The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes the 2016-2017 INTERACT Postdoctoral Teaching Collaborative: Peter E. Hamilton, Tucker Harding, Miki Kaneda, Victor Louzon, Rune Steenberg Reyhe, and Simon Toner. INTERACT is a pioneering program at Columbia University that focuses on developing global studies in the undergraduate curriculum through a network of postdoctoral … [Read more...]
WEAI Presents the Fall 2016 Modern Taiwan Lecture Series
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Department of Anthropology are pleased to present the Fall 2016 Modern Taiwan Lecture Series, hosted by faculty members Myron L. Cohen and Murray Rubinstein. This lecture series can be taken by Columbia University students for credit as course GR8499. All lectures will take place in Schermerhorn Hall, Room 963, from 4:10 PM - … [Read more...]
The Center for Korean Research Receives Grant from the Academy of Korean Studies
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to report that its Center for Korean Research has been awarded a five-year Core University Grant of $896,442 (1 billion Korean won) by the Academy of Korean Studies, a division of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea. Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck talks with Slate, The New York Times, and The Takeaway about Japanese Emperor Akihito
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, was interviewed by Slate on August 8, 2016 about the possibility that Japan's emperor Akihito may abdicate the throne. On August 9, 2016, Professor Gluck discussed Emperor Akihito's significance in The New York Times article "In Japan, an Emperor Constrained … [Read more...]
WEAI Mourns the Death of Supporter William Z. Hwa
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute mourns the death of William Z. Hwa, a donor and supporter who established the Institute's Julie How Fellowship. Named in honor of Mr. Hwa's late wife, who graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Chinese history, the Julie How Fellowship provides support for doctoral students at Columbia who study China in a social science … [Read more...]
