June 13 Event: “A Conversation with Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs” - A Conversation with Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Szu-chien Hsu – Taiwan’s response to the US Indo-Pacific Strategy Featuring Dr. Szu-chien Hsu Moderated by Class of 1919 […]
April 9 Event: “The Future of the US-Japan Alliance” - The Future of the US-Japan Alliance: Advancing the Vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Featuring H.R. McMaster Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Bernard and Susan Liautaud […]
“China’s Real Estate Boom: Opportunities and Challenges” - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, and the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate are pleased to announce the Ninth Annual N.T Wang […]
May 2 Event: “Myanmar in Transition: Historic Change at the Crossroads of Asia:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the May 2, 2018 event “Myanmar in Transition: Historic Change at the Crossroads of Asia.” The event featured Derek James Mitchell, Senior Advisor, […]
April 23 Event: “Chinese Expansion and the Future of Southeast Asia:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the April 23, 2018 event “Chinese Expansion and the Future of Southeast Asia.” The event marked the publication of Will Doig’s new Columbia […]
April 16 Event: “Reaching the Chinese Public through the Barriers of Censorship:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the April 16, 2018 event “Reaching the Chinese Public through the Barriers of Censorship,” which featured Ching-Ching Ni, the Editor-in-Chief of The New […]
April 12 Event: “The Trump Administration and Southeast Asia:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the April 12, 2018 conference “The Trump Administration and Southeast Asia: Strategic Implications & Southeast Asian Responses.” The all-day event featured Daniel Russel, […]
April 3 Event: “Cultivating a Therapeutic Self in China:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the April 3, 2018 event “Cultivating a Therapeutic Self in China.” The event featured Li Zhang, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis. […]
April 2 Event: “Can We Globalize WWII?: A Chinese Perspective:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the April 2, 2018 event “Can We Globalize WWII?: A Chinese Perspective.” The event featured Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese […]
March 29 Event: “Scales of History: Family History/Global History:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the March 29, 2018 event “Scales of History: Family History/Global History.” The event featured distinguished scholar Shunya Yoshimi, Professor of Sociology, Cultural Studies […]
March 27 Event: “China’s Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective:” Audio, Photos, and Partial Video - Audio, photographs, and partial video footage are now available from the March 27, 2018 event “China’s Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective.” The event featured […]
March 5 Event: “Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Bangkok:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from March 5, 2018 event “Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Bangkok.” The event featured Claudio Sopranzetti, Postdoctoral Fellow at All Souls […]
March 1 Event: “Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from March 1, 2018 event “Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited.” The event featured Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and […]
Feb. 20 Event: “Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System-The Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the February 20, 2018 Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture “Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System” The special lecture was presented […]
Feb. 7 Event: “The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the February 7, 2018 event “The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia.” During the event, Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow […]
Nov. 13 Event: “Japan’s General Election: What Happened and What it Means:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the November 13, 2017 event “Japan’s General Election: What Happened and What it Means.” During the sold-out event, Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess […]
Nov. 15 Event: “Business Dealings of the Chinese Ruling Elite:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the November 15, 2017 event “Business Dealings of the Chinese Ruling Elite.” During his time in the Hong Kong office, New York Times […]
Nov. 10 Event: “Repressing Revisionism in Vietnam, 1956-1960:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the November 10, 2017 event “Repressing Revisionism in Vietnam, 1956-1960.” During the standing-room-only event, Peter Zinoman of the University of California, Berkeley discussed […]
