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SUMMARY:Tenth Annual NT Wang Distinguished Lecture: "E-commerce and Inclusive Growth in China: Opportunities and Challenges"
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n10th Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture with Xubei Luo of Alibaba with Shang-Jin Wei\nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nXubei Luo\, Senior Economist \n World Bank Group \nModerated by: \nShang-Jin Wei\, N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy \nColumbia Business School \n \nAbout the Speaker: \nXubei Luo is a Senior Economist at the World Bank Group. Since joining the Young Professional Program in 2005\, she has worked in the operation\, research\, and evaluation departments\, and conducted country work in the East Asia and Europe and Central Asia Regions. She led the enterprise aspect of the World Development Report 2014\, Risk and Opportunity. She recently task managed the partnership and joint research in e-commerce between the World Bank and the Alibaba Group\, China. She has been a lead author for Bank reports and evaluations on poverty\, investment climate\, and public expenditure tracking. She has co-authored a book of Multilateral Banks and the Development Process: Vital Links in the Results Chain (published by Transaction Publishers\, 2012)\, and published over 50 articles. She is ranked the top 10 percent of authors by all-time downloads on SSRN. Her research interest includes poverty and inequality\, growth\, labor market\, spatial economy\, global value chains\, e-commerce\, trade facilitation\, and monitoring and evaluation. \nMs. Luo holds a Ph. D. in Economics from International Development Research Center (CERDI)\, University of Auvergne\, France\, and three MAs in Project Analysis\, Development Economics\, and Economic Policy from CERDI\, and an MA in Finance from Sun Yat-Sen University\, China. \n  \nThis event is a Lectures and Panels event part of the continued NT Wang Lecture Series. \n  \nRegistration required. Please register at https://events.columbia.edu/go/tenthntwang \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nNovember 11\, 2019\n5:00 PM – 6:15 PM\n  \nAddress \nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 1501 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nCosponsors: The Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/tenth-annual-nt-wang-lecture-e-commerce-and-inclusive-growth-in-china-opportunities-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T173000
DTSTAMP:20191031T143508Z
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SUMMARY:Buddhism and Politics in Korea
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Event\n  \nPlease join us for a workshop with: \nJuhn Ahn\, University of Michigan \nHwansoo Kim\, Yale University \nSeong Uk Kim\, Columbia University \nJin Y. Park\, American University \n  \nThis is a Workshops\, Conferences\, and Symposia event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nFriday\, November 8\, 2019 \n1:00 PM-5:30 PM \n  \nAddress\n\n420 W 118th St\, New York\, NY 10027 \nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \n  \nCosponsored by: The Academy of Korean Studies\, Seoul Korea; the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures \n  \nTags: Korea
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/buddhism-and-politics-in-korea/
CATEGORIES:Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T173000
DTSTAMP:20191031T143440Z
CREATED:20190923T201641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T143440Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: "Lost Graves and Recycled Mourning Sheds: How the Late Koryŏ Elite Took the Drama Out of Afterlife”
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Event\n  \nPlease join us for a book talk with: \nJuhn Ahn\, Associate Professor of Buddhist and Korean Studies \nUniversity of Michigan \n  \nTwo issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism\, which had been the state religion. In this revisionist history\, Juhn Ahn challenges the long-accepted Confucian critique that Buddhism had become so powerful and corrupt that the state had to suppress it. When newly rising elites (many with strong ties to the Mongols) used lavish donations to Buddhist institutions to enhance their status\, older elites defended their own adherence to this time-honored system by arguing that their donations were linked to virtue. This emphasis on virtue and the consequent separation of religion from wealth facilitated the Confucianization of Korea and the relegation of Buddhism to the margins of public authority during the Choson dynasty. \n  \nRead an interview conducted by Ross Yelsey with Dr. Ahn here:  \n  \nJuhn Ahn is the author of Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea (University of Washington Press\, 2018) \n  \nThis is a Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nThursday\, November 7\, 2019 \n4:00 PM-5:30 PM \n  \nAddress\n\nKent Hall Lounge \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \n  \nCosponsored by: The Academy of Korean Studies\, Seoul Korea; the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/lost-graves-and-recycled-mourning-sheds-how-the-late-koryo-elite-took-the-drama-out-of-afterlife-a-book-talk-with-juhn-ahn/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T160000
DTSTAMP:20191024T145513Z
CREATED:20190905T134238Z
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SUMMARY:Top down or bottom up? Politics and Society in Thailand and Indonesia
