Two 2019 titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute series, Robert Culp's The Power of Print in Modern China and Fei-Hsien Wang's Pirates and Publishers, were recommended as highly commended runner-ups for the 2020 DeLong Book History Prize issued by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. Click here to read the announcement. … [Read more...]
Interview with NHK’s Ayako Takada on US and Japanese media, immigrant stories, and COVID-19
Ayako Takada is a Japanese journalist and was a WEAI professional fellow between September 2019 and January 2020. During her time in New York, she worked to design a journalism platform that builds a bridge among diverse people and began a newsletter titled "New York Immigrant Media Stories," which documented local ethnic media and followed the early days of the spread of … [Read more...]
CKR announces new publication by Si Nae Park
The Center for Korean Research is pleased to announce the publication of Si Nae Park’s book The Korean Vernacular Story: Telling Tales of Contemporary Chosŏn in Sinographic Writing published by Columbia University Press. This is the third book in the Center for Korean Research book series. Click here for more about the book. To learn more about the CKR/CUP series, click … [Read more...]
Professor Jinyu Liu Develops Guide for Older Adults with Dementia and Their Caregivers to Cope with COVID-19
Professor Jinyu Liu has developed a guide to help Chinese caregivers design culturally meaningful indoor activities for their family members with dementia. Click to access the Chinese and English versions of Tips for Caregivers: Indoor Activities for Older Adults with Dementia. … [Read more...]
Plans for the Coming Academic Year
An announcement from the President's Office Dear fellow members of the Columbia community: It is now the moment to focus our attention on how the University will operate in the coming academic year. As you might imagine, no decisions in our history have been taken with more seriousness, care, or rigor than the ones we set forth here and in following … [Read more...]
