WORKSHOP SERIES
INTERACT LECTURE SERIES: TRANSNATIONAL TURNING POINTS
A lecture series by the 2014 INTERACT Teaching Collaborative, composed of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Harriman Institute.
February
14 Unsettlement and Decolonization: New Directions. Phanuel Antwi, St. Mary’s University; Hadeel Assali, Columbia University; Kevin Bruyneel, Babson College; Jodi A. Byrd, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruno Cornellier, University of Winnipeg; Melissa Forbis, Stony Brook University; Stephen Paul Jackson, artist; Jarrett Martineau, music producer and theorist; Shiri Pasternak, Columbia University; Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University; Mezna Qato, Columbia University; Mark Rifkin, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Audra Simpson, Columbia University; Dale Turner, Dartmouth College.
19 East Asian Miracle at Risk: Is a Social Crisis Brewing? Qin Gao, Associate Professor of Social Service, Fordham University; Yoonkyung Lee, Associate Professor of Sociology, Binghamton University; Arvid Lukauskas, Executive Director, Picker Center for Executive Education, Program in Economic Policy Management, Columbia University; Yumi Shimabukuro, Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; moderator: Isabela Mares, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Program in Economic Policy Management and the APEC Study Center.
April
18 Islamic Urbanism? Space, Consumption, and Development in Istanbul and Jakarta. Asu Aksoy, Associate Professor of Communication, Istanbul Bilgi University; Karen Barkey, Professor of Sociology and History, Columbia University; Ayşe Çavdar, Fellow, Global Prayers; Adrian Favell; Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris: Carla Jones; Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Moser, Assistant Professor of Geography, McGill University; Saskia Schäfer, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Southeast Asian Studies, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Hew Wai-Weng, Research Fellow, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. Cosponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life.
25 Documenting Queer Histories in China and the West: A Film Screening and Discussion. Cui Zi’en, filmmaker; Barbara Hammer, filmmaker; moderator: Shi-Yan Chao, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Cosponsored by the Columbia University School of the Arts Master’s in Film Studies Program.
MEET THE WEAI AUTHORS SERIES
These events spotlighted authors of new books in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series and the Weatherhead Books on Asia series.
December
9 Jamesian Precisions in Natsume Sōseki: Contending with Light and Dark. John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; moderator: Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture.
February
25 Neither Donkey Nor Horse: Medicine and the Struggle over China’s Modernity. Sean Hsiang-lin Lei, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; 2013–2014 Member, Institute for Advanced Study; moderator: Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University.
March
25 Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development. Emily Yeh, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder; moderator: Robert Barnett, Director, Modern Tibet Studies Program, Columbia University.
BROWN BAGS
The Brown Bag Lunch Lectures invite speakers from a diverse range of professions, including academia, government, the arts, business, and journalism, to present talks on historical and contemporary issues involving East and Southeast Asia. All lectures are free and open to the public.
September
9 Taiwan’s Digital Resources and the Study of Chinese Religious Culture. Paul R. Katz, Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Cosponsored by the C. V. Starr East Asian Library.
13 Working and Doing Business in China: Myths and Realities. Jesse Parker, General Manager, Tallwood Venture Capital China; moderator: Xiaodan Zhang, Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
26 Perspectives on Myanmar’s Current Political Situation. Ardeth Thawnghmung, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
October
1 Stormy Seas: Japan’s Disputes over History and Territory and the U.S.-Japan Alliance. Thomas Berger, Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University; moderator: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Center for Japanese Economy and Business.
22 Will to Remember: Discoursing Massacres and Becoming Mujahideens—A Talk Based on Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Southern Philippines. Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo, Doctoral Fellow in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University of Berlin.
23 Emerging Markets—Global Investors Perspective. Joon Hyuk Heo, Head of Global Fixed Income, Mirae Asset Global Investments; Farhod Inogambaev, Director for Emerging Markets Debt Trading, Oppenheimer and Company Inc. Cosponsored by the Harriman Institute.
24 Political Cyber Bullying in Thailand. Thaweeporn ‘Am’ Kummetha, Bangkok-based journalist and Internet activist with the group Netizen; moderator: Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds. Cosponsored by the Asia Pacific Affairs Council, Southeast Asia Student Initiative, Columbia Journalism School, and the International Media, Advocacy, and Communications Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
30 Learning from Mistakes: Why the Pivot Has Failed and What That Tells Us about America’s Real Policy Choices in Asia. Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University; moderator: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.
November
7 The Development of Fashion Designers and Labels in Contemporary China. Christine Tsui, Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Researcher, Parsons The New School for Design; moderator: Dorothy Ko, Professor of History, Barnard College. Cosponsored by Hoot Magazine.
14 The Function and Strategy of Japanese Regional Banks. Hisaji Sakanaka, Chief Representative, New York Representative Office, Iyo Bank, Ltd. Cosponsored by Japan Study Student Association and Asia Pacific Affairs Council.