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n  \nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nAlex Arifianto\, Research Fellow\, Indonesia Programme\, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies \nNanyang Technological University – Singapore \n  \nChristopher Ankersen\, Clinical Associate Professor \nNYU Center for Global Affairs  \n  \nModerated by: \nAmy Freedman\, Department Chair and Professor of Political Science and International Studies \nLong Island University Post  \n  \nThis panel discussion will look at the broad question of whether changes in society are happening as a result of political manipulation from the top; or because of substantive changes within culture\, values and beliefs. \n  \nDr. Arifianto’s talk\, titled “From Identity Politics to New Sectarianization? Political Islam and the 2019 Indonesian Election”\, will look at the 2019 Indonesian elections and ask if the polarization and divisiveness is a new and lasting feature of Indonesian society\, or if it is a function of specific electoral dynamics unique to these candidates and this moment in time. \n  \nProfessor Ankersen’s talk\, titled “Culture in Action: The Case of Contemporary Thai Politics”\, will examine the cultural images being used to construct oppressive strictures in contemporary Thai politics and explore whether these structures are manifestations of long-standing cultural norms or if they are being manipulated from elites for regime survival.  \n  \nAbout Speakers: \nAlexander R. Arifianto is a Research Fellow with the Indonesia Programme\, Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies\, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) – Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore. His research interest is political Islam and Islamic movements in Indonesia\, particularly Nahdlatul Ulama\, Muhammadiyah\, and new Islamist movements such as Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI). His articles have appeared in refereed journals such as Asia Policy (forthcoming)\, Trans-National and Regional Studies of Southeast Asia (TRaNS)\, Asian Security\, Asian Politics and Policy\, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations\, and Journal of Southeast Asian Economies (formerly ASEAN Economic Bulletin). In addition\, he also has published policy-oriented articles related to Indonesian politics in online magazines and blogs such as The Diplomat\, The Conversation\, New Mandala (Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs\, Australian National University)\, Order from Chaos (The Brookings Institution)\, and The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute). \n  \nDr. Christopher Ankersen is Clinical Associate Professor at the Center for Global Affairs\, where he teaches in the Transnational Security concentration. Prior to joining NYU\, Christopher was the Security Advisor for the United Nations system in Thailand (2012-2017). Previously\, he held positions at the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials in Phnom Penh\, Cambodia (2010-2012); the UN Offices in Geneva (2007-2010) and Vienna (2006-2007); and with the Department of Safety and Security in New York\, where he was Desk Officer for Iraq (2005-2006). \nFrom 2002 to 2004\, Dr. Ankersen was a Ralf Dahrendorf Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has taught at the LSE\, the London Centre for International Relations\, King’s College London\, Carleton University\, and the Royal Military College of Canada and has lectured at staff colleges in Canada\, Australia\, and Denmark. From 2000 to 2005\, he acted as a policy and strategy consultant to militaries\, governments and private firms in the UK and Canada. From 1988 to 2000\, Dr. Ankersen was an officer in the Canadian Forces\, serving in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry\, including on overseas missions with the UN and NATO. \nDr. Ankersen is a member of the Regional Consultative Group for Asia and the Pacific on Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Relief; a Senior Research Fellow at the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)\, Faculty of Law\, Thammasat University\, Thailand; and a Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council. He currently serves as an associate editor with the journal International Politics Reviews. Dr. Ankersen is co-founder of the NYU Project on Armed Forces and Society. \nHis research interests include civil military relations\, strategic studies\, international security\, and crisis/disaster response. He is particularly interested in the geopolitics and transnational security issues of Southeast Asia. \nChristopher Ankersen holds a BA (Hons) in International Politics and History from Royal Roads Military College (Canada) and an MSc and PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.                                                                                 \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Lectures and Panels event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nNovember 07\, 2019\n2:30 PM – 4:00 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/top-down-or-bottom-up-politics-and-society-in-thailand-and-indonesia/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T134500
DTSTAMP:20191024T143327Z
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SUMMARY:The Historical Roots of Social Policy Exclusion: Shanghai and Bombay in the 1950s
DESCRIPTION:School of Social Work Event\nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nMark Frazier\, Professor of Politics and Academic Director of India China Institute \nNew School University  \nModerated by: \nQin Gao\, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Director\, China Center for Social Policy \nColumbia University \n  \nScholars of Western democracies have amply demonstrated the path-dependent nature of social policies. Once introduced\, new policies create groups with powerful incentives to defend social policies from fundamental changes\, while outsiders focus their demands on inclusion into existing policies. Fundamental policy re-design\, let alone revocation and replacement\, becomes politically infeasible. This talk examines social and labor policies in cases where we might expect them to be most amenable to fundamental changes: post-revolutionary Shanghai and post-colonial Bombay. While both regimes made deep commitments to socialist transformation\, housing and labor policies were more incremental than transformative.  