The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to report that its Fall 2020 Graduate and Undergraduate Course Bulletins are now available. For the graduate bulletin, please click here. For the undergraduate bulletin, please click here. The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Course Bulletins are intended to provide a listing of East Asia-related graduate, undergraduate, … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Updates
April 13: Letter from the Directors April 6: Update regarding C.V. Starr East Asian Library resources March 13: Announcement regarding summer fellowships March 4: Announcement regarding summer fellowships Office of University Life April 3 Update Columbia University Preparedness Website Columbia University Covid Resource Guide Columbia … [Read more...]
Shang-Jin Wei addresses “Beating COVID-19 and the Economic Pandemic” in new article
In a March 23 article in Project Syndicate, Professor Shang-Jin Wei discussed measures policymakers should take to address and recover from the current coronavirus pandemic. In the article, titled "Beating COVID-19 and the Economic Pandemic," Professor Wei advised countries to prepare supplies and hospital beds quickly, and to enforce social distancing as soon as there are … [Read more...]
Gerald Curtis comments on Japan’s handling of Covid-19 and the Olympics in The New York Times
Professor Gerald Curtis was quoted in a New York Times article titled "What to Call 2021 Olympics? Just One of Many Challenges for Japan." In the March 25 article, which follows the decision by the International Olympic Committee and Japan to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Professor Curtis weighed in on the political … [Read more...]
Announcement regarding summer fellowships
Weatherhead East Asian Institute staff have received a number of messages from students regarding summer fellowships in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. We certainly appreciate the concern that these exceptional circumstances have raised for our students. Rest assured, we are actively working with our faculty and administrative leadership to determine the best way to move … [Read more...]
