Featuring: Tsangwang Gendun Tenpa, Director and Chief Curator of the Chengdu Dargye Himalayan Art and Culture Museum Moderated by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Drawing on a range of Tibetan and Chinese historical sources, as well as images of several important Tibetan thangka … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: David Ambaras’s “Japan’s Imperial Underworlds”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Japan's Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters at the Borders of Empire, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is David Ambaras, an Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University. Japan's Imperial Underworlds uses vivid … [Read more...]
Thurs. Nov. 15th “The Growth and Development of Chinese NGOs Domestically and Abroad, and its Implications for International Affairs”
"The Growth and Development of Chinese NGOs Domestically and Abroad, and its Implications for International Affairs" Lecture Reza Hasmath, Professor, University of Alberta Moderator: Yao Lu, Associate Professor of Sociology Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 This talk first looks at the strategies Chinese NGOs … [Read more...]
Thurs. Nov 29th “Symposium in Memory of Iuming Suez: Modernizing China through Diplomatic and Missionary Pursuits and Overseas Education”
"Symposium in Memory of Iuming Suez: Modernizing China through Diplomatic and Missionary Pursuits and Overseas Education" Symposium An Thornton Eugenia Lean Wei Shang Andrew J. Nathan Chen Qianping Julian Suez Wu Jingping Joseph Ho Ling-wei Kung Chengzhi Wang Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:00 PM -7:00 PM Reading Room, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, 300 Kent … [Read more...]
Fri. Nov 30th- Sat. Dec. 1, “How International, Transnational, and Global History Conquered the World: A Conference in Honor of Adam McKeown”
"How International, Transnational, and Global History Conquered the World: A Conference in Honor of Adam McKeown” November 30th – December 1st, 2018 Columbia University Heyman Center Guy Alitto, University of Chicago Kyoungjin Bae, Kenyon College Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt University Richard Bulliet, Columbia University John Chen, Columbia University Sheetal … [Read more...]
