We are pleased to announce that Sean Hsiang-lin Lei's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle Over China's Modernity has received the 2016 William H. Welch Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine. Published in 2014 by the University of Chicago Press, Neither Donkey nor Horse tells the story of … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses Xi Jinping’s New Military Position in ChinaFile
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discussed Xi Jinping's new military position in ChinaFile. Professor Nathan wrote this assessment after President Xi recently assumed the title of Commander in Chief of China’s Military, a position that he now holds in addition to his role as Chairman of the Central Military Commission. … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Delivers the Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture at The Wilson Center
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered the Fourth Annual Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2016. Professor Gluck's lecture was titled "Present Pasts: The Politics of Memory in East Asia." Nancy Bernkopf Tucker (1948-2012), … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Asks “Who is Xi?” in The New York Review of Books
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, has published the new article "Who is Xi?" in May 12, 2016 edition of The New York Review of Books. In the article, Professor Nathan explores the political identity of China's President Xi Jinping by analyzing several recent books and articles about the Xi Jinping and about Chinese … [Read more...]
Robert S. Boynton Discusses His New Book About North Korea’s Abduction Project
Robert S. Boynton, an associate professor of journalism at New York University and director of NYU's Literary Reportage concentration, has published the new book The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). For decades, North Korea denied any part in the disappearance of dozens of Japanese citizens from … [Read more...]
