WEAI professors Haruo Shirane and Tomi Suzuki, along with Columbia University professor David Lurie, have recently co-edited the landmark book The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature. The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the premodern and modern eras in a single volume. … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Publishes Article on “The Puzzle of the Chinese Middle Class”
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, has published a new article, "The Puzzle of the Chinese Middle Class," in the April 2016 Journal of Democracy. The Journal is published by the National Endowment for Democracy and the Johns Hopkins University Press. Please click here to read Professor Nathan's article. … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses China’s Part in the Panama Papers with ChinaFile
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discussed China's part in The Panama Papers in ChinaFile on April 6, 2016. Please click here to read the article. … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses Discontent with Xi Jinping on PBS’s NewsHour
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discussed the growing discontent in China with president Xi Jinping in a March 31, 2016 interview on PBS's NewsHour. Please click here to see the PBS interview. … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Gives Keynote Address at University of Oslo
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered the keynote speech "Modernity in Common: Japan and World History" at the international conference "Every Picture Tells a Story: The Visualization of Japanese History" at the University of Oslo on March 8, 2016. … [Read more...]
