Since its establishment in 1949 as one of the first institutes in the United States dedicated to the advanced training of East Asian specialists, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) has been at the forefront of research and teaching about the region. For 70 years, the Institute has pushed the boundaries of East Asian regional studies, branching out from its early focus on China and Japan to encompass work on Korea, Inner Asia, and most recently Southeast Asia. Expanding on its foundation in the social sciences, the Institute is a dynamic hub for interdisciplinary and multinational scholarship and is actively engaged across the academy supporting research and programming in the humanities, professional schools, and social sciences. Founded as the East Asian Institute, the Institute was renamed in 2003 in recognition of the generosity of the Weatherhead Foundation.
WEAI marked its 70th anniversary with initiatives and programs throughout 2019 that honored the Institute’s founding, celebrated the achievements of the past seven decades, and explored new directions for the study of East and Southeast Asia.
Selected 70th Anniversary Events
- Fall 2019
- Summer 2019
- Spring 2019
70th anniversary events from the spring semester:
Access our Events Calendar here.
