In the latest installment of the 70th anniversary series Reporting Asia, two experienced journalists, Bill Emmott, former editor in chief of The Economist, and Tomoko Kubota, a former newscaster and reporter from Tokyo Broadcasting Systems (TBS), discussed their work reporting in and on Japan. The event, “Reporting Asia: Japan,” was held on October 21, 2019, at the Columbia … [Read more...]
WEAI hosts panel on “Women, Modernity, and Sustainable Fashion in Contemporary Vietnam”
On October 10, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute convened a panel discussion on women, modernity, and sustainable fashion in contemporary Vietnam. Organized by WEAI member John Phan, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; the panel featured Valerie Steele, director of the Fashion Institute of New York; Hazel Clarke, … [Read more...]
”Colloquium on Global Hồ Chí Minh” and the future of international Vietnamese Studies
By Thu Anh Le On the 50th anniversary of the publication of the last will and testament of Hồ Chí Minh (1969 - 2019), Columbia University and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University held a colloquium on his life, career and legacy. Cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Department of History, and the Department of East … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin to deliver 2019 series of Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures
Professor Madeleine Zelin has been selected to deliver the 27th series of the prestigious Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures. This year's lecture series is titled "China Semi-Incorporated: The Battle for a Chinese Legal Modernity in the Early Twentieth Century" and is comprised of the following events: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 I: The “Company” Will Save Us: … [Read more...]
Columbia alum and diplomat V. K. Wellington Koo’s legacy highlighted in a talk by Guangyao Jin
On October 1, 2019, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute hosted Professor Guangyao Jin, Department of History, and director of the International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization at Fudan University, for a talk entitled, “The Role of US-educated Students in China’s United States Policy during the Republican Period: A Case Study of Wellington Koo.” Moderated … [Read more...]
