Visit this link for additional information. Eligibility Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the dissertation) between May 1, 2017 and August 31, 2020. Application Procedure Candidates must attach all files to one application email, or upload all documents to a cloud-based platform and include a link to those documents in the … [Read more...]
Interview: Lien-Hang Nguyen discusses the old and new in Vietnam
As the geographical hinge between Northeast and Southeast Asia, Vietnam is arguably at the epicenter of the major developments of the region. On a recent trip to Hồ Chí Minh City and Hanoi to dig deeper into Vietnam’s wartime past, Professor Lien-Hang Nguyen saw firsthand the future-shaping development taking place within the country. Ahead of her upcoming international … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Joshua Wong and Brian Leung Hold Dialogue with Students
Joshua Wong and Kai Ping (Brian) Leung, two vocal activists in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protests, visited Columbia on September 13 to speak with students about demonstrators' aims and the significance of the leaderless movement. The event, held at the Columbia Law School and organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) with the Center for Chinese … [Read more...]
Alumni Profile: Trevor Menders
Trevor Menders is a 2018 graduate of Columbia’s East Asian Languages and Cultures Department and a former student worker at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. He recently completed a year as a Fulbright Research Fellow in affiliation with Tokyo University of the Arts. Beginning in September he will be a Toshizo Watanabe Fellow at the Yokohama Inter-University Center for … [Read more...]
New Faculty Feature: Takuya Tsunoda
Takuya Tsunoda is assistant professor of Japanese film and media in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Since joining the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in January 2019, he has quickly become an invaluable member of the WEAI community, contributing insight into the nuances of contemporary Japanese film. An abridged version of this interview appears in the … [Read more...]
