The Asian World Center is an academic institution at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, focusing on the fostering of knowledge and understanding of the economics, culture, history and philosophy drawn from the rich repository of multiple Asian countries.
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This episode we talk with Mr. Tadashi Nomura, the Japanese Outreach Initiative Coordinator at Creighton University's Asian World Center. On April 1, he and Dr. Ernie Goss gave a join presentation on the Japanese ('97) and US ('08) Financial Crises, here we get a first look at Japan's financial woes from a man who spent over 30 years in Japanese Ban…
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This episode we sit down with Dr. Patrick Murray of Creighton University's Department of Philosophy. He will talk to us about Marxism in the global context of philosophy and economics as well as tell of his recent trip to China to give a talk on Marxism.Asian World Center
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A journalism professor at the University of Hawai'i for 29 years before retiring in July 2008, Beverly Deepe Keever is the author of Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting. She also researched and wrote News Zero: The New York Times and The Bomb (Common Courage Press, 2004). Excerpts from and adaptations of this book ha…
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Continued coverage of the situation in Thailand from May 2, 2014.Asian World Center
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This week we have the privilege to sit on the campus of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea with Dr. Chaehyun Chong, a professor of philosophy at Segang University. Dr. Chong was born in Seoul, South Korea and gained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Segang University and before returning there as a professor, he gained his Ph.D. from th…
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Continued coverage of the 2014 protests in Thailand.Asian World Center
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Interview with Dr. Beverly Keever.A journalism professor at the University of Hawai'i for 29 years before retiring in July 2008, Beverly Deepe Keever is the author of Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting. She also researched and wrote News Zero: The New York Times and The Bomb (Common Courage Press, 2004). Excerpts fr…
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This week we sit down with Nathan Peterson, a doctoral candidate in Art History at the University of Iowa. Born in South Central Nebraska Peterson attended Creighton University in the early 2000s earning a degree in Art History. He then went to the University of Iowa where he received his master’s degree also in Art History. From there he became in…
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