Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University, will give a keynote speech at North Carolina State University's History Weekend on March 19, 2016. The 2016 History Weekend theme is "Rethinking the Roots of Modern China." Professor Zelin's talk is titled “Freedom and the Economy of Late Imperial China." Professor … [Read more...]
Columbia University Press Publishes Final Book by JaHyun Kim Haboush
Columbia University Press has recently published the final book by JaHyun Kim Haboush (1940-2011), who was a WEAI faculty member and the King Sejong Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University. Titled The Great East Asian War and the Birth of the Korean Nation, Haboush's book explores the Imjin War (1592–1598), which was a grueling conflict that wreaked havoc on the … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Speaks at Multiple Events in Japan
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, gave keynote addresses at three symposia in early 2016: "Rediscovering Northeast Asia" at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, January 23-24, 2016; "Internationalizing Japan Studies," Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, January 30-31, 2016; and "Memory … [Read more...]
Former Senior Visiting Research Associate Naoki Matsuda Publishes Book
Naoki Matsuda, a former Senior Visiting Research Associate at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, has recently published a book titled Tax Strategy Vs. Countermeasures, which is about the contemporary issue of wealthy individuals and multinational companies that transfer their residence, income, and assets abroad mainly to reduce tax burden. The book is available in English … [Read more...]
Watch Andrew Nathan Discuss the Chinese State at the International Conference on the Governance of China
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, spoke about the Chinese State on January 15, 2016 at the International Conference on the Governance of China. The conference, sponsored by The New York Review of Books Foundation, the Faculty of the Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, and FRITT ORD, took place in Hong Kong … [Read more...]
