We are pleased to announce that the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), which was established in 2015 to serve as a center for the academic study of Southeast Asia in New York City, has recently received a major grant from the Luce Foundation. The network is a collaboration that was forged by four co-founders: Duncan McCargo (a political science professor who divides … [Read more...]
Two Studies of the WEAI Receive Award Recognition from the Association for Asian Studies
We are delighted to share the news that two recent titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series, Li Chen's Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics and Yoshikuni Igarashi's Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen to Speak at the New-York Historical Society and at the Council on Foreign Relations
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the Vietnam War at the New-York Historical Society on January 29, 2018 and at the Council on Foreign Relations on February 8, 2018. Professor Nguyen will deliver the keynote address during the High School Chancellor's … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin Re-elected to the International Society for Chinese Law and History’s Board of Directors
We are pleased to announce that Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies at Columbia University, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society for Chinese Law and History. The International Society for Chinese Law and History (ISCLH) was established in 2014 to promote more regular exchanges of ideas and fruitful collaboration … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Will Discuss the Tet Offensive on BBC Radio 4
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the 1968 Tet Offensive on BBC Radio 4's program "Back to Vietnam" on Saturday, January 27, 2018. Professor Nguyen took part in the program, which focuses on BBC journalist Julian Pettifer, who was the Saigon … [Read more...]
