Video and photographs are now available from the October 5, 2015 "China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections" event featuring WEAI faculty Gerald L. Curtis, Merit Janow, Xiaobo Lu, Andrew J. Nathan, and CICC US Securities' Lanlan Zhang. Watch the video below: During the event, these experts on East Asia discussed the current political and economic situation … [Read more...]
September 30 Event: “New Intellectuals in a Changing Public Sphere:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the September 30, 2015 event "New Intellectuals in a Changing Public Sphere." The event featured a lecture by Sebastian Veg, Professor in the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris. His talk was moderated by Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. For audio of … [Read more...]
May 1 Event: “Collecting and Presenting Tibetan Material Culture in the West:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the May 1, 2015 event “Collecting and Presenting Tibetan Material Culture in the West.” The final event of WEAI’s 2014-2015 “Museums and Material Culture: East Asia” series, the presentation featured lectures by Melissa Kerin of Washington and Lee University and Dominique Townsend of the Rubin Museum of Art. Their talk was … [Read more...]
May 1 Event: “Thailand Update Conference: ” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the May 1, 2015 conference “Thailand Update: One Year After the May 2014 Coup: Where is Thailand Heading?” Organized by Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, the all-day conference featured presentations by a number of prominent … [Read more...]
April 22 Event: “Human Rights Under Xi Jinping: Is There Room for Optimism?” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the April 22, 2015 event “Human Rights Under Xi Jinping: Is There Room for Optimism?” The event featured a lecture by Sophie Richardson, China Director at Human Rights Watch. Her talk was moderated by Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. During the event Dr. Richardson talked about … [Read more...]
