Call for Papers: “On the Natural History of Destruction: Technology, Politics, and Material Transformation in Asia’s Long World War II” Columbia University, Friday, October 5, 2018 Deadline for Abstract Submissions: Friday, April 6, 2018 This one-day workshop aims to illuminate the complicated relationship between political possibilities and material transformation … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo Talks to the South China Morning Post About Thailand’s “Watchgate” Scandal
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, was quoted in the January 28, 2018 South China Morning Post article "Is Time Up for Thailand's Junta After 'Watchgate' Scandal?" The article explores how the new delay in holding Thailand's postponed 2016 election and the growing … [Read more...]
Columbia’s International Students and Scholars Office spotlights Immerman Professional Fellow Jack (Sheng-Shin) Chu
Columbia's International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO) recently conducted a Q&A with Jack (Sheng-Shin) Chu, an Executive Engineer in the Taipei Water Department who, as a Robert M. Immerman Professional Fellow at the WEAI, is currently studying the impact of extreme climate crisis on water resources in East and Southeast Asia. Please click here to read the … [Read more...]
New York Southeast Asia Network Receives Major New Funding from the Luce Foundation
We are pleased to announce that the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), which was established in 2015 to serve as a center for the academic study of Southeast Asia in New York City, has recently received a major grant from the Luce Foundation. The network is a collaboration that was forged by four co-founders: Duncan McCargo (a political science professor who divides … [Read more...]
Two Studies of the WEAI Receive Award Recognition from the Association for Asian Studies
We are delighted to share the news that two recent titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series, Li Chen's Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics and Yoshikuni Igarashi's Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
