Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia Business School, spoke to the South China Morning Post about the possible impact of President Trump's tariffs on China in the March 9, 2018 article "Donald Trump Signs Off on Sweeping Tariffs, Singling Out ‘Unfair’ China and Defying Trade War Warnings." “This is an escalation of a major … [Read more...]
Columbia Offers de Bary Undergraduate Summer Language Fellowships to Non-U.S. Citizens
The University Committee on Asia and the Middle East (UCAME) at Columbia University announces the de Bary Undergraduate Summer Language Fellowship for non-U.S. citizen students who are working on East Asian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian studies. This year, one award of $8,000 will be made for each of the three regions. Interested applicants should submit a one-page … [Read more...]
Columbia GSAS Spotlights MARSEA Student Nicholas Reinhold
We are excited to share the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)'s recent Student Spotlight article about Nicholas Reinhold, a current student in the Master of Arts in Regional Studies-East Asia (MARSEA) program, which is administered by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. MARSEA is an interdisciplinary, research-based program that provides … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Yulia Frumer’s “Making Time: Astronomical Time Measurement in Tokugawa Japan”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Making Time: Astronomical Time Measurement in Tokugawa Japan, published by the University of Chicago Press. The book's author is Yulia Frumer, the Bo Jung and Soon Young Kim Assistant Professor of East Asian Science and Technology in the Department of History of Science … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin’s Co-Edited Book “Chinese Law” Now Available in Paperback
We are pleased to announce the paperback publication of Chinese Law: Knowledge, Practice, and Transformation, 1530s to 1950s, a book co-edited by Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies at Columbia University, and Li Chen, a Columbia PhD who is Associate Professor of History, Global Asia Studies, and Sociolegal Studies at University of Toronto. Published … [Read more...]
