Columbia Global Centers I Mumbai recently reported on this summer's successful Global Scholars Program "Media Practices in India and China," which was organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Office of Global Programs, and Columbia Global Centers. During the program, which ran from May 22 to June 30, WEAI faculty member Ying Qian, Assistant Professor of East … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis is Interviewed by Munhwa Ilbo about East Asian Diplomacy and Security
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was interviewed by South Korea's Munhwa Ilbo about numerous diplomatic and security issues related to East Asia. Professor Curtis had been in Seoul in June 2017 to give a talk at the Institute for Global Economics. On June 23, 2017, Munhwa … [Read more...]
WEAI Congratulates Theodore Hughes on his Promotion to Full Professor
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute warmly congratulates faculty member Theodore Hughes on his promotion to Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Professor Hughes is the Director of The Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, which, under his leadership, has … [Read more...]
Dorothy Ko discusses her Study of the WEAI “The Social Life of Inkstones” with the New Books in East Asian Studies Podcast
Dorothy Ko, Professor of History at Barnard College and faculty member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, recently discussed her new book The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China with the New Books in East Asian Studies Podcast. Published by the University of Washington Press in 2017, The Social Life of Inkstones is in the Studies of the … [Read more...]
Watch WEAI’s Video about the Growth of Southeast Asian Studies at Columbia
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a short video introducing viewers to new faculty members who are expanding the study of Southeast Asia at Columbia University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umARvzQur2o Introduced by Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History, the video features … [Read more...]
