The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and former Institute director, received the First Class Professional Medal in Hakka Affairs on September 10, 2016 at the opening ceremony of the Fourth Taiwan International Conference on Hakka Studies. The Hakka Affairs Council presented … [Read more...]
WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick meets with Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick (second from right) met in July 2016 with Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a member of a delegation of eight scholars from the United States. The group met with policymakers and scholars to discuss issues in cross-straits and U.S.-Taiwan relations. Since 2002, Professor Wishnick has been a research scholar at WEAI. A … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean meets with Taipei Mayor and with Columbia Alumni in Taiwan
In July 2016, Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, met with the Mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, at his office to discuss further cooperation between Taipei and the Columbia community. In Taipei, the Board of the Columbia Alumni Association of Taiwan also hosted welcome dinners for … [Read more...]
Myron L. Cohen’s Photographs and Research to be Exhibited at the Taipei City Hakka Cultural Center
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that the Taipei City Hakka Cultural Center will create an immersive exhibit of the anthropological photos and research of Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and former Institute director. Opening on August 28 and running through November 2016, the exhibit will introduce visitors to a … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters and The New York Times about Shinzo Abe’s Upper House Election Victory
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, talked with Reuters on July 10, 2016 and The New York Times on July 11, 2016 about the impact of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Upper House election win. “With these numbers … he (Abe) is going to want to see what he can achieve,” Professor Curtis told Reuters. “That means less … [Read more...]
