2011 Conference Objects

Aspects of Small-Gauge Film Culture in Prewar Japan

Tomita, Mika

Presentation: "Aspects of Small-Gauge Film Culture in Prewar Japan" by Professor Mika Tomita. Mika Tomita is Associate Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University Makino Collection Symposium Panel 3: "The Makino Collection and Documentary Film" Symposium: "The Makino Collection at Columbia: the Present and Future of an Archive." On November 11, 2011, Columbia University held its first daylong symposium to examine research in the field of Japanese film studies emerging from the rich holdings of the Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film (Makino Collection). The event was hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and the School of the Arts -- Film Division.