In November 2015, Oxford University Press will publish a new book co-edited by WEAI professors Benjamin L. Liebman and Curtis J. Milhaupt titled Regulating the Visible Hand?: The Institutional Implications of Chinese State Capitalism. The book examines the domestic and global consequences of Chinese state capitalism, focusing on the impact of state-owned enterprises on … [Read more...]
Steffen Rimner to chair panel on “Memory and the Legacy of Violence in East Asia”
WEAI's 2015-2016 INTERACT Postdoctoral Scholar Steffen Rimner will chair a panel at the conference "The Politics of Memory: Victimization, Violence, and Contested Memories of the Past," which will take place from December 3 through December 5 at Columbia University. Organized by Columbia University's Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network, the three-day conference … [Read more...]
WEAI director Eugenia Lean selected for Columbia’s 2015-17 Provost Leadership Fellows Program
WEAI director Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, is one of thirteen Columbia faculty members selected by the University to serve in its 2015-2017 Provost Leadership Fellows Program. The program is designed for faculty members at Columbia who seek to complement their research and scholarly activities with administrative and leadership responsibilities. … [Read more...]
WEAI Publishes Spring 2016 Graduate and Undergraduate Course Bulletins
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to report that its Spring 2016 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 and language … [Read more...]
WEAI Offers Chinese Language FLAS to an Eligible CUNY Student
The Columbia University East Asia National Resource Center for the expansion of the study of the languages and culture of East Asia is making one Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) summer grant for the study of Chinese language available to eligible CUNY students. Summer FLAS fellowships are intended to help students gain the equivalent of a year's worth of … [Read more...]
