Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, has published the new article "Who is Xi?" in May 12, 2016 edition of The New York Review of Books. In the article, Professor Nathan explores the political identity of China's President Xi Jinping by analyzing several recent books and articles about the Xi Jinping and about Chinese … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo Writes About Thailand’s Constitution Referendum in the Nikkei Asian Review
Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, wrote an April 12, 2016 op-ed in the Nikkei Asian Review about the upcoming constitutional referendum in Thailand. Titled "Thai Junta Marches Toward Day of Reckoning," Professor McCargo's article notes that "If not the beginning of the … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis Meets with Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, recently met in Tokyo with former Prime Minister of Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone. Yasuhiro Nakasone, now 97 years old, served as Japan's Prime Minister from 1982 until 1987. During his time in office, Prime Minister Nakasone consulted with Professor Curtis, an internationally renowned … [Read more...]
Robert S. Boynton Discusses His New Book About North Korea’s Abduction Project
Robert S. Boynton, an associate professor of journalism at New York University and director of NYU's Literary Reportage concentration, has published the new book The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). For decades, North Korea denied any part in the disappearance of dozens of Japanese citizens from … [Read more...]
Haruo Shirane, Tomi Suzuki, and David Lurie Publish “The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature”
WEAI professors Haruo Shirane and Tomi Suzuki, along with Columbia University professor David Lurie, have recently co-edited the landmark book The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature. The Cambridge History of Japanese Literature provides, for the first time, a history of Japanese literature with comprehensive coverage of the premodern and modern eras in a single volume. … [Read more...]
