The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and former Institute director, will receive the 2016 Chinese Anthropology Lifetime Achievement Award from the Shanghai Society of Anthropology. Professor Cohen, who earned his PhD from Columbia in 1967 and has taught at the University since 1966, … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis Publishes Op-Ed on Japan’s Upcoming Election in The Wall Street Journal
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, has published a June 26, 2016 op-ed titled "Japan's Election Offers Little Choice" in The Wall Street Journal. As Japan's July 10 Upper House election approaches, Professor Curtis, a leading expert on Japanese politics, argues that voters, while having lost faith in Abenomics, will … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Chairs “Horizons of Hope in Asia” Special Roundtable at AAS in Kyoto
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, chaired the June 24, 2016 special roundtable "Horizons of Hope in Asia" at the Association for Asian Studies in Asia conference in Kyoto. In addition to Professor Gluck, the roundtable featured Jie-Hyun Lim of Sogang University, Rwei-ren Wu of Academia … [Read more...]
Lydia H. Liu Discusses Her Curated Exhibition “Pixel Analysis” in China Daily
Lydia H. Liu, the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Director of Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, discussed the Columbia Global Centers I East Asia - Beijing exhibition "Pixel Analysis" in a June 21, 2016 article in the China Daily. The exhibit, curated by Professor Liu, presents works by Chinese wood block artist Yang Hongwei … [Read more...]
Reto Hofmann’s “The Fascist Effect” Shortlisted for Australian Book Award
We are pleased to announce that Reto Hofmann's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy: 1915-1952, has been shortlisted for the Australian Historical Association's W.K. Hancock Book Prize. The W.K. Hancock Prize recognises Australian scholars who have published an outstanding first book in any field of history. The Prize was … [Read more...]
