Photographs and audio are now available from the February 24, 2015 event “East Asia's Changing Security Environment and Japan's Response.” The event featured a lecture by Hitoshi Tanaka, Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy at the Japan Research Institute; Senior Fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange; and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School … [Read more...]
February 23 Event: “Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution”
Photographs and audio are now available from the February 23, 2015 event "Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution." The event featured a lecture by Margaret Ng, who is a noted politician, barrister, writer, and columnist in Hong Kong. Dr. Ng's lecture was moderated by Benjamin L. Liebman, Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, and … [Read more...]
Apply to Columbia’s MARSEA Graduate Program
Interested in furthering your study of East Asia by learning from the world's leading scholars of the region? Apply to Columbia University's Master of Arts in Regional Studies--East Asia (MARSEA) program: Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute administers the Masters in Regional Studies—East Asia (MARSEA) through Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean Receives the 2013-2014 Faculty Mentoring Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The WEAI congratulates Eugenia Lean, associate professor of Chinese history, who has received the 2013-2014 Faculty Mentoring Award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). The award is a student initiative to recognize outstanding mentoring of Ph.D. students. Selections were made by graduate student representatives in GSAS and affiliated … [Read more...]
Professor Lydia H. Liu on Human Rights Pioneer and Columbia alum P.C. Chang
Columbia University's list of illustrious alumni includes many graduates from China whose achievements have been widely celebrated. Columbia alumnus Peng-chun “P.C.” Chang (1892-1957), the Vice-Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and one of the architects of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has received relatively less recognition--until … [Read more...]
