Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, gave the keynote speech at a May 13, 2016 symposium in Japan that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School. Titled "The United States and Japan in a Turbulent Asia," Professor Curtis's speech addressed how East Asia’s … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks with Slate About the Differing Ways Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, talked with Slate in a May 11, 2016 article titled "How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II." Following the news that President Obama will be the first American president to visit Hiroshima, Isaac Chotiner, a Slate contributor, conducted an interview … [Read more...]
Study of the WEAI “Neither Donkey nor Horse” Wins 2016 William H. Welch Medal
We are pleased to announce that Sean Hsiang-lin Lei's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle Over China's Modernity has received the 2016 William H. Welch Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine. Published in 2014 by the University of Chicago Press, Neither Donkey nor Horse tells the story of … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses Xi Jinping’s New Military Position in ChinaFile
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discussed Xi Jinping's new military position in ChinaFile. Professor Nathan wrote this assessment after President Xi recently assumed the title of Commander in Chief of China’s Military, a position that he now holds in addition to his role as Chairman of the Central Military Commission. … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Delivers the Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture at The Wilson Center
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered the Fourth Annual Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2016. Professor Gluck's lecture was titled "Present Pasts: The Politics of Memory in East Asia." Nancy Bernkopf Tucker (1948-2012), … [Read more...]
