Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote the article "What is Xi Jinping Afraid Of?" in the December 8, 2017 edition of Foreign Affairs. "Why this intense concentration of power and emphasis on obedience?" Professor Nathan writes. "Xi claimed that China is on the brink of achieving its great dream of national … [Read more...]
Qin Gao Talks on Council on Foreign Relations Podcast About Her New Book on Social Assistance in China
Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Centre for Social Policy, at Columbia University, discussed her recently published book Welfare, Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China (Oxford University Press, 2017) on the Council on Foreign Relations' December 8, 2017 podcast "Eradicating Poverty in China—An Impossible Task?" Professor Gao's … [Read more...]
Yukiko Koga’s Study of the WEAI “Inheritance of Loss” Receives AAA’s 2017 Francis L. K. Hsu and Anthony Leeds Book Prizes
We are pleased to announce that WEAI associate research scholar Yukiko Koga's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Inheritance of Loss: The Political Economy of Redemption After Empire has received the American Anthropological Association's 2017 Francis L. K. Hsu and Anthony Leeds Book Prizes. The Francis L. K. Hsu Book Prize is awarded by the American … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Presents Lecture Series at China’s Wuhan University
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, gave a series of three lectures at Wuhan University in China from November 6 through 10, 2017. Professor Gluck presented the lectures "Modernity in Common: Japan and World History," "How Change Happens in Japan: A Grand Unified Theory of Japanese History," … [Read more...]
Takako Hikotani Moderates Japan Society Event on Trump’s Asia Policy
Takako Hikotani, the Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Columbia University, moderated the November 20, 2017 Japan Society event "Trump’s Asia Policy: Will the United States Retain Leadership in Asia?" The event featured Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence & Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Assistant … [Read more...]
