We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan, published by Cornell University Press. The book's author is D. Colin Jaundrill, who earned his PhD from Columbia University and is Associate Professor of History at Providence College. In … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo talks about Populism in Global Politics on the Philippines’ ABS-CBN TV
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, was interviewed on ABS-CBN TV in the Philippines about the role of Populism in Global Politics on June 26, 2017. Watch the video here: Prof. Duncan McCargo talks about the changes in the behavior of politicians who are likely to win … [Read more...]
WEAI Research Scholar Kristy E. Kelly Receives Luce Foundation Grant for Vietnam Research
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates Research Scholar Kristy E. Kelly, who received a new grant from The Luce Foundation for a two-year research project on gender and corruption in Vietnam. Dr. Kelly has also been invited to serve as Associate Director of the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society, housed at Temple University. Dr. Kelly, who … [Read more...]
Watch Andrew J. Nathan Discuss “China’s Great Awakening” at the Council on Foreign Relations
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, recently moderated an event at the Council on Foreign Relations titled " … [Read more...]
WEAI Professors Eugenia Lean, Carol Gluck, Theodore Hughes, and Paul Kreitman Presenting at AAS-in-Asia in Seoul
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that faculty members Eugenia Lean, Carol Gluck, Theodore Hughes, and Paul Kreitman will be presenting at this summer's Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Asia Conference, which will be held in Seoul from June 24, 2017 to June 27, 2017. Full conference details are available here. Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor … [Read more...]
