The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to welcome Tyran Grillo, the 2017-2018 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in East Asia and the Americas, to the Columbia community. Dr. Grillo received his PhD in Japanese Literature in 2017 from Cornell University, where his research focused on (mis)representations of animals in Japanese popular culture, as well as intersections … [Read more...]
Lydia H. Liu named the 2017-18 Frank M. Updike Memorial Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program
Lydia H. Liu, the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Director of Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, has been named the 2017-18 Frank M. Updike Memorial Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. The designation is awarded to a “distinguished scholar in the humanities, especially one who is prepared to address … [Read more...]
WEAI Adjunct Prof. Stephen Noerper Talks to The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News About the Threat Posed by North Korea
Stephen E. Noerper, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, spoke to Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal on August 14, 2017 about the danger posed by North Korea, which has threatened to fire missiles at Guam. Professor Noerper is also a senior director with The Korea Society and a former senior analyst at the U.S. … [Read more...]
Takako Hikotani Publishes the Article “Trump’s Gift to Japan” in Foreign Affairs
Takako Hikotani, the Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Columbia University, has published an article in the September/October 2017 issue of Foreign Affairs titled "Trump's Gift to Japan: Time for Tokyo to Invest in the Liberal Order." "The most fundamental challenge that Trump poses for Japan relates to the liberal … [Read more...]
2017-18 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar Tyran Grillo to Give Book Reading at Kinokuniya NYC on Sept. 9
Tryan Grillo, who is joining the Weatherhead East Asian Institute as the 2017-2018 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in East Asia and the Americas, will be reading from his new translation of Yoshiki Tanaka's science-fiction novel Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Volume 4: Stratagem at the Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York City at 3:00 PM on Saturday, September 9, 2017. Please … [Read more...]