19 Muslim Youth Activism and the Sharia in Southeast Asia—The Case of ABIM in Malaysia. Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied, National University of Singapore. Sponsored by the Asia Pacific Affairs Council.
February
24 Bangkok Shutdown? Thailand’s Political Crisis. Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds; moderator: Ann Marie Murphy, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Associate Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University.
25 Integrating East and Southeast Asian Case Studies into the Global History of Genocide. Ben Kiernan, A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History, Director, Genocide Studies Program, Yale University. Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the APEC Study Center.
March
7 The State of Burma/Myanmar’s Democratic Transition: A Field Report. Alfred Stepan, Wallace Sayre Professor of Government, Director, Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion, Columbia University; moderator: Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life; the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion; and the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies.
25 The Theravada Buddhist Puzzle—Inclusionary Doctrines, Exclusionary Contemporary Politics: Why? Alfred Stepan, Wallace Sayre Professor of Government, Director, Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion, Columbia University; Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds. Cosponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion.
31 Chinese Courts: Research Methodology. Stéphanie Balme, Research Fellow and Professor, Sciences Po. Cosponsored by the Center for Chinese Legal Studies and the Alliance Program.
31 China and the Environment: A Conversation. Isabel N. Hilton, Editor, Chinadialogue; Micah S. Muscolino, Associate Professor, Department of History, Georgetown University; Peter C. Perdue, Professor, Department of History, Yale University; moderator: Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the APEC Study Center.
April
8 The Effect of the “History Problem” Issue on Japanese Public Sentiments and Foreign Policy Preferences. Yongwook Ryu, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Australian National University; moderator: Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the APEC Study Center.
14 Evaluating a Historical Figure: On Various Theories about Mao. S. K. Cheung, writer and public intellectual; moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.
16 Women of Kachin State: Trafficking and Militarized Femininity on the Burma-China Border. Erin Kamler, PhD candidate, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California; moderator: Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds. Cosponsored by Southeast Asia Student Initiative.
23 Islands for Life: Artistic Responses to Remote Social Polarization and Decline in “Postgrowth” Japan. Adrian Favell, Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po; Alliance Professor of Sociology, Columbia University; moderator: Christopher Hill, Associate Director, Blinken Institute; Adjunct Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Cosponsored by Alliance Program.
24 A Contemporary Conversation on a Chinese Erotic Classic: David Roy’s Translation of Jin Ping Mei and New Scholarly Directions. Paize Keulemans, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University; Wei Shang, Du Family Professor of Chinese Culture, Columbia University; moderated by Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.
28 China’s Maritime Power and the South and East China Seas. Katherine Morton, Senior Fellow, Department of International Relations, School of International, Political, and Strategic Studies, Australia National University; moderator: Ann Marie Murphy, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Associate Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University.
30 Recent Developments and U.S. Policies. Kin Moy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
October
12 Gender Mainstreaming Workshop: A Tool for Change. Kristy Kelly, Adjunct Assistant Professor in International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Cosponsored by the Gender Policy Working Group and the Gender and Public Policy Specialization, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
February
27–28 Russia in East Asia: Imagination, Exchange, Travel, Translation. Paul Anderer, Columbia University; Charles Armstrong, Columbia University; Edyta Bojanowska, Rutgers University; Kateryna Bugayevska, Tsinghua University; Roy Chan, University of Oregon; Heekyoung Cho, University of Washington; Katerina Clark, Yale University; Mark Gamsa, Tel Aviv University; Rebecca Karl, New York University; Liza Knapp, Columbia University; Eugenia Lean, Columbia University; Andrew Leong, Northwestern University; Susanna Lim, University of Oregon; Lydia H. Liu, Columbia University; Xiaolu Ma, Harvard University; Matt Mangold, Rutgers University; Catherine Nepomnyashchy, Barnard College; Mitsuyoshi Numano, University of Tokyo; Katy Sosnak, University of California, Berkeley; Rebecca Stanton, Columbia University; Edward Tyerman, Columbia University; Zhen Zhang, University of California, Davis. Cosponsored by the Harriman Institute and the University Seminar on Slavic History and Culture.
March
9 Fukushima Three Years Later: Staying Behind and Moving Forward. Helen Verdeli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University; Emily Taguchi, “The Nuclear Village,” filmmaker; Jake Price, photographer, producer; Serena Winchell, JET alumna, volunteer; Yuhei Suzuki, community organizer, Project OCICA; Yusuke Kato, Bridge for Fukushima. Cosponsored by Consortium for Japan Relief, Friends of Japan, Columbia Japan Society, Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, the Vice President’s Office for Diversity and Community Affairs, Japanese American Association, Japanese Medical Support Network, Japanese Medical Society of America, and EN Japanese Brasserie.
31 Catastrophe and Aesthetics: The Arts after Fukushima. Peter Eckersall, Professor of Asian Theatre, Graduate School, City University of New York; Barbara Geilhorn, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin; Marilyn Ivy, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University; Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University; Thomas Looser, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, New York University. Cosponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture and the Orient Finance Co. Endowment for the Donald Keene Center.
