Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies Madeleine Zelin has been elected a trustee of the Business History Conference. Trustees are elected for three-year terms and with the elected officers administer the organization. The Business History Conference is a scholarly organization devoted to encouraging all aspects of research, writing, and teaching about business history and … [Read more...]
Borg Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the United States and East Asia, 2019-2020
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University invites applications for the role of Borg Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the United States and East Asia for 2019-2020. WEAI seeks a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in modern or contemporary Japan within the social sciences (anthropology, economics, history, political science, or sociology), with … [Read more...]
Call for Papers: Tenth Annual Symposium of the Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS)
Tenth Annual Symposium of the Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS) Cultural Expression at the Age of Globalization SHISU ( Shanghai), October 19th and 20th, 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS The theme of the conference in 2019 is about cultural expression. Since cultural exchange is one of the important driving forces for the development of human civilization. … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: David Ambaras’s “Japan’s Imperial Underworlds”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Japan's Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters at the Borders of Empire, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is David Ambaras, an Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University. Japan's Imperial Underworlds uses vivid … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo writes Asia Times article about Thailand’s closing National Assembly building
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, wrote a December 14, 2018 article in the Asia Times titled "Lights Out on a Parliamentary Era in Thailand." In his piece, Prof. McCargo retraces the history of Thailand's National Assembly building, the "site of many political … [Read more...]