Using the concept of “social citizenship\,” this talk explores how social policy changes favoring labor market “insiders” over the urban poor. The policies enacted during the mid-20th century exerted a powerful influence on the way that social policies were developed to address the disruptions of liberalization and globalization in the late 20th century. \n  \nAbout Speaker: \nMark W. Frazier is Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research and Academic Director of the India China Institute at The New School (New York City). His research interests focus on labor and social policy in China\, and more recently on political conflict over urbanization\, migration\, and citizenship in China and India. His forthcoming book\, The Power of Place: Contentious Politics in Twentieth Century Shanghai and Bombay (Cambridge University Press\, 2019) examines long-term changes in political geographies and patterns of popular protest in the two cities. He is also the author of Socialist Insecurity: Pensions and the Politics of Uneven Development in China (Cornell University Press\, 2010) and The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace (Cambridge University Press\, 2002). He is also Co-Editor of the SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China (SAGE Publications\, 2018). He has authored op-ed pieces and essays for The New York Times\, Daedalus\, and The Diplomat. Frazier serves on the editorial board of China Quarterly and is a Faculty Associate at the Columbia University’s China Center for Social Policy. He has been a Public Intellectuals Program fellow at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations since 2005. Before assuming his current position at The New School in 2012\, he held a chaired professorship in Chinese Politics at the University of Oklahoma and was the Luce Assistant Professor in the Political Economy of East Asia at Lawrence University\, a liberal arts college in Wisconsin. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Lectures and Panels event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nNovember 06\, 2019\n12:15 PM – 1:45 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nSchool of Social Work\, Room C03 \n1255 Amsterdam Ave \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsored by: China Center for Social Policy at Columbia University
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/the-historical-roots-of-social-policy-exclusion-shanghai-and-bombay-in-the-1950s/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191103T170000
DTSTAMP:20191016T202600Z
CREATED:20191016T202000Z
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SUMMARY:“New Directions in Japanese Studies”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\nPlease join us for a workshop with: \nYan CHANG (University of Minnesota)\nStephen CHOI (Columbia University)\nCarol GLUCK (Columbia University)\nHarry HAROOTUNIAN (Columbia University)\nTianyuan HUANG (Columbia University)\nMairead HYNES (Columbia University)\nIWASAKI Minoru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)\nNARITA Ryūichi (Japan Women’s University)\nJordan SAND (Georgetown University)\nIsaac TAN (Columbia University)\nTOBA Kōji (Waseda University)\nTSUBOI Hideto (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)\nWATANABE Eri (Shizuoka University)\nWATANABE Naoki (Musashi University)\nXinyi ZHAO (Columbia University) \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian 70th Anniversary event. \nPlease contact the workshop administrator\, Isaac Tan (ct2810@columbia.edu)\, to register. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nFRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 1\n7:00 – 8:30 pm \nVIDEO SCREENING\nJapanese “Magic Lantern” Films of the 1950s\nIntroduced by TOBA Kōji (Waseda University) \nSATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 2\n10:00 – 10:30 am \nCOFFEE & REGISTRATION\n10:30 am – 12:30 pm \nKEYNOTE LECTURE “Reconsidering Historical Comparability”\nHarry HAROOTUNIAN (Columbia University)\nResponse\nCarol GLUCK (Columbia University)\n12:30 – 2:00 pm\nLUNCH BREAK\n2:00 – 5:30 pm \nPANEL ONE – New Directions in Japanese Studies: Perspectives from Japan\nIWASAKI Minoru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)\nNARITA Ryūichi (Japan Women’s University)\nTOBA Kōji (Waseda University)\nTSUBOI Hideto (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)\nWATANABE Eri (Shizuoka University)\nWATANABE Naoki (Musashi University) \nDiscussion will be in Japanese & English. \nSUNDAY\, NOVEMBER 3\n10:00 – 10:30 am\nCOFFEE & REGISTRATION\n10:30 am – 12:30 pm \nPANEL TWO –New Directions in Japanese Studies: Perspectives from America\nInformal presentations by current doctoral students about their research interests. Discussion will be in Japanese & English.\nParticipants:\nYan CHANG (University of Minnesota)\nStephen CHOI (Columbia University)\nTianyuan HUANG (Columbia University)\nMairead HYNES (Columbia University)\nIsaac TAN (Columbia University)\nXinyi ZHAO (Columbia University)\nand others\nRespondents:\nNARITA Ryūichi (Japan Women’s University)\nJordan SAND (Georgetown University)\nTOBA Kōji (Waseda University) \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918\n420 West 118th Street \nCosponsored by: Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture\, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/new-directions-in-japanese-studies/
CATEGORIES:Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191031T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191101T173000
DTSTAMP:20191031T135433Z
CREATED:20191002T152727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T135433Z
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SUMMARY:能 Neng (Capacity/Energy) and China’s Long 1980s: A Re-evaluation
