Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, gave keynote addresses at three symposia in early 2016: "Rediscovering Northeast Asia" at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, January 23-24, 2016; "Internationalizing Japan Studies," Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, January 30-31, 2016; and "Memory … [Read more...]
Former Senior Visiting Research Associate Naoki Matsuda Publishes Book
Naoki Matsuda, a former Senior Visiting Research Associate at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, has recently published a book titled Tax Strategy Vs. Countermeasures, which is about the contemporary issue of wealthy individuals and multinational companies that transfer their residence, income, and assets abroad mainly to reduce tax burden. The book is available in English … [Read more...]
Watch Andrew Nathan Discuss the Chinese State at the International Conference on the Governance of China
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, spoke about the Chinese State on January 15, 2016 at the International Conference on the Governance of China. The conference, sponsored by The New York Review of Books Foundation, the Faculty of the Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, and FRITT ORD, took place in Hong Kong … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Travis Workman’s “Imperial Genus”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan, published by the University of California Press. The book’s author is Travis Workman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Participates in International Symposium on Mass Violence in Asia and Europe
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke in the introductory and summary sessions and was a member of the organizing committee of the international symposium "Civilians at Stake: Mass Violence in Asia and Europe from 1931 to the Present." The symposium took place at Sciences Po in Paris from … [Read more...]
