Media
Scholarly Publications
Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia
February 2016
Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia is the first attempt to explore how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema.
Japan under the DPJ: The Politics of Transition and Governance
July 2013
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in 2009 with a commanding majority, ending fifty years of almost uninterrupted Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rule.
Other Publications
Behind the Comfort Women Agreement
January 2016
The breakthrough agreement on the comfort women issue between Japan and South Korea on Dec. 28, 2015, was the culmination of at least four years of negotiations between the two governments.
Japan-Korea Relations: Time for U.S. Intervention?
January 2014
Daniel Sneider writes that relations between South Korea and Japan have noticeably deteriorated in the past few months.
Digital Media as a Catalyst for Political, Cultural, and Economic Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
December 2013
The digital information technology (IT) revolution currently underway is profoundly reshap- ing economic activity, influencing politics, and transforming societies around the world.
News
NPR's Beijing Correspondent Emily Feng Wins 2022 Shorenstein Journalism Award
April 2022
Feng, whose compelling and bold reporting has amplified the voices of Chinese citizens amid rapidly deteriorating press freedom in the country, is the recipient of the 21st Shorenstein Journalism...
2022 Shorenstein Journalism Award Open to Nomination Entries
December 2021
Sponsored by Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, the annual award recognizes outstanding journalists and journalism organizations for excellence in coverage of the Asia-...
‘There Is No Space Left for Any Freedom’: Shorenstein Journalism Award Recipient Swe Win Depicts Myanmar’s Return into Darkness
October 2021
Amidst the crisis in Myanmar, Burmese investigative journalist Swe Win, editor-in-chief of the independent news outlet Myanmar Now, continues to lead the newsroom from exile while his team is in...
Old Events
'Hallyu' in North Korea: Can South Korean Popular Culture Bring about Real Change?
January 31, 2022
South Korean popular culture has spread to all corners of the globe, including South Korea’s closed-off neighbor to the north.
A View from Across the Pacific: Chinese Perceptions of the United States
September 23, 2020
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A New Perspective on News: The SmartNews Approach and Political Balancing
October 5, 2018
In 2012, as giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google began to position themselves as the go-to places to read news, a little-known news app called SmartNews emerged and started gaining...
Projects
Reckoning with the Past: Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Asia
This colloquia will bring several scholars to Stanford to discuss the "history problem" in a series of lectures analyzing the ways in which past conflict has or has not been addressed and resolved...
English
History Textbooks and the War in Asia
History Textbooks and the War in Asia is the first phase of the Divided Memories and Reconciliation project. It carries out a comparative examination of the high school history textbooks in those...
English
Multimedia
Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC colloquium, "Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India," on April 5, 2017, with Ramachandra Guha.India prides itself on being the "world's largest democracy." In some respects it is certifiably...
Impeachment and After: What Does the Future Hold for Korea's Politics?
February 2017
Video and transcript from Shorenstein APARC's Korea Program panel discussion, "Impeachment and After: What Does the Future Hold for Korea's Politics?" on Jan.
Anti-Americanism in Democratizing South Korea
November 2015
Video and transcript from "Anti-Americanism in Democratizing South Korea," a book launch event for the publication that carries the same name.
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