DESCRIPTION:East Asia Languages and Cultures Department Event\nPlease join us for a conference with: \n  \nTani Barlow (Rice University)  \nNick Bartlett (Barnard College) \nCorey Byrnes (Northwestern University) \nJulie Chu (University of Chicago) \nLily Chumley (New York University) \nMyron Cohen (Columbia University)  \nJoshua Freeman (Princeton University) \nErin Huang (Princeton University) \nPaola Iovene (University of Chicago) \nYukiko Koga (CUNY Hunter College) \nEugenia Lean (Columbia University) \nTuo Li (Columbia University)  \nRalph Litzinger (Duke University) \nLydia Liu (Columbia University) \nYing Qian (Columbia University) \nLouisa Schein (Rutgers University) \nMayfair Yang (UC Santa Barbara) \nAngela Zito (New York University) \n  \nAbout the Conference  \nConvening amidst a spate of state-led celebrations commemorating four decades since the start of the Reform and Opening and the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic\, this workshop critically explores the experiences and legacies of the “long 1980s” (1978-1992). This “long decade” is perhaps most often remembered for its state-led turn from central planning to a market approach to economic and social governance and the increasing integration of China into the world economy. These years also witnessed the emergence of a “cultural fever” characterized by artistic experimentations with media old and new at all levels of society. Existing scholarship on the 1980s has fruitfully examined economic\, political\, material and cultural arenas of development. What has been lacking\, however\, are studies exploring interconnectedness of these arenas at both conceptual and practical levels. \n  \nWe propose a re-evaluation of these years through attention to the Chinese character neng ( 能 ). Connoting both the “capacity” associated with individual and collective subjects as well as the natural and material “energy” required to fuel ambitious Reform era ideals of economic and social development\, the overlapping meanings of this character encourage a focus on the interconnectedness of psychical and material economies during the country’s search for a collective orientation after Mao. Our workshop connects individual and collective projects of becoming to the broadly-defined ecological environments where notions of resource and capacity have been reconceptualised through experimentation and contestation at various levels of production – intellectual\, social\, industrial\, artistic\, and personal. \n  \nConnecting approaches informed by neng to the long 1980s might take a variety of forms. Papers can revisit specific debates\, cultural products\, and areas of experiences from Deng era China or consider the legacies of this long decade through explorations of more recent events. We might ask questions about how extraction\, availability\, redistribution or “release” of human and natural resources associated with the early years of reform have come to enable or shut down possibilities of living and imagining personal and shared pasts and futures. How have fluctuations of emotions such as excitement\, anxiety and despair been mobilized alongside shifting circulations of materials and resources? Meanwhile\, how have spheres of media\, art and culture intertwined with the material economies of the society\, and how did they interact with social\, economic and technological changes? What have been the ways in which these media have reconfigured realms of experience? Finally\, how have memories and representations of key happenings in the 1980s shifted in subsequent decades as China has further integrated into the global capitalist order? \nThe workshop welcomes attention to vectors of energy\, capacity and intensity—or their opposites: entropy\, incapacity\, and lethargy—as they travel from one form to another across social\, economic\, political and psychic realms and refigure individual capabilities and responsibilities. We intend to experiment with an interdisciplinary\, and ecological\, approach to exploring the lived experiences\, cultural articulations\, and historical legacies of these “turbulent” and “surging” times. \n  \nThis event is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute’s 70th Anniversary Event and Workshops\, Conferences\, and Symposia Event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 31\, 2019\n5:00 PM – 6:30 PM\nNovember 1\, 2019\n9:00 AM – 5:30 PM\n  \nADDRESS\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\nThursday\, October 31\, 2019\n5:00 PM- 6:30 PM Keynote Speech (in Chinese) \nTuo Li (Columbia University)  \n  \nFriday\, November 1st\n9:00 AM Opening Remarks\nMyron Cohen (Columbia University)  \n  \n9:10 AM – 10:40 AM Panel One \nRalph Litzinger (Duke University)\, “The Afterlives of the Long 1980s: Thoughts toward an Ethnography of Dust” \nNick Bartlett (Barnard College)\, “Down from the Mountains: Reconsidering a 1980s Mining Boom” \nMayfair Yang (UC Santa Barbara)\, “Religious Environmentalism in the Anthropocene: Potentialities and Actualities in China and the U.S.” \nDiscussant: Eugenia Lean (Columbia University) \n  \n10:40 AM – 10:55 AM Coffee break \n  \n10: 55 AM- 12:25 PM Panel Two \nPaola Iovene (University of Chicago)\, “Nylon Flowers for the Premier: Mourning Zhou Enlai in Chinese Cinema at the Turn of the 1980s” \nAngela Zito (New York University)\, “1979/1984: of Scholarship\, Sinological Tourism and Thermoses” \nLily Chumley (New York University) \nDiscussant: Yukiko Koga (CUNY Hunter College) \n  \n12:25 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch \n  \n1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Panel Three \nTani Barlow (Rice University)\, “本能 and Human Capacity” \nYing Qian (Columbia University)\, “The Rise of the Brain: Envisioning Human Potential in 1980s China” \nJulie Chu (University of Chicago)\, “Abduction\, Praxis and the Captive Affordances of ‘the Law’” \nDiscussant: Lydia Liu (Columbia University) \n  \n2:45 PM -3:00 PM Coffee break\n  \n3:00 PM- 4:30 PM Panel Four \nCorey Byrnes (Northwestern University)\, “Imagined Islands and the Potential Nation” \nJoshua Freeman (Princeton University)\, “After Utopia: Revolution as Tradition in Reform-Era Xinjiang” \nErin Huang (Princeton University)\, “Urban Horror: Neoliberal Post-Socialism and the Limits of Visibility” \nDiscussant: Louisa Schein (Rutgers University) \n  \n4:40 PM- 5:40 PM Round Table\n  \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/%e8%83%bd-neng-capacity-energy-and-chinas-long-1980s-a-re-evaluation/
CATEGORIES:Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T200000
DTSTAMP:20191021T135456Z
