Takako Hikotani, who is serving a term appointment as the Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Columbia University, has published an article in the July 2018 issue of International Affairs (Vol. 94, no. 4) titled "The Japanese Diet and Defence Policy-making." Professor Hikotani's article looks at the evolving role of the … [Read more...]
Thomas S. Mullaney’s Study of the WEAI “The Chinese Typewriter” Wins Lewis Mumford Award
We congratulate Thomas S. Mullaney, associate professor of history at Stanford University and Columbia alumnus (M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2006), whose Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Chinese Typewriter: A History was awarded the 2018 Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics from the Media Ecology Association (MEA). The book, … [Read more...]
Dorothy Y. Ko and Chün-fang Yü Elected as Academicians of Academia Sinica
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute warmly congratulates faculty members Dorothy Y. Ko and Chün-fang Yü, both of whom were elected Academicians of the Academia Sinica on July 5, 2018. Professors Ko and Yü were among 21 scholars elected at the 2018 biennial Convocation of Academicians. They will join Academia Sinica's society of Academicians, a group of individuals who have … [Read more...]
Yao Lu Receives Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates faculty member Yao Lu, who, with co-author Ran Tao, received the 2018 Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements for "Organizational Structure and Collective Action: Lineage Networks, Semiautonomous Civic Associations, and Collective Resistance in … [Read more...]
Xiaobo Lü is Awarded an Ann Whitney Olin Professorship in Barnard College
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates longtime faculty member Xiaobo Lü, who has been appointed to an Ann Whitney Olin Professorship in Barnard College. Barnard College awards the Ann Whitney Olin Professorship to faculty members on the basis of scholarship, teaching, and other contributions to the academic community. An active member of the WEAI community, … [Read more...]
