Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was quoted in a July 4, 2017 Reuters article titled "Japan's Abe Vulnerable After Party's Dismal Poll Showing," a July 6, 2017 article in The Economist titled "An Electoral Defeat puts Japan’s Prime Minister on the Back Foot," and a July 10, … [Read more...]
Watch Peter E. Hamilton Discuss the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s 1997 Handover to China
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share an interview with Peter E. Hamilton, the Institute's Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in the Making of the Modern Pacific World, about the significance of Hong Kong's July 1, 1997 handover from the United Kingdom to China. https://youtu.be/SKofVL1zaVE Dr. Hamilton, who earned his PhD from the University of Texas … [Read more...]
Theodore Hughes featured in Chosun Ilbo Article on AAS-in-Asia’s Korean Studies Roundtable
Theodore Hughes, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, was featured in a Chosun Ilbo article about a special roundtable discussion about the state of Korean Studies that was held on June 26, 2017 at the AAS-in-Asia Conference in Seoul. Featuring scholars from around the … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: D. Colin Jaundrill’s “Samurai to Soldier”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan, published by Cornell University Press. The book's author is D. Colin Jaundrill, who earned his PhD from Columbia University and is Associate Professor of History at Providence College. In … [Read more...]
WEAI Research Scholar Kristy E. Kelly Receives Luce Foundation Grant for Vietnam Research
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates Research Scholar Kristy E. Kelly, who received a new grant from The Luce Foundation for a two-year research project on gender and corruption in Vietnam. Dr. Kelly has also been invited to serve as Associate Director of the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society, housed at Temple University. Dr. Kelly, who … [Read more...]
