On July 14, 2017, WEAI faculty member Lydia H. Liu, the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Director of Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, will take part in Columbia Global Centers I East Asia - Beijing's special symposium and exhibition surrounding the first public release of V.K. Wellington Koo's archive of personal papers. V. … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo writes in Nikkei Asian Review about the Rebranding of the Marcos Legacy in the Philippines
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, wrote a July 4, 2017 article in the Nikkei Asian Review titled "Rebranding the Marcos Legacy," about the recent nostalgia in the Philippines for the once-discredited Ferdinand Marcos regime. "...in recent years, the post-1986 … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal about the LDP’s Loss in the Tokyo Metropolitan Election
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was quoted in a July 4, 2017 Reuters article titled "Japan's Abe Vulnerable After Party's Dismal Poll Showing," a July 6, 2017 article in The Economist titled "An Electoral Defeat puts Japan’s Prime Minister on the Back Foot," and a July 10, … [Read more...]
Watch Peter E. Hamilton Discuss the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s 1997 Handover to China
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share an interview with Peter E. Hamilton, the Institute's Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in the Making of the Modern Pacific World, about the significance of Hong Kong's July 1, 1997 handover from the United Kingdom to China. https://youtu.be/SKofVL1zaVE Dr. Hamilton, who earned his PhD from the University of Texas … [Read more...]
Theodore Hughes featured in Chosun Ilbo Article on AAS-in-Asia’s Korean Studies Roundtable
Theodore Hughes, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, was featured in a Chosun Ilbo article about a special roundtable discussion about the state of Korean Studies that was held on June 26, 2017 at the AAS-in-Asia Conference in Seoul. Featuring scholars from around the … [Read more...]