Oct. 18 Event: “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the October 18, 2017 event “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao.” During the event, Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
Oct. 9 Event: “Effluent Disposal and Disease Prevention in Modern Japan:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the October 9, 2017 event “Effluent Disposal and Disease Prevention in Modern Japan.” During the event, Alexander Bay of Chapman University discussed how […]
Sept. 28 Event: “The China Boom-Why China Will Not Rule the World:” Audio and Photos - Audio and photographs are now available from the September 28, 2017 event “The China Boom-Why China Will Not Rule the World.” During the standing-room-only event, Ho-Fung Hung, Henry M. and […]
Sept. 26 Event: “Luminous Memories: Bei Dao in Conversation with Eliot Weinberger:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the September 26, 2017 event “Luminous Memories: Bei Dao in Conversation with Eliot Weinberger.” During the sold-out event in Jerome Greene Hall, Bei […]
Sept. 21 Event: “”Japan’s New Foreign Minister: A Conversation with Columbia Students About Diplomacy:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the September 21, 2017 event “Japan’s New Foreign Minister: A Conversation with Columbia Students About Diplomacy,” which featured His Excellency Tarō Kōno, Foreign […]
May 8 Event: “Pacific Overtures: A Panel Discussion About the Celebrated Musical:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the May 8, 2017 event “Pacific Overtures: A Panel Discussion About the Celebrated Musical and its 2017 Off-Broadway Revival.” The event featured George […]
April 26 Event: “Dictators and Their Secret Police:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the April 26, 2017 lecture “Dictators and Their Secret Police in South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines,” which featured speaker Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Assistant Professor […]
March 6 Event: “What’s Next? U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations Under the Trump Administration:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the March 6, 2017 lecture ““What’s Next? U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations Under the Trump Administration” which featured His Excellency Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador of the Republic […]
Feb. 15 Event: “Task Force on U.S.-China Policy: Recommendations for the New Administration:” Photos, Audio, and a Report - Photographs, audio, and a report are now available from the February 15, 2017 lecture “Task Force on U.S.-China Policy: Recommendations for the New Administration,” which featured speaker Orville Schell, the […]
Feb. 8 N.T. Wang Lecture: “The State of State Capitalism in China:” Photos, Audio, and Report - Photographs and audio are now available from the February 8, 2017 Seventh Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture on the Chinese Economy: “The State of State Capitalism in China.” The lecture […]
Dec. 7 Event: “Taiwan’s China Dilemma:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the December 7, 2016 lecture “Taiwan’s China Dilemma” which featured speaker Syaru Shirley Lin, Professor of Political Economy at the Chinese University of […]
November 16 Event: “Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the November 16, 2016 event “Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia.” The event featured David D. Arnold, President and Chief Executive Officer, […]
Nov. 2 Event: “The Memory Project:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the November 2, 2016 panel discussion “The Memory Project.” The discussion, part of a two-day event featuring film screenings, featured Jane Gaines, Columbia University; Lydia […]
Oct. 12 Event: “Ge Fei in New York: On the Translation of His Novel ‘The Invisibility Cloak:’” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the October 12, 2016 event “Ge Fei in New York: On the Translation of His Novel ‘The Invisibility Cloak'” During the discussion, renowned […]
Sept. 26 Event: “The Comeback of Confucius in Modern China:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the September 26, 2016 event “The Comeback of Confucius in Modern China” During the discussion, journalist Michael Schuman talked about his book Confucius and […]
Sept. 22 Event: “Pluralism and Diversity: Best Practices from Singapore and Southeast Asia:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the September 22, 2016 event “Pluralism and Diversity: Best Practices from Singapore and Southeast Asia” During the discussion, the State Department’s Special Representative […]
Sept. 20 Event: “The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the September 20, 2016 event “The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan” During the discussion, Princeton University […]
WEAI holds summer events in Indonesia and Singapore - During the summer of 2016, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute held widely attended panel discussions and receptions in Indonesia and Singapore to foster the growth of Columbia University alumni networks […]
