New Student Reading Project at Cornell University

Cornell Contexts

The Cornell Contexts offerings give students a range of opportunities to explore topics, themes, materials, and ideas related to the novel. These events and lectures are available to new students on August, 25th from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. These include perspectives from faculty experts as well as tours and presentations reflecting Cornell resources and activities. The links to Cornell Contexts resources for When The Emperor was Divine are listed below.”

The Johnson Museum—“Imaging Intolerance: Cultural Differences and Civil Liberties”

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The Cornell University Library—“Beyond Words: Images from America’s Concentration Camps”
-Statler Hall Auditorium

Event video

Cornell Cinema – “A Cinematic Exploration of the Lingering Wounds of an Internment Experience and the Healing Power of Art”
-Willard Straight Hall Theater

Associate Professor Derek Chang, Department of History and Asian American Studies — “Japanese Internment, White Supremacy, and American Nationalism”
-Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall

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Matthew Evangelista, President White Professor of History and Political Science, Department of Government — “Human Rights at War”
-Bailey Hall Auditorium

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Associate Professor Shelley Wong, Department of English and Asian American Studies — “In and Out of Time—or, Remembering to Forget”
-Uris Hall Auditorium

Event video

New Student Reading Project at Cornell University

Cornell Contexts

The Johnson Museum—“Imaging Intolerance: Cultural Differences and Civil Liberties”

The Cornell University Library—“Beyond Words: Images from America’s Concentration Camps” -Statler Hall Auditorium

Cornell Cinema – “A Cinematic Exploration of the Lingering Wounds of an Internment Experience and the Healing Power of Art” -Willard Straight Hall Theater

Associate Professor Derek Chang, Department of History and Asian American Studies — “Japanese Internment, White Supremacy, and American Nationalism” -Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall

Matthew Evangelista, President White Professor of History and Political Science, Department of Government — “Human Rights at War” -Bailey Hall Auditorium

Associate Professor Shelley Wong, Department of English and Asian American Studies — “In and Out of Time—or, Remembering to Forget” -Uris Hall Auditorium

The Cornell University Library—“Beyond Words: Images from America’s Concentration Camps”
-Statler Hall Auditorium

Cornell Cinema – “A Cinematic Exploration of the Lingering Wounds of an Internment Experience and the Healing Power of Art”
-Willard Straight Hall Theater

Associate Professor Derek Chang, Department of History and Asian American Studies — “Japanese Internment, White Supremacy, and American Nationalism”
-Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall

Matthew Evangelista, President White Professor of History and Political Science, Department of Government — “Human Rights at War”
-Bailey Hall Auditorium

Associate Professor Shelley Wong, Department of English and Asian American Studies — “In and Out of Time—or, Remembering to Forget”
-Uris Hall Auditorium