The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to offer a guide to East Asia-related panels and presentations at the 2020 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference that will feature current Columbia University faculty, postdoctoral scholars, affiliates, and graduate students. The AAS conference will take place at Boston’s Sheraton Hotel & Hynes Convention Center from … [Read more...]
Gerald Curtis quoted in New York Times article on Shinzo Abe and coronavirus
Professor Gerald Curtis was quoted in a March 6 article in the New York Times titled "Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Political Houdini, Can’t Escape Coronavirus Backlash." The article took a critical stance on the response of Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his administration to the coronavirus outbreak, highlighting the disease's impact not only on Japan's public health but … [Read more...]
Fighting for Virtue: Justice and Politics in Thailand
Duncan McCargo (Cornell University Press, 2020) For information from the publisher, please click here. Watch our interview with Professor McCargo here. Fighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems—and what happened next. … [Read more...]
