Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Center for Social Policy, at Columbia University, was quoted in the November 26, 2017 South China Morning Post article "Tales from Beijing and Hong Kong Show Challenge of Fighting Poverty, Especially Among Working Poor." Professor Gao, a leading expert on social policy in China, told the newspaper that … [Read more...]
WEAI Publishes Spring 2018 Graduate and Undergraduate Course Bulletins
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to report that its Spring 2018 Graduate and Undergraduate Course Bulletins are now available. For the graduate bulletin, please click here. For the undergraduate bulletin, please click here. The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Course Bulletins are intended to provide a listing of East Asia-related graduate, undergraduate, and … [Read more...]
Qin Gao Talks with Sinovision and Asia Now About Her New Book on Social Assistance in China
In November 2017, Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work and Director, China Centre for Social Policy, at Columbia University, discussed her recently published book Welfare, Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China (Oxford University Press, 2017) with Sinovision and with the Association for Asian Studies' Asia Now blog. Professor Gao's book provides the … [Read more...]
Memorial Service for Adam McKeown to be held on November 18, 2017
The memorial service for Adam McKeown, former professor of history at Columbia University and Weatherhead East Asian Institute faculty member, will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 4:00 PM in St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University, which is located at the corner of 117th street and Amsterdam Avenue. The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations go … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Discusses the State of the Vietnam War in 1967 on C-SPAN3
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, discussed the state of the Vietnam War in 1967 on a C-SPAN3 forum on November 11, 2017. Professor Nguyen joined historian Mark Atwood Lawrence of the University of Texas at Austin to take viewer calls and answer tweets about the war in Vietnam, … [Read more...]