Leta Hong Fincher Discusses China’s “Leftover Women” - Video is now available of Leta Hong Fincher, 2015-16 Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University and author of the 2014 book Leftover Women: The […]
Marc Steinberg Discusses “Media Mix” and Anime in Japan - Video is now available of Marc Steinberg, Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, discussing the key aspects of the Media Mix […]
April 29 Event: ““The Politics of Memory: Shadows of the Past on Indonesian Democracy:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the April 29, 2016 event “The Politics of Memory: Shadows of the Past on Indonesian Democracy.” During the discussion, acclaimed Indonesian writer Leila […]
April 26 Event: “Imperial Power and Politics of Difference:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the April 26, 2016 event “Imperial Power and Politics of Difference” During the discussion, University of Toronto professor and Columbia PhD Li Chen […]
April 18 Event: “The Rise of Post-Umbrella Movement Political Forces in the New Era:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the April 18, 2016 “The Rise of Post-Umbrella Movement Political Forces in the New Era” event, which featured Hong Kong-based activist Joshua Wong in conversation with […]
April 8 Event: “Thailand Update 2016:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the April 8, 2016 “Thailand Update 2016” conference, which featured leading scholars from around the world who discussed the current political situation in […]
April 6 Event: “Sites of Extraction: Perspectives from a Japanese Coal Mine in Northeast China:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the April 6, 2016 event “Sites of Extraction: Perspectives from a Japanese Coal Mine in Northeast China” During the discussion, Cornell University professor Victor […]
March 21 Event: “Woman and City: A Conversation with Wang Anyi:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the March 21, 2016 event “Woman and City: A Conversation with Wang Anyi” The sold-out event featured acclaimed author Wang Anyi in conversation with Lydia […]
March 11 Event: “The Nuclear Disaster, Tsunami, and Manga: The Representation of Recent Disasters in Japanese Popular Culture:” Video - Video is now available from the March 11, 2016 event “The Nuclear Disaster, Tsunami, and Manga: The Representation of Recent Disasters in Japanese Popular Culture.” The event featured guest speaker […]
February 18 Event: “Digital Humanities in East Asian Studies at Columbia: Strategies and Possibilities:” Video - Video is now available from the February 18, 2016 event “Digital Humanities in East Asian Studies at Columbia: Strategies and Possibilities.” The workshop featured Tucker Harding, the Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral […]
December 17 Event: “Is Japan Really Back?” Videos and Photos - On Thursday, December 17, 2015, leading scholars of Japan participated in the symposium “Is Japan Really Back?” in honor of the retirement of Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science […]
December 16 Event: “The Many Worlds of Yamaguchi Yoshiko:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the December 16, 2015 event “The Many Worlds of Yamaguchi Yoshiko.” The event was a multidisciplinary mini-workshop exploring the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko […]
November 30 Event: “The Transformation of the Indonesian Economy in Challenging Times:” Photos and Video - Photographs and video are now available from the November 30, 2015 event “The Transformation of the Indonesian Economy in Challenging Times.” The panel discussion featured Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the Managing […]
November 11 Event: “The Emerging Geometry of Asia: U.S. Alliances and Asian Architecture:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the November 11, 2015 event “The Emerging Geometry of Asia: U.S. Alliances and Asian Architecture.” The event featured a lecture by Victor […]
November 10 Event: “The Enemies of Conservatism: Kishi Nobusuke and the Wartime Roots of the Japanese Right Wing:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the November 10, 2015 event “The Enemies of Conservatism: Kishi Nobusuke and the Wartime Roots of the Japanese Right Wing.” The event featured […]
October 29 Event: “Patterns of Public Protest in China in the Past Forty Years” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the October 29, 2015 event “Patterns of Public Protest in China in the Past Forty Years.” The event featured a lecture by Dingxin Zhao, […]
October 29 Event: “Basic Law Under the One Country, Two Systems Regime: A Conversation with the Hong Kong Secretary of Justice:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the October 29, 2015 event “Basic Law Under the One Country, Two Systems Regime: A Conversation with the Hong Kong Secretary of Justice.” […]
