Ian Buruma

1945—the war was over, but what kind of world would rise from the ashes? In his global history of this transformative year, Buruma, author of books ranging from Inventing Japan to Murder in Amsterdam, chronicles stories of power struggles and mass displacement, of vengeance and rebuilding, showing that the familiar post-war arrangements were anything but inevitable.

Street: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW City: Washington, Province: District Of Columbia Postal Code: 20008 Country: United States (tilføjet fra IndieBound)… (mere)

Ian Buruma; Geert Mak; Russell Shorto

Join us for a journey across the looking glass of the Atlantic to see how these different worlds–Holland and America, Amsterdam and New York–infused and transformed each other, with authors Ian Buruma (Murder in Amsterdam), Geert Mak (In Europe), and Russell Shorto (The Island at the Center of the World). This program is copresented with the New York State Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission. Tickets are $15 for Non-Members; $10 for Morgan and PEN Members. (palimpsestuous)… (mere)

Ian Buruma læser fra The China Lover: A Novel.

Asian expert and Japanese film scholar Ian Buruma discusses his new novel, The China Lover, based on the life and career of actress Yoshiko (Shirley) Yamaguchi. Japanese by nationality, she was born in 1920 in Manchuria and for a time was known as Ri Koran. Her first films took place during the time of Japan's strong presence in China, and her personality was split between Chinese solidarity and a love affair with Japanese nation builders. Forced to return to Tokyo during WW II, Yamaguchi subsquently worked in pro-America and pro-democracy films. Moderated by Tom Vick, Film Programmer, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution.

Followed by a reception. $10/$8 Japan Society members/$5 seniors & students (tokyojupiter)… (mere)