May
9 Southeast Asian Elections: Indonesia in the Comparative Perspective. Michael Buehler, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University; Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, Carleton University; Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds; Ann Marie Murphy, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Associate Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University; Saskia Schäfer, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Southeast Asian Studies, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Margaret Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Administration, New York University; Meredith Weiss, Associate Professor of Political Science, State University of New York, Albany, Visiting Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Antonius Made Tony Supriatma, editor, Joyonews.
ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS
October
11–12 Documentary Views of Taiwan: A Taiwan Documentary Film Festival and Symposium at Columbia. Nico Baumbach, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Columbia University; Shi-Yan Chao, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Ru-Shou Robert Chen, Associate Professor, National Chengchi University; Myron Cohen, Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Jane Gaines, Professor of Film Studies, Columbia University; Ho Chao-ti, filmmaker; Guo-Juin Hong, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture, Duke University; Ke Chin-Yuan, filmmaker; Damon E. Jaggars, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, Columbia University; Murray A. Rubinstein, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Tze-lan Deborah Sang, Professor of Chinese Literature and Media Studies, Michigan State University; Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture and Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; Susan Yu, Director, Taipei Cultural Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York. Cosponsored by Columbia University Libraries, the Columbia University School of the Arts Film Studies Master’s Program, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and the Asia-Pacific Development Society, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China, and the Taipei Cultural Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.
30 Children of Srikandi Film Screening. Laura Coppens, filmmaker; moderator Saskia Schäfer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Southeast Asian Studies, Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Cosponsored by Asia Pacific Affairs Council, Southeast Asia Student Initiative, SIPA Spectrum, and the Gender Policy Working Group, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
November
21 Taste of Asia. Cosponsored by Asia Pacific Affairs Council, Greater China Initiative, Japan Study Student Association, Korea Focus, Southeast Asia Student Initiative, and Taiwan Focus.
December
4 Transgender Documentary “Brothers” and the Grassroots Lala/ Queer Movement in China. YaoYao, filmmaker; Tony, the subject of the film; Shi-Yan Chao, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow. Cosponsored by the Institute of Tongzhi Studies and les+ Magazine.
SPECIAL LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
September
18 Indonesia and East Asia. HE Dr. Marty M. Natalegawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia; moderators: Myron Cohen, Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology; Ann Marie Murphy, Adjunct Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Associate Professor, Seton Hall University; Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds.
25 Ninth Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics: Abe and the LDP Are Back. Now What? Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; moderator: Hugh T. Patrick, R. D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School. Cosponsored by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business.
30 Aging in Healthcare: An East-West Dialogue. Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations; Tad Masuda, Director Representative for International Affairs, Japan NGO Council on Aging; Lina Walker, Health Director, Public Policy Institute, AARP; Jack Watters, Vice President of External Medical Affairs, Pfizer; moderator: Carolyn Buck Luce, Managing Partner, Imaginal Labs. Cosponsored by Pfizer, AARP, and Asia Society.
October
21 Assignment: China. Mike Chinoy, Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California, former Beijing Bureau Chief, CNN; Robert Barnett, Director, Modern Tibet Studies Program, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the Asian American Journalists Association and the Sevellon Brown Fund.
November
7 China, One Year Later. Evan Osnos, China Correspondent, The New Yorker; Susan Shirk, Ho Miu Lam Professor of China and Pacific Relations, University of California, San Diego; J. Stapleton Roy, Distinguished Scholar and Founding Director Emeritus, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States; moderator: Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Cosponsored by Asia Society.
February
5 Fourth Annual N. T. Wang Distinguished Lecture: Urbanization and Land Reform in China. Qiren Zhou, Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University; Lulu Chow Wang Senior Visiting Scholar, Chazen Institute of International Business, Columbia University; moderator: Shang-Jin Wei, N. T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Director, Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, Columbia Business School. Cosponsored by the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, Columbia Business School.
April
21 MARSEA and SIPA Alumni Career Panel. Lindsay Bennett, Program Manager, Confucius Institute at Pace University; Cristina Bonoan, human rights attorney; Daniel De Simone, senior staff reporter, The Asahi Shimbun; Iliana Mier, communications specialist, UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific; Joseph Samalin, program manager, The World Trade Center Health Program. Sponsored by the Asia Pacific Affairs Council.
23 My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman’s Journey from Prison to Power. Lu Hsiu-lien (Annette Lu), Former Vice President, Republic of China; moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. Cosponsored by the APEC Study Center and Taiwan Focus.
May
16 The Years of Zero: Coming of Age under the Khmer Rouge. Seng Ty, author; Neil Boothby, Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University; Roger Rosenblatt; former Time magazine columnist; Faiza Zouakri, legal officer at U.N. Assistance to Khmer Rouge Trial. Cosponsored by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Asian Pacific Affairs Council, and the Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health.
