The Dorothy Borg Research Program of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce a call for papers for the upcoming workshop Critical Perspectives on US-Southeast Asia Relations Complete information is below: Workshop on “Critical Perspectives on US-Southeast Asia Relations” New York City: April 20-21, 2017 Convenor: Duncan McCargo Visiting Professor … [Read more...]
Call for Applications: Dorothy Borg Workshop “Weaving Knowledge”
The Dorothy Borg Research Program of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that applications are welcome for The Weaving Knowledge Summer Workshop on Lanna Weaving and Dyeing. Complete information is below: Weaving Knowledge Summer Workshop on Lanna Weaving and Dyeing Application Deadline: 1 December 2016 Workshop dates: 6 – 23 July … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Takes Part in Chatham House Conference “Challenge and Uncertainty in a Volatile World: Japan-UK Perspectives”
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, took part in the Chatham House conference "Challenge and Uncertainty in a Volatile World: Japan-UK Perspectives" on October 12 and 13, 2016. The event, held in Tokyo, was the fourth in a series of five annual conferences on the UK-Japan relationship and … [Read more...]
The Center for Korean Research Co-organizes International Workshop on Modern Korean Literature and Culture
WEAI is pleased to announce that the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University has co-organized the first international workshop on "Critical Studies in Modern Korean Literature and Culture, 1945-1980: Creating the Groundwork for a Cooperative/Reciprocal System between South Korea and the United States to Promote Research on Modern Korean Literature and Culture," which … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis writes in Australian Financial Review about the weak opposition to Japan’s LDP
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, published an article titled "Weak Opposition Makes Japan Look Like a One-Party System" in the September 18, 2016 The Australian Financial Review. "Japan's political party system will be re-invented, one way or another," Professor Curtis writes."It is possible that reinvention will … [Read more...]
