Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and expert on Southeast Asian politics, participated in the "Populist Plutocrats: Lessons from Around the World" conference on September 23, 2017. The conference was sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago Booth … [Read more...]
The Center for Korean Research is Offering 2018-19 AKS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean Studies
The Center for Korean Research in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University is currently inviting applications for its 2018-2019 Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Center is searching for a scholar who conducts Korea-related research in any discipline in the humanities or social sciences. We are particularly interested in … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Speaks on PRI Public Radio International About the 1968 Tet Offensive
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, spoke on PRI Public Radio International on September 26, 2017 about the Vietnam War's 1968 Tet Offensive. Professor Nguyen spoke on the sixth episode, titled "The Shock of the Tet," of PRI's series on the Vietnam War called "LBJ's War." From the … [Read more...]
Columbia Event with Japan’s Foreign Minister, H.E. Tarō Kōno, Draws International Media Coverage
The Thursday, September 21, 2017 visit by H.E. Tarō Kōno, Foreign Minster of Japan, to Columbia University has drawn international media coverage. The sold-out event--the Foreign Minister's only public address during his visit to the United States--was co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, the Center on … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Contributes to TIME Article Debunking American Myths
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, contributed to the September 26, 2017 TIME article "7 Things People Get Wrong About American History." The article featured a collection of short essays by renowned scholars who dispelled myths about the U.S. and its foreign relations. In Professor … [Read more...]