CREATED:20190905T134100Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion of "Broken Harmony: China’s Dissidents”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n  \nPlease join us for a film screening with: \nTeng Biao\, human rights lawyer; President \nChina Against the Death Penalty \nHua Ze\, human rights activist; Executive Director of a human rights organization  \n(confidential for safety reasons) \nHe Yang\, documentary filmmaker; former human rights activist  \nRisa Morimoto\, Director \nDiana Chiawen Lee\, Producer \n  \nModerated by: \nAndrew Nathan\, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science \nColumbia University  \n  \nBroken Harmony: China’s Dissidents tells the story of Hua Ze\, an ordinary Chinese citizen for whom a discovery of corruption led her into a hidden world of dissidents\, citizen journalism\, police harassment and kidnappings. \n  \nOnce a mild mannered TV director\, Hua Ze discovered that an old friend reporting on alleged corruption after the Sichuan earthquake had disappeared\, along with any mention of him online. Following a trail of leads over the great internet fire wall of China\, she discovers not just the fate of her friend\, but the truth behind Sichuan’s fatal building code violations\, a jaw-dropping array of human rights abuses across China and comes to the realization that the entire internet in China is a state controlled fiction. \n  \nHua’s awakening takes her into a new world of dissidents\, journalists and human rights lawyers. As she begins her own reporting\, pressure from the government is swift\, and her world is turned upside down. She is forced out of her job and placed under surveillance. One by one\, her new friends are arrested or detained. Phones are tapped and secretive threats and warnings are made. But Hua cannot turn a blind eye to the corruption and she pays the price. \n  \nWhen ordinary Chinese citizens go to extraordinary lengths to fight human rights abuses\, the risks are enormous\, even life-threatening. Broken Harmony reveals Hua’s courageous acts and willingness to lose everything to fight for justice and the rule of law.  \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Arts and Culture event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 30\, 2019\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-and-discussion-of-broken-harmony-chinas-dissidents/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191029T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191029T183000
DTSTAMP:20191217T150523Z
CREATED:20190930T165624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191217T150523Z
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SUMMARY:U.S.-Japan Relations in a Turbulent World
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n  \n \n  \nClick here for a write-up and video of the event. \n  \n\nPlease join us for a panel discussion: \nFeaturing:\nKanji Yamanouchi\, Ambassador and Consul General of Japan in New York \nIn discussion with: \nGerald Curtis\, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science\, Department of Political Science\, Columbia University \nHugh Patrick\, Chairman\, Center on Japanese Economy and Business\, Columbia Business School \nModerated by:\nCarol Gluck\, George Sansom Professor of History\, Department of History\, Columbia University \n  \nKeynote speaker bio: Kanji Yamanouchi was appointed Ambassador and Consul General of Japan in New York in September of 2018. Since his arrival in New York a month later\, the Ambassador has committed himself to utilizing his years of experience to craft a new chapter in U.S.-Japan relations that will fit the economic and political demands of the 21st century\, as well as the nation each has become. \nAmbassador Yamanouchi grew up in Nagasaki\, Japan\, a place which instilled in him a deep appreciation for peace. In 1984\, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and was first posted overseas in Washington\, D.C. As the First Secretary in the Political Section of the Embassy of Japan\, he gained a riveting introduction to U.S. politics through his work with President Clinton’s second administration. Ambassador Yamanouchi was then posted to the Embassy of Japan in Korea in 2001 as Counsellor\, where he worked as part of the advance team for then-Prime Minister Koizumi’s first visit to North Korea. \nAfter returning to Japan in 2003\, he was assigned successive posts at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs such as Director of the First Southeast Asia Division and Director of the Press Division. In 2007\, he became Director of the First North American Division and found himself deeply involved in U.S. politics at another historic moment – the election of President Barack Obama. As the head of the primary agency in charge of U.S.-Japan relations\, he was critical in sound policy development which assisted in reinforcing the strong alliance between the two nations. \nIn 2009\, the Ambassador was selected to be the Executive Assistant on Diplomatic Affairs for Prime Minister Hatoyama\, and then for Prime Minister Kan. In this capacity\, he participated in high level meetings with heads of state from around the world. \nThis was followed by a promotion in 2011 to the position of Deputy Director General for the Asian Affairs Bureau where he focused on regional issues with neighboring countries. He was key in negotiating with China on maritime issues and spearheaded the inaugural round of “Japan-China High Level Consultations on Maritime Issues.” \nIn 2013\, he was posted to the Embassy of Japan in Washington\, D.C. as Minister for Economic Affairs\, where he made tremendous contributions to the development of Japan-U.S. economic relations and also played an active role in Japan’s negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. \nThose three years of experience in economic affairs in D.C. were invaluable to his diplomatic projectory. In 2016\, he was promoted to the position of Assistant Minister/Director-General for the Economic Affairs Bureau and became a key player in the formation of Japanese foreign economic policy. That year he again witnessed a critical juncture in international affairs – the election of President Donald Trump and Brexit\, among other major global changes – and contributed greatly to the advancement of international economic policies for Japan\, including the U.S.-Japan Economic Dialogue\, promotion of the TPP and Economic Partnership Agreements. \nAmbassador Yamanouchi graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and went on to receive a Masters in Political Science from Wesleyan University in Middletown\, Connecticut. He has a deep appreciation of music\, and while he can play many instruments\, his favorite is the bass. Ambassador Yamanouchi is married and has one daughter. \n  \nThis event is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute’s 70th Anniversary Event. \n  \nPlease register here. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 29\, 2019\n5:00 PM – 6:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 1501 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School and School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/u-s-japan-relations-in-a-turbulent-world/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191028T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191028T173000
