Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) was quoted in The Washington Post in an October 9, 2017 article titled "After Nearly Six Decades of Exile, Some Tibetans in India are Slowly Letting Go of the Past." The article examines how the opportunity for Tibetans in exile in India to apply for Indian nationality poses a dilemma: "Take the passport, … [Read more...]
Memorial Service at Columbia on Thursday, Oct. 5, for Prof. Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919-2017)
The memorial service for Wm. Theodore de Bary, former Provost of the University, noted Columbia educator, Sinologist, and alumnus, will be held on Thursday October 5th, at 5:00 p.m. in St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, followed by a reception at 6:30PM in the CV Starr East Asian Library. Please join the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures in celebrating his … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Diana Fu’s “Mobilizing Without the Masses”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Diana Fu, an assistant professor of Asian politics at the University of Toronto. Mobilizing Without the Masses was awarded the 2018 Gregory … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Writes About “The Chinese World Order” in The New York Review of Books
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, has published the new article "The Chinese World Order" in the October 12, 2017 edition of The New York Review of Books. In the article, Professor Nathan reviews three new books on China's global power: The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World’s Most … [Read more...]
Watch Duncan McCargo Speak on “Populist Plutocrats” at Harvard Law School
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and expert on Southeast Asian politics, participated in the "Populist Plutocrats: Lessons from Around the World" conference on September 23, 2017. The conference was sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago Booth … [Read more...]