October 14 N.T. Wang Lecture “Social Welfare: Does it Have a Future in China’s Evolving Economy?”: Photos and Report - Photographs are now available from the October 14, 2015 Sixth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture on the Chinese Economy: “Social Welfare: Does it Have a Future in China’s Evolving Economy?” […]
October 7 Event: “The South China Sea: The View from the Philippines:” Video and Photos - Photographs and video are now available from the October 7, 2015 event “The South China Sea: The View from the Philippines” The presentation featured Honorable Antonio T. Carpio, Senior Associate […]
October 5 “China Town Hall” Event: Photos and Video - Video and photographs are now available from the October 5, 2015 “China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections” event featuring WEAI faculty Gerald L. Curtis, Merit Janow, Xiaobo Lu, Andrew […]
September 30 Event: “New Intellectuals in a Changing Public Sphere:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the September 30, 2015 event “New Intellectuals in a Changing Public Sphere.” The event featured a lecture by Sebastian Veg, Professor in the School […]
May 1 Event: “Collecting and Presenting Tibetan Material Culture in the West:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the May 1, 2015 event “Collecting and Presenting Tibetan Material Culture in the West.” The final event of WEAI’s 2014-2015 “Museums and Material Culture: […]
May 1 Event: “Thailand Update Conference: ” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the May 1, 2015 conference “Thailand Update: One Year After the May 2014 Coup: Where is Thailand Heading?” Organized by Duncan McCargo, Senior […]
April 22 Event: “Human Rights Under Xi Jinping: Is There Room for Optimism?” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the April 22, 2015 event “Human Rights Under Xi Jinping: Is There Room for Optimism?” The event featured a lecture by Sophie Richardson, […]
April 1 Event: “The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy” - Photographs and audio are now available from the April 1, 2015 event “The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy.” The event featured a lecture by Michael Pillsbury, Director of the Center […]
March 26 Event: “Constructing Godzilla in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and America” - Photographs and audio are now available from the March 26, 2015 event “Constructing Godzilla in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and America.” The event featured a lecture by Yoshiko Ikeda, Associate Professor, College […]
March 24 Event: “Subsidizing Tibet: Fiscal Estimates and Socio-Economic Consequences” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the March 24, 2015 event “Subsidizing Tibet: Fiscal Estimates and Socio-Economic Consequences.” The event featured a lecture by Andrew Fischer, Associate Professor of Development […]
February 25 Event “Birds of Metal in Flight: An Evening of Poetry with 5+5” - Photographs and video are now available from the February 25, 2015 event “Birds of Metal in Flight: An Evening of Poetry with 5+5.” The landmark event, held in the beautiful […]
February 26 Event: “Makers and Markets: Drivers of Fashion in Chinese History:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the February 26, 2015 event “Makers and Markets: Drivers of Fashion in Chinese History.” The event featured a lecture by BuYun Chen, Assistant […]
February 26 Event: “Museums, Exhibitions, and Digital Media” - Photographs and audio are now available from the February 26, 2015 event “Museums, Exhibitions, and Digital Media.” The event featured a lecture by John T. Carpenter, Curator of Japanese Art […]
February 24 Event “Sound and Image: Chinese Poets in Conversation with Artist Xu Bing:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the February 24, 2015 event “Sound and Image: Chinese Poets in Conversation with Artist Xu Bing.” The standing-room only event featured a stimulating […]
February 24 Event: “East Asia’s Changing Security Environment and Japan’s Response” - 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 […]
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 […]
February 5 Event: “New Directions in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy:” Photos and Video - Photographs and video are now available from the February 5, 2015 Tenth Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics, titled: “New Directions in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy.” The event featured Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess […]
February 4 Event: “Chinese Dreams and Chinese Nightmares, 1989 to 2014” - Photographs and audio are now available from the February 4, 2015 event “Chinese Dreams and Chinese Nightmares, 1989 to 2014.” The standing-room only event featured a lecture by Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor […]