DTSTAMP:20191014T145801Z
CREATED:20190930T165047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T145801Z
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SUMMARY:An ant who shakes the tree (蝼蚁撼大树)：personal experiences in education reform in China
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n  \nPlease join us for a lecture with: \n  \nChenjian (C.J.) Li\, University Chair Professor \nPeking University  \n  \nModerated by: \nAndrew Nathan\, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science \nColumbia University \n  \nEvent summary: Education reform is one of the most important and difficult tasks in all nations\, especially in today’s China.  In additional to the intrinsic challenges of education per se\, the process is highly complicated by factors such as culture\,  politics\, economic development imbalance\, etc. This discussion starts with a personal Quixotic adventure to push for reform at Peking University and high schools in China in the past few years. A relentless effort was made to cultivate next generation of leaders who have deep understanding of science and humanity\, critical and innovative thinking\,  global citizen perspective\, courage and perseverance in character— to “fight the world’s fight”. Prof. Chenjan Li will discuss the successes and failures in real cases\, and explore the logic behind. \n  \nDr. Chenjian Li is currently the University Chair Professor\, Peking University. Dr. Li attended Peking University for his undergraduate education\, and Peking Union Medical College for training in medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from Purdue University\, USA; postdoctoral training at the Rockefeller University. Dr. Li was an assistant professor and associate professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University\, and then Alex and Shirley Aidekman Endowed Chair Professor of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine of NYU. Dr. Li embarked on a new journey to Peking University in 2013. Between 2013 and 2019\, he completed his tenure as the Vice Provost of Peking University\, Executive Dean of Yuanpei College\, and Professor and Associate Dean of School of Life Sciences. Dr. Li’s scientific research focuses on exploring the molecular and cellular basis of higher brain functions\, the mechanisms of neurological diseases and cancer therapy. His laboratory pioneered methods of generating transgenic animal models for these studies. For his leading role in this line of research\, Dr. Li received C.H. Lee Scholar Award and National Service Award (USA). After he moved to Peking University\, Dr. Li continued to serve as a standing member of the National Institute of Health Study Section for Neurological Diseases (CDIN)\, USA until 2017. Dr. Li is also devoted to education development and reforms\, ranging from high school\, undergraduate\, graduate and medical student education. For his excellent teaching\, he received a student voted “Best Teacher Award” in 2015 at PKU\, world-wide Chinese Biological Investigator Society “Outstanding Teacher Award” in 2016\, and faculty-voted “Zheng Changxue Award” and “Excellence in Teaching” in 2019 at PKU. Dr. Li studied literature\, history and bio-medicine. He remains an active writer. His translation of “What do you care what other people think?” (Richard P. Feynman)\, published by the Chinese Social Science Publisher in 1999\, won a Chinese National Book Award in 2000. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Lecture and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 28\, 2019\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/an-ant-who-shakes-the-tree-%e8%9d%bc%e8%9a%81%e6%92%bc%e5%a4%a7%e6%a0%91%ef%bc%9apersonal-experiences-in-education-reform-in-china/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T193000
DTSTAMP:20191025T133550Z
CREATED:20190923T201146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T133550Z
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SUMMARY:Thieves\, Monks\, and “Artwork”: The Changing Fate of Icons at Local Monastery in Modernizing Korea
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Event\n  \nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nYoun-mi Kim\, Assistant Professor \n Ewha Womans University \n  \nThis is a University Seminars event. \n  \nOpen to CUID holders and Columbia affiliates. No registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nFriday\, October 25\, 2019 \n6:00 PM – 7:30 PM \n  \nAddress\n\nFaculty House \n64 Morningside Drive \n  \nCosponsored by: The Academy of Korean Studies\, Seoul Korea; Columbia Alumni Association\, Korea; the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, The University Seminars at Columbia University \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/thieves-monks-and-artwork-the-changing-fate-of-icons-at-local-monastery-in-modernizing-korea/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T133000
DTSTAMP:20191031T175720Z
CREATED:20190905T133956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T175720Z
UID:18894-1572004800-1572010200@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:Himalayan New York: Stories of Migration\, Language\, Belonging\, and Social Change
