Takako Hikotani, the Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Columbia University, discussed President Trump's summit meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the November 6, 2017 broadcast of the Background Briefing radio program. Please click here to listen to audio from the program. … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Takes Part in the International Conference “Order and Disorder: Critical Reflections on Japanese Studies”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, took part in the international conference "Order and Disorder: Critical Reflections on Japanese Studies," which was held at Cornell University on October 27 and October 28, 2017. A gathering of former students and colleagues of Cornell University professor … [Read more...]
Qin Gao is Quoted in New York Times Article About Xi Jinping’s Vow to Eliminate Poverty
Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Centre for Social Policy, at Columbia University, was quoted in the October 31, 2017 New York Times article "Xi Jinping Vows No Poverty in China by 2020. That Could Be Hard." Professor Gao, an expert on social policy in China, told the Times that "The government’s initiatives sound good. But the question is … [Read more...]
Theodore Hughes Awarded 2018-19 Heyman Center Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that Theodore Hughes, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, has received a Heyman Center Fellowship for the 2018-2019 academic year. Funded by the Office of the Executive Vice-President of the Arts & Sciences at Columbia University, the Heyman … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes New Faculty Member Weiping Wu
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes Weiping Wu, Professor of Urban Planning at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and Director of the M.S. in Urban Planning Program, to the WEAI faculty. Before joining Columbia in 2016, Professor Wu was Professor and Chair in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at … [Read more...]
