The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that the Taipei City Hakka Cultural Center will create an immersive exhibit of the anthropological photos and research of Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and former Institute director. Opening on August 28 and running through November 2016, the exhibit will introduce visitors to a … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters and The New York Times about Shinzo Abe’s Upper House Election Victory
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, talked with Reuters on July 10, 2016 and The New York Times on July 11, 2016 about the impact of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Upper House election win. “With these numbers … he (Abe) is going to want to see what he can achieve,” Professor Curtis told Reuters. “That means less … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with The New York Daily News about the Dalai Lama
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with The New York Daily News in a July 6, 2016 Q & A about the reality of the Dalai Lama's life on the eve of the spiritual leader's 81st birthday. "His birth name was Lhamo Dhondup. After he was recognized as the Dalai Lama, he was also given a religious name — Tenzin Gyatso. In Tibetan, Gyatso … [Read more...]
Myron L. Cohen to Receive 2016 Chinese Anthropology Lifetime Achievement Award
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and former Institute director, will receive the 2016 Chinese Anthropology Lifetime Achievement Award from the Shanghai Society of Anthropology. Professor Cohen, who earned his PhD from Columbia in 1967 and has taught at the University since 1966, … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis Publishes Op-Ed on Japan’s Upcoming Election in The Wall Street Journal
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, has published a June 26, 2016 op-ed titled "Japan's Election Offers Little Choice" in The Wall Street Journal. As Japan's July 10 Upper House election approaches, Professor Curtis, a leading expert on Japanese politics, argues that voters, while having lost faith in Abenomics, will … [Read more...]