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n \nNawang Tsering Gurung\, Independent Researcher and Community Activist \nDan Kaufman\, Founder and Co-Director\, Endangered Language Alliance; Assistant Professor of Linguistics\, \nQueens College – CUNY \nKesang Tseten\, Filmmaker\, Shunyata Fillms \nModerated by: \nSienna Craig\, Associate Professor\, Department of Anthropology \nDartmouth College \n  \nOver the past two decades\, the presence of people from greater Himalayan region in New York City\, particularly in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn\, has expanded exponentially\, from several hundred people in the 1980s to thousands of individuals from specific ethnic communities today. As these new immigrants from Nepal\, Bhutan\, and North India\, as well as diasporic Tibetans from India and culturally Tibetan regions in China\, have settled into New York\, their senses of identity have begun to transform. How are they finding a sense of community\, navigating transnational and intergenerational cultural dynamics\, and responding to the fluid relationship between ‘home’ and being ‘over here’ in New York? What does language have to do with this? This presentation will address these questions by describing Voices of the Himalaya\, a collaborative research project that uses the medium of video interviews and short documentary film to explore the lived experiences of Himalayan New Yorkers.              \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lectures and Panels event. \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 25\, 2019\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nCosponsored by: Modern TIbetan Studies Program
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/himalyan-language-documentation-in-new-york-city/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T213000
DTSTAMP:20191014T143454Z
CREATED:20191014T143101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T143454Z
UID:20109-1571945400-1571952600@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:Trembling Mountain (2016) Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event\nPlease join us for a film screening of Trembling Mountain and discussion with: \nKesang Tseten\, filmmaker \n  \nAmong the worst hit in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake was paradise-like Langtang\, a prime trekking destination. A glacial collapse caused an avalanche of rock\, ice and mud\, resulting in an airblast\, equal to half the force of the Hiroshima atom bomb. \nIn showing the much dwindled community’s response to the disaster\, until their resettlement a year later\, the film reveals  the transformation\, profound and yet often taken for granted\, that has been sweeping the Himalaya over the last decades. \n  \nKesang Tseten’s documentaries have won several awards in film festivals in Nepal and been screened in international film festivals such as the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam\, Leipzig International Documentary Festival\, Yamagata\, Thessaloniki\, Krakow\, Viennale\, the Margaret Mead Film Festival. We Homes Chaps\, On the road with the red god: Machhendranath\, We Corner People\, Who will be a Gurkha and his trilogy of films on Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf have won wide recognition. Tseten has been recipient of grants from Busan\, IDFA and the Sundance Institute for his films. He wrote the original screenplay for the feature Mukundo\, which was Nepal’s entry to the academy awards\, and KARMA. Before filmmaking Tseten wrote and edited and was associate editor of Himal Magazine in its early years. He is a graduate of Dr Graham’s School in India and Amherst College and Columbia University in the US.                          \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Arts and Culture event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n$12 Suggested Donation \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 24\, 2019\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nMaysles Documentary Center \n343 Lenox Ave. (between W.127th and W.128th St) \n  \nCosponsored by: Maysles Documentary Center
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/trembling-mountain-2016-film-screening/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T180000
DTSTAMP:20191009T142115Z
CREATED:20191008T144819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T142115Z
UID:19899-1571940000-1572026400@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:Thinking the Ecological in Media Studies
DESCRIPTION:Department of Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and African Studies Event\nPlease join us for a workshop with: \n  \nStefan Andriopoulos\, Columbia University \nWeihong Bao\, UC Berkley \nZeynep Celik Alexander\, Columbia University \nNadine Chan\, Claremont Graduate University \nYuriko Furuhata\, McGill University \nJennifer Gabrys\, University of Cambridge \nBishnupriya Ghosh\, UC Santa Barbara \nBrian R. Jacobson\, University of Toronto \nThomas Lamarre\, Duke University \nBrian Larkin\, Barnard College \nJie Li\, Harvard University \nLydia Liu\, Columbia University \nReinhold Martin\, Columbia University \nBen Mendelson\, University of Pennsylvania \nDebashree Mukherjee\, Columbia University \nRahul Mukherjee\, University of Pennsylvania \nJohn Durham Peters\, Yale University \nInga Pollmann\, UNC Chapel Hill \nThomas Pringle\, Brown University \nYing Qian\, Columbia University \n  \nThis is a Workshops\, Conferences\, and Symposia event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 24\, 2019\n6:00 PM-9:00 PM\nOctober 25\, 2019\n9:00 AM-5:45 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nSchermerhorn Hall\, Room 612 \n1180 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY 10027 \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \n  \nCosponsored by: Global Humanities Initiative\, Center for Comparative Media\, Department of Middle Eastern\, South Asian & African Studies\, Program in Chinese Literature and Culture\, Department of Art History
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/thinking-the-ecological-in-media-studies/
LOCATION:Schermerhorn Hall\, 1180 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T134500
DTSTAMP:20191014T134817Z
CREATED:20190905T133805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T134817Z
UID:18892-1571832900-1571838300@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:“Mindfulness and Life-Skill Training for Migrant Children in China”
