Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, chaired the June 24, 2016 special roundtable "Horizons of Hope in Asia" at the Association for Asian Studies in Asia conference in Kyoto. In addition to Professor Gluck, the roundtable featured Jie-Hyun Lim of Sogang University, Rwei-ren Wu of Academia … [Read more...]
Lydia H. Liu Discusses Her Curated Exhibition “Pixel Analysis” in China Daily
Lydia H. Liu, the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Director of Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, discussed the Columbia Global Centers I East Asia - Beijing exhibition "Pixel Analysis" in a June 21, 2016 article in the China Daily. The exhibit, curated by Professor Liu, presents works by Chinese wood block artist Yang Hongwei … [Read more...]
Reto Hofmann’s “The Fascist Effect” Shortlisted for Australian Book Award
We are pleased to announce that Reto Hofmann's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy: 1915-1952, has been shortlisted for the Australian Historical Association's W.K. Hancock Book Prize. The W.K. Hancock Prize recognises Australian scholars who have published an outstanding first book in any field of history. The Prize was … [Read more...]
Leta Hong Fincher Discusses China’s “Leftover Women”
Video is now available of Leta Hong Fincher, 2015-16 Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University and author of the 2014 book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, discussing the challenges and inequalities faced by women in contemporary China. Professor Fincher, who was the first American to receive a PhD … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with The New York Times About Prominent New Tibet-Related Films
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with The New York Times in a June 10, 2016 article about prominent Tibet-related movies that are screening at the 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival. “These young Tibetan filmmakers are trying to make us look very hard without giving us answers,” Professor Barnett noted. “Many of their films … [Read more...]
