Gray Tuttle, the Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, recently spoke on the New Books in East Asian Studies Podcast about The Tibetan History Reader (Columbia University Press, 2013), which he co-edited with Kurtis Schaeffer, and Sources of Tibetan Tradition (Columbia University Press, 2013), which he co-edited with Schaeffer … [Read more...]
Andrew Nathan Discusses China in 2016 in ChinaFile
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, recently offered his thoughts about the issues that China may face in 2016 in ChinaFile. In the article, Professor Nathan discusses that the dangers that President Xi Jinping's concentration of power may cause. Please click here to read the article. … [Read more...]
The Asahi Shimbun interviews Gerald L. Curtis about Japan’s Diplomacy
The Asahi Shimbun recently interviewed Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, about Japan's current diplomacy efforts. In the article, Professor Curtis argues that the nature of Japan’s diplomacy can best be characterized as a “coping strategy." “A coping strategy does not seek to set the international agenda; instead it takes the … [Read more...]
WEAI Offers Four 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Opportunities
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce four postdoctoral opportunities for the 2016-2017 academic year. All applications are due by February 25, 2016. Three of these positions are part of the Borg Research Program, a three-year initiative to support teaching, research, and public outreach on issues relating the United States and … [Read more...]
The Japan Times reports on the retirement and legacy of Professor Gerald L. Curtis
The Japan Times recently paid tribute to Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science, on the eve of his retirement from teaching at Columbia. In the December 12, 2015 article "Gerald Curtis, the Ultimate Insider in Japanese Politics, Retires," Jeff Kingston, a Columbia PhD who teaches at Temple University in Japan, talked with leading academics about Professor … [Read more...]