December 9 Event: “Modern China Studies and the Digital Humanities:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the December 9, 2014 event “Modern China Studies and the Digital Humanities: An Introduction to Computational Methods, Tools, and Data. ” The event, co-sponsored […]
December 3 Event: “The West: East Asian Historical Thought in Comparative Perspective:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the December 3, 2014 event “East Asian Historical Thought in Comparative Perspective: What History Is, Knows, Does: The West.” The event, co-sponsored by […]
November 18 Event: “China: East Asian Historical Thought in Comparative Perspective:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the November 18, 2014 event “East Asian Historical Thought in Comparative Perspective: What History Is, Knows, Does: China.” The event, co-sponsored by the […]
November 5 Event: “Southeast Asia and the United States:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the November 5, 2014 event “Southeast Asia and the United States.” The event featured His Excellency Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to […]
October 8 Event “Around 1948: Human Rights & Global Transformation:” Video, Photos, and Audio - Photographs, audio, and video are now available from the October 8, 2014 event “Around 1948: Human Rights and Global Transformation.” The event featured Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern […]
October 9 Event “The New Kings of Crude: China, Oil, and Civil War in Sudan and South Sudan:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the October 9, 2014 event “The New Kings of Crude: China, Oil, and Civil War in Sudan and South Sudan.” The event featured Luke Patey, Senior Researcher […]
October 8 N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture “The Chinese Economy: Boom or Bust?” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the October 8, 2014 Fifth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture “The Chinese Economy: Boom or Bust?” The event featured Lawrence J. Lau, Ralph […]
October 20 Event “To Lose Without Fighting? The U.S., China, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea” - Photographs and audio are now available from the October 20, 2014 event “To Lose Without Fighting? The U.S., China, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea.” The event featured Bill […]
October 22 Event ““Indonesia’s Jokowi Administration: Implications for the U.S. and Beyond:” Photos - Photographs are now available from the October 22, 2014 event “Indonesia’s Jokowi Administration: Implications for the U.S. and Beyond.” The event featured Marcus Mietzner, Associate Professor at College of the Asia […]
2014 CAAS Symposium: Asia & Africa Across Disciplinary and National Lines - On October 3 and 4, 2014, Columbia University hosted the Fifth Annual Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS) Symposium “Asia and Africa Across Disciplinary and National Lines.” The symposium […]
Conference: “Beyond Modernity: Understanding Change in China” - Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, has been a key member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute community since joining Columbia’s faculty in 1979. In addition to […]
September 12 Event “Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien:” Photos and Audio - Photographs are available here from the September 12, 2014 event Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien, which featured acclaimed writer and academic Ian Buruma, Columbia University film studies professor Richard Peña, and […]
April 23 Event: Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu’s Lecture: Photos and Report - Photographs and a report are available here from the April 23, 2014 event My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman’s Journey from Prison to Power, which featured the former Vice President of the Republic […]
April 24 ‘Jin Ping Mei’ Event: Photos and Audio - Photographs are available here from the April 24, 2014 event A Contemporary Conversation on a Chinese Erotic Classic: David Roy’s Translation of ‘Jin Ping Mei’ and New Scholarly Directions, which featured Weatherhead East Asian Institute professor […]
March 31 Event: “China and the Environment:” Photos and Audio - A Report on the March 31, 2014 China and the Environment panel discussion featuring Chinadialogue editor Isabel Hilton, Georgetown University professor Micah Muscolino, Yale University professor Peter Perdue, and […]
The Fourth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Qiren Zhou - Read about and see pictures from the Fourth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture by Qiren Zhou, Professor of Economics, the National School of Development, Peking University. The February 5, […]
December 9 Event: “Jamesian Precisions in Natsume Sōseki: Contending with Light and Dark:” Photos - Pictures from the lecture by Japan scholar John Nathan about his new translation of Natsume Sōseki’s novel Light and Dark (a Weatherhead Book on Asia published by Columbia University Press) […]