Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, answered five questions for Columbia News on April 5, 2017 about Chinese president Xi Jinping's April visit to the United States. During the trip, President Xi will hold a summit meeting with President Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Resort in Florida. "The Chinese and the Americans have very … [Read more...]
WEAI Congratulates Qin Gao on her Promotion to Full Professor
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates faculty member Qin Gao on her promotion to full professor in the Columbia School of Social Work. Professor Gao, a Columbia PhD who is an authority on social policy in China, joined the Institute and the University faculty in the fall of 2016. Please click here or read below for the news release from the Columbia School of … [Read more...]
Christopher Rea Receives 2017 Levenson Book Prize for his Study of the WEAI “The Age of Irreverence”
The Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series is pleased to share video footage of Christopher Rea receiving the Association for Asian Studies' 2017 Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize (China) for his Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China. Timothy Brook of the University of British Columbia … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes Miki Kaneda, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
WEAI welcomes Miki Kaneda, who is a visiting assistant professor in Columbia University's Department of Music. Dr. Kaneda's research focuses on transcultural crossings and the entanglements of race, gender, power, and colonial residues in experimental, avant-garde and popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Trained in musicology and ethnomusicology, she has published on … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes New Faculty Member Qin Gao
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at the Columbia School of Social Work (CSSW) and Faculty Affiliate of the Columbia Population Research Center and WEAI. Professor Gao, who joined Columbia's faculty in the fall of 2016, is also an Academic Board Member of the China Institute for Income Distribution at Beijing … [Read more...]
