Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, gave a talk titled "The Past is a Moving Target" at a conference on Memorial Museums and the Historical Past at the Topography of Terror in Berlin on February 6, 2018. The Topography of Terror is a widely visited place of remembrance in Berlin. During the … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Discusses the Legacy of the 1968 Tet Offensive in a WEAI Video
We are pleased to present the short video "The 50th Anniversary of the Tet Offensive" in which Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, discusses the global impact of the 1968 Tet battles. Professor Nguyen is currently writing a comprehensive history of the Tet Offensive. She is the … [Read more...]
Qin Gao Talks to the BBC World Service About China’s Plan to Eliminate Poverty by 2020
Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director of the China Center for Social Policy at Columbia University, spoke on the BBC World Service's "More or Less" February 2, 2018 radio program about China's plan to eliminate poverty by 2020. The program asks: How does China measure poverty and is it possible for them to make sure, over the next few years, that no … [Read more...]
WEAI Named One of 2017’s Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is honored to announce that it has, for the second year in a row, been recognized as one of the top ten University-Affiliated Regional Studies Centers and as one of the top 40 University-Affiliated Think Tanks in the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. WEAI … [Read more...]
Victor Louzon, 2016-18 INTERACT Postdoctoral Scholar, Publishes Article in the Journal of Asian Studies
Victor Louzon, the 2016-2018 International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, published the article "From Japanese Soldiers to Chinese Rebels: Colonial Hegemony, War Experience, and Spontaneous Remobilization during the 1947 Taiwanese Rebellion" in the Journal of Asian Studies. His … [Read more...]
