Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, wrote a January 2, 2018 op-ed in the Nikkei Asian Review about the possibility of Thailand finally holding its postponed election--which had been scheduled for 2016--this year. Titled "Will Thailand Return to Electoral Democracy in … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks to BBC World News about Japan and South Korea’s Comfort Women Dispute
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, appeared on BBC World News on December 27, 2017 to discuss the recent finding of South Korea's Foreign Ministry that a 2015 deal with Japan to compensate forced World War II sex slaves failed to meet the needs of the victims. https://youtu.be/rapmaxpCUl4 … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean is Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
We are pleased to announce that Eugenia Lean, the Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (on leave AY 2017-18) and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH grant, announced in December 2017, will support the next six months of Professor Lean's work on the … [Read more...]
The Center for Korean Research Publishes Fall 2017 Issue of The Journal of Korean Studies
The Center for Korean Research in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Journal of Korean Studies Fall 2017 issue, Volume 22, No.2. Guest edited by Professor Steven Chung of Princeton University and Professor Hyun Seon Park of Yonsei University, the Fall 2017 thematic issue, “The Cold War in Korean Cinemas,” offers seven articles … [Read more...]
Newsweek Japan Features Cover Story on Carol Gluck’s “War Stories” Discussion Group
Newsweek Japan devoted its December 12, 2017 cover story to a special discussion group at Columbia University on "War Stories: Memory and History" that is led by Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought. Participants in the discussion group included 20 undergraduate and graduate students from Columbia College, Columbia … [Read more...]
