John Dower, Visualizing the Russo-Japanese War
John Dower, Visualizing the Russo-Japanese War
MIT Visualizing CulturesVisualizing the Russo-Japanese War 3/5/12Presented by John Dower, Ford International Professor of History, MITJohn Dower, Professor of Japanese history, received his Ph.D. in 1972 in History and Far Eastern Languages from Harvard University. ...
MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative
MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative
The MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative is MIT’s response to the March 2011 triple disaster in Japan.
The ‘New Seed': Babadoru 5-chome project
The ‘New Seed': Babadoru 5-chome project
This video captures the story of the Babadoru 5-chome community and the shelter designed for them by the Japan 3/11 Initiative team
Shun Kanda & Jim Wescoat: MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative
Shun Kanda & Jim Wescoat: MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative
Keynote: Shun Kanda, Senior Lecturer, MIT (USA) James Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor, MIT (USA) Respondent: Jegan Vincent de Paul, ACT Lecturer, MIT (USA) In the aftermath of the disaster suffered in Japan, MIT launched the MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative, a multi-year ...
Unique languages, universal patterns
Unique languages, universal patterns
Under the surface, English and Japanese have deep similarities, as MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa argues in his new book, Case, Argument Structure, and Word Order.
Commemorating 20 Years of the JR East Fellowship
Commemorating 20 Years of the JR East Fellowship
A special event on Oct. 13, 2011 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the East Japan Railway Company Professorship at MIT — which is currently held by Engineering Systems Division Interim Director Joseph Sussman. The event included remarks from Sussman, JR East ...
Crowdsourcing Crisis: How Civic Media Informs Breaking News
Crowdsourcing Crisis: How Civic Media Informs Breaking News
The first half of 2011 has seen dramatic events -- some tragic, others encouraging -- take place across the globe. From revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia to an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, breaking news has been reported by individual citizens as ...
David Simchi-Levi and Don Rosenfield on Supply Chain ...
David Simchi-Levi and Don Rosenfield on Supply Chain Strategies in the ...
Excerpts from presentations at the China Leaders for Global Operations (CLGO) Lean Operations Club Forum on Supply Chain Risks after the Japan Mega-Disaster, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on May 15, 2011. Prof. David Simchi-Levi (Civil and Environmental ...
Dan Rather Reports - Follow Up Interview with Dr. Ernie ...
Dan Rather Reports - Follow Up Interview with Dr. Ernie Moniz
(4/26/2011) The earthquake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan and severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have sparked fears of radiation exposure and a potential meltdown. Here in the United States those realities have renewed the debate over ...
CIS STARR Forum - Japan's Nuclear Crisis
CIS STARR Forum - Japan's Nuclear Crisis
MIT experts discuss Japan's nuclear past, present, and future from a political and engineering perspective. The presentation includes an eyewitness account of the crisis and the Japanese government's response. Guest speakers: Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science ...
Japan's Nuclear Crisis
Japan's Nuclear Crisis
03/16/2011 5:30 PM Bartos theaterRichard Samuels, Ph D, '80, Ford International Professor of Political Science, Director, Center for International Studies; Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems and Director of the MIT"CIS Program on Political Economy ...
About the MISTI Program
About the MISTI Program
The MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives--better known as MISTI--connects MIT students and faculty with research and innovation around the world. MIT's primary international program, MISTI is a pioneer in applied international studies--a distinctively MIT concept. Working ...
Western Otaku: Games Crossing Cultures Lecture: Mia ...
Western Otaku: Games Crossing Cultures Lecture: Mia Consalvo, December ...
From Nintendo's first Famicom system, Japanese consoles and videogames have played a central role in the development and expansion of the digital game industry. Players globally have consumed and enjoyed Japanese games for many reasons, and in a variety of contexts. ...
Challenges in Nation Building
Challenges in Nation Building
09/29/2009 2:30 PM 10"250President José Ramos"Horta, President, East Timor, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize LaureateDescription: At times humorous and defiant, JoséRamos"Horta describes nurturing the 21st century's first sovereign state through its formative years. The journey of East ...
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9"11/Iraq
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9"11/Iraq
04/07/2008 4:30 PM 32"123John Dower, Ford International Professor of HistoryDescription: The Bush administration began its "great misuse of history" shortly after 9/11, says John Dower, when it seized upon Japan's 1941 Pearl Harbor attack as a useful analogy, a way to ...
Comparative Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq
Comparative Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq
John W. Dower, Professor of Japanese History, MIT Department of History; Charles Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University John Dower sees a world of difference between a shattered Japan that accepted U.S. occupation, and fractious Iraq, ...
Fires, Earthquakes, Modernization and Air Strikes: The ...
Fires, Earthquakes, Modernization and Air Strikes: The Destruction and ...
05/06/2002, 5:30, 10-485 Carolina Hein Natural disasters, fires, and earthquakes, destroyed Japan's cities in whole or in part on numerous occasions over the last centuries. Human intervention, political change, modernization, and the air raids of the Second World War ...