Professor Hiro Aida, Japanese translator of The Conservative Mind, tours Michigan colleges and visits the Kirk Center
At Northwood University and Hope College, Professor Hiro Aida told students about the close relationship and parallel modernization of America and Japan – an important contrast to the relatively short enmity between the two countries during WW2. But his presentations at the Russell Kirk Center enabled a deeper examination of how Japan wrestled with modernization, and how Edmund Burke became an important conservative counterweight to the pernicious ideas of Rousseau.
Professor Aida delighted the Kirk Center audience with stories and insights of personal connections that both Russell Kirk and Friedrich Hayek had to Edwin McClellan and his translation of Kokoro, an important Japanese novel about the perils of modernity.
The visit of Hiro Aida was made possible by a grant to Northwood University from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
Professor Aida’s lecture delighted the audience gathered at the Kirk Center.
Kirk Center President Annette Kirk and Hiro Aida.
Hiro Aida addresses a gathering at the Russell Kirk Center.
Jeff Polet of Hope College and Glenn Moots of Northwood University welcome Hiro Aida to Holland.
Professor Aida speaks to students and community members at Northwood University.
Professor Aida addressed a lunch time gathering at Hope College.
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