We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Diana Fu, an assistant professor of Asian politics at the University of Toronto. Mobilizing Without the Masses was awarded the 2018 Gregory … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters about Japan’s Possible October Snap Election
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, was quoted in a September 19, 2017 Reuters article about the possibility of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holding a snap election in October 2017. The Prime Minister is expected to hold such an election in order to take advantage of a rebound in his approval ratings. However, … [Read more...]
WEAI Mourns the Death of Former Professor Adam M. McKeown
A message from Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (on leave AY 2017-18) and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, about the death of Adam M. McKeown, who was a WEAI faculty member and professor of history at Columbia University from 2001 to 2013: "It is with deep sadness that I inform you that historian and former … [Read more...]
Learn How WEAI Faculty and Scholars Spent Summer 2017
During the busy summer of 2017, Weatherhead East Asian Institute faculty and scholars participated in conferences, delivered lectures, led undergraduate study abroad programs, met with alumni and leaders in East and Southeast Asia, conducted research, and offered their expertise to the media. Please read below to learn about some of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute … [Read more...]
WEAI Adjunct Prof. Stephen Noerper Talks to The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News About the Threat Posed by North Korea
Stephen E. Noerper, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, spoke to Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal on August 14, 2017 about the danger posed by North Korea, which has threatened to fire missiles at Guam. Professor Noerper is also a senior director with The Korea Society and a former senior analyst at the U.S. … [Read more...]
