Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the Vietnam War at the New-York Historical Society on January 29, 2018 and at the Council on Foreign Relations on February 8, 2018. Professor Nguyen will deliver the keynote address during the High School Chancellor's … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin Re-elected to the International Society for Chinese Law and History’s Board of Directors
We are pleased to announce that Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies at Columbia University, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society for Chinese Law and History. The International Society for Chinese Law and History (ISCLH) was established in 2014 to promote more regular exchanges of ideas and fruitful collaboration … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Will Discuss the Tet Offensive on BBC Radio 4
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the 1968 Tet Offensive on BBC Radio 4's program "Back to Vietnam" on Saturday, January 27, 2018. Professor Nguyen took part in the program, which focuses on BBC journalist Julian Pettifer, who was the Saigon … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo Writes Nikkei Asian Review Op-Ed “Will Thailand Return to Electoral Democracy in 2018?”
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, wrote a January 2, 2018 op-ed in the Nikkei Asian Review about the possibility of Thailand finally holding its postponed election--which had been scheduled for 2016--this year. Titled "Will Thailand Return to Electoral Democracy in … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks to BBC World News about Japan and South Korea’s Comfort Women Dispute
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, appeared on BBC World News on December 27, 2017 to discuss the recent finding of South Korea's Foreign Ministry that a 2015 deal with Japan to compensate forced World War II sex slaves failed to meet the needs of the victims. https://youtu.be/rapmaxpCUl4 … [Read more...]
