We are pleased to announce that a special issue of the journal Asian Security features papers from the November 10, 2016 Weatherhead East Asian Institute conference "Great Power Rivalries, Domestic Politics and Southeast Asian Foreign Policy," which received funding from the Dorothy Borg Research Program. The collected papers are available in Asian Security, Volume 13, … [Read more...]
Chinese Fashion Project “Thunderclap” Spreads Writings Featured in the Weatherhead Book on Asia “The Birth of Chinese Feminism”
A steganographic fashion zine in China called "Thunderclap" has used clothing to politically instrumentalize the writings of He-Yin Zhen (1886-1920?), whose groundbreaking theoretical texts on Chinese feminism were translated into English for the first time in the 2013 Weatherhead Book on Asia The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory, co-edited by … [Read more...]
Takako Hikotani Discusses Trump’s Visit to Japan on the “Background Briefing” Radio Program
Takako Hikotani, the Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Columbia University, discussed President Trump's summit meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the November 6, 2017 broadcast of the Background Briefing radio program. Please click here to listen to audio from the program. … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Takes Part in the International Conference “Order and Disorder: Critical Reflections on Japanese Studies”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, took part in the international conference "Order and Disorder: Critical Reflections on Japanese Studies," which was held at Cornell University on October 27 and October 28, 2017. A gathering of former students and colleagues of Cornell University professor … [Read more...]
Qin Gao is Quoted in New York Times Article About Xi Jinping’s Vow to Eliminate Poverty
Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Centre for Social Policy, at Columbia University, was quoted in the October 31, 2017 New York Times article "Xi Jinping Vows No Poverty in China by 2020. That Could Be Hard." Professor Gao, an expert on social policy in China, told the Times that "The government’s initiatives sound good. But the question is … [Read more...]
