• CKR Event: “Soldiers-Turned-Laborers/Guards: Buddhist Monks in Chosŏn Korea at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century”

    Colloquium   Featuring: Nam-lin Hur, The University of British Columbia Moderated by: Michael Como, Columbia University Buddhism in Late Chosŏn fared far better compared to that to the end of the sixteenth century. The signs of Buddhism’s improved status were visible: Buddhism was hailed as a religion helping to protect the country (hoguk Pulgyo); the royal family, particularly […]

  • “Constitutional Reform in Japan: Prospects, Process, and Implications”

    Conference   On September 20, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe overwhelmingly won re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), putting him on track to be Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and reviving his desire to place constitutional reforms on the domestic political agenda.  The Japanese constitution has not been amended during […]

  • “Art in Contested Political and Cultural Terrains, Asia”

    Featuring: MC Kash, Hip-Hop Singer of Kashmir Tenzing Rigdol, Poet and Visual Artist of Tibet Maria Maderira, Visual Artist of Timor Leste Seckon Leang, Performer and Visual Artist of Cambodia   Moderated by Vishakha N. Desai, CGT Vice Chair and Senior Advisor to the President   Faculty House, 2nd Floor   Register at cgt-art.eventbrite.com   Part […]

  • “Infrastructure as Asset or Public Good”

    Lecture   Featuring Dr. Pon Souvannaseng, Research Associate at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester   International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. For any press inquiries, please contact Ariana King at ak4364@columbia.edu   This event is co-sponsored by New York Southeast Asian Network and Weatherhead East Asian Institute.

  • “Gateway State: Hawai’i and the Cultural Transformation of American Empire”

    Workshop Featuring: Dr. Sarah Miller Davenport, University of Sheffield Moderator: Lien-Hang Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University   Fayerweather, Room 513 No registration required. For press inquiries, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu   This event is co-sponsored by Center for International History and Weatherhead East Asian […]