Joshua Wong and Kai Ping (Brian) Leung, two vocal activists in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protests, visited Columbia on September 13 to speak with students about demonstrators' aims and the significance of the leaderless movement. The event, held at the Columbia Law School and organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) with the Center for Chinese … [Read more...]
Applications now open for 2020 Master of Arts in Regional Studies – East Asia program
The Fall 2020 application for the Master of Arts in Regional Studies - East Asia is now open! MARSEA is an interdisciplinary, research-based program that provides students with graduate training in the study of modern and contemporary East Asia. It is geared toward those entering professional careers, mid-career professionals, and students preparing for entry into doctoral … [Read more...]
New Faculty Feature: Takuya Tsunoda
Takuya Tsunoda is assistant professor of Japanese film and media in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Since joining the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in January 2019, he has quickly become an invaluable member of the WEAI community, contributing insight into the nuances of contemporary Japanese film. An abridged version of this interview appears in the … [Read more...]
Qin Gao publishes new article linking Dibao welfare participation and life satisfaction in rural China
WEAI's Professor Qin Gao has published an article with Beijing Normal University's Professor Huawei Han in the Journal of Happiness Studies. The article, titled "Does Welfare Participation Improve Life Satisfaction? Evidence from Panel Data in Rural China" uses recent national longitudinal survey data from the China Family Panel Studies in 2012 and 2014 and a combination of … [Read more...]
July 13 Event: Alumni Reception & Reporting Asia Panel
On July 13, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute hosted an alumni reception and the latest talk in the Reporting Asia series at the Columbia Global Center in Beijing. The event was well attended and drew a crowd of more than 130 attendees. Keith Bradsher, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Shanghai bureau chief for The New York Times and the company's senior … [Read more...]
