the symposium and joining in the discussions. Please note that it will not be possible to provide copies of any of the papers to those who are unable to attend the symposium in person.
Those interested in receiving copies of the papers, free of charge, in order to prepare for the symposium, are asked to contact the Donald Keene Center, either by email to Mari Nakahara, or by phone to the Keene Center at (212) 854-5036, or by fax at (212) 854-4019. Please provide 1) your name, 2) affiliation, 3) area of interest, 4) mailing address, and 5) email, telephone, and fax contacts. The papers will be mailed out in late September. |
 pic: Yoshio Watanabe |
Co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Japan Foundation and the J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.
