The 2001 Soshitsu Sen XV
Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture
Burton Watson at Columbia University, The Pleasures of Translating
Thursday, May 1
Low Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
Sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
Read the text of the lecture here as a PDF.
Professor Donald Keene with Burton Watson at the reception following the lecture
Introduction by Professor Haruo Shirane
Burton Watson speaks about his experiences as a translator
Burton Watson delivers the Sen Lecture in the Rotunda of Low Memorial Library