The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to report that its Center for Korean Research has been awarded a five-year Core University Grant of $896,442 (1 billion Korean won) by the Academy of Korean Studies, a division of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea. Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck talks with Slate, The New York Times, and The Takeaway about Japanese Emperor Akihito
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, was interviewed by Slate on August 8, 2016 about the possibility that Japan's emperor Akihito may abdicate the throne. On August 9, 2016, Professor Gluck discussed Emperor Akihito's significance in The New York Times article "In Japan, an Emperor Constrained … [Read more...]
WEAI Mourns the Death of Supporter William Z. Hwa
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute mourns the death of William Z. Hwa, a donor and supporter who established the Institute's Julie How Fellowship. Named in honor of Mr. Hwa's late wife, who graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Chinese history, the Julie How Fellowship provides support for doctoral students at Columbia who study China in a social science … [Read more...]
WEAI holds summer events in Indonesia and Singapore
During the summer of 2016, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute held widely attended panel discussions and receptions in Indonesia and Singapore to foster the growth of Columbia University alumni networks in Southeast Asia and to promote the study of Southeast Asia at Columbia. These events brought together Columbia faculty, students, and alumni as well as academics, students, … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses Donald Trump’s Potential China Policy in ‘ChinaFile’
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, was one of several experts who contributed to a July 22, 2016 ChinaFile article about what Donald Trump's China policy might look like. "If I were a policy-maker in Beijing, I would love to see Trump as president," Professor Nathan wrote. "With his criticism of the war in Iraq, praise … [Read more...]