DESCRIPTION:School of Social Work Event\nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nChien-Chung Huang\, Professor of Social Work and Director of Huamin Research Center \nRutgers University \n  \nModerated by: \nQin Gao\, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Director\, China Center for Social Policy \nColumbia University \n  \nWith China’s urbanization and its development in market economy\, mass rural-to-urban migration has occurred over the past decades. Consequently\, number of migrant children has significantly increased. In this talk\, Prof. Chien-Chung Huang will first draw from secondary data to reveal that migrant children have worse psychological and behavioral outcomes than local children. Prof. Huang will then share new findings from mindfulness and life-skill interventions for migrant children designed by his research team. The results from the interventions indicate that mindfulness and life-skill training have potential to increase resilience and improve well-being of migrant children in China. \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nChien-Chung Huang (Ph.D.\, 1998\, Social Work\, Columbia University) is the director of Huamin Research Center and a professor in the School of Social Work at Rutgers University. His research emphasizes on the role of social policy in affecting the well-being of children and their families both domestically and internationally. He has also specifically investigated the effects of domestic violence on victims and their children. In recent years\, Dr. Huang has focus on effects of philanthropy\, nonprofit sector\, and social innovation on social development. Dr. Huang co-edited and translated 7 books and published more than 70 articles in peer-review journals. His research has appeared in journals including Child Development\, the Journal of Human Resources\, the Journal of Marriage and Family\, American Journal of Public Health\, Nonprofit Management & Leadership\, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations\, Human Service Organizations\, International Journal of Social Welfare\, The China Nonprofit Review\, Journal of Community Psychology\, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management\, Evaluation Review\, the Journal of Population Economics\, Social Service Review\, Family Relations\, and Children and Youth Services Review. \n  \nThis event is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute’s Lectures and Panels event.. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 23\, 2019\n12:15 PM – 1:45 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nSchool of Social Work\, Room C03 \n1255 Amsterdam Ave \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsored by: China Center for Social Policy at Columbia University
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/mindfulness-and-life-skill-training-for-migrant-children-in-china/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191021T133000
DTSTAMP:20191031T174248Z
CREATED:20190905T133557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T174248Z
UID:18889-1571659200-1571664600@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:“Reporting Asia: Japan”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n \nBill Emmott\, former editor-in-chief \nThe Economist \nTomoko Kubota\, Independent Journalist and Oral historian \n  \nModerated by: \nCarol Gluck\, George Sansom Professor of History \nColumbia University  \n  \nAbout the Speakers: \nBill Emmott is a writer and consultant best known for his 13 years as editor in chief of The Economist in 1993-2006\, a publication he first joined in 1980 and served in Brussels\, Tokyo and London. During his time as editor the publication’s weekly circulation more than doubled from 500\,000 to over 1 million\, enjoying worldwide growth to become the leading current affairs and business magazine worldwide. \n  \nSince stepping down at the age of 49\, Bill has combined deep research into political and economic trends in Europe\, Asia and at a global level for his series of well received books with bespoke consulting and advisory work for major firms and institutions. He served as an adviser to Swiss Re from 2006-2019 and also currently assists a London-based hedge fund with its thinking on Italy and the wider euro area. A member of Tokyo University’s Global Advisory Board he is also on the Senior Advisory Panel for Critical Resource\, a consultancy. \n  \nIn 2017-18 he was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College\, Oxford\, is an honorary fellow of Magdalen College\, Oxford\, and is currently a Fellow of Tokyo College\, a new research institute at Tokyo University. He is now chairman of the board of Trinity College Dublin’s Long Room Hub for Arts & Humanities\, chairman of the Japan Society of the UK\, and chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He is a regular contributor to La Stampa\, Nikkei Business\, Mainichi Shimbun and Project Syndicate\, as well as an occasional writer of op-eds for the Financial Times. In 2016 the Japanese government awarded him the “Order of the Rising Sun: Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” for services to UK-Japan relations. \n  \nBill is the author of 14 books variously on Japan\, Asia\, the 20th century and Italy. The latest English work\, “The Fate of the West – the battle to save the world’s most successful political idea”\, was published in 2017; the latest Japanese work\, “Japan’s Far More Female Future”\, was published by Nikkei Publishing in June 2019. He was presenter and co-author of a documentary about Italy\, “Girlfriend in a Coma” (2013) and executive producer of “The Great European Disaster Movie” (2015)\, both shown on the BBC. With the director of those films\, Annalisa Piras\, he co-founded an educational charity\, The Wake Up Foundation\, which uses film\, art and journalism to foster a better understanding of the challenges facing western societies. In May 2019\, the foundation held a “Wake Up Europe Festival” for social impact documentary films in Turin\, Italy. \n  \nTomoko Kubota \nMs. Kubota joined Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS) in 2000 where she became an announcer and worked on various programs\, including Dobutsu kisotengai! [Amazing Animals!]\, Tetsuya Chikushi News 23\, and Hodo Tokushu [Special News]. From 2013\, she held appointments across the news bureau and served as a correspondent with the New York Bureau\, as well as a political reporter at TBS. In 2017 she became a freelancer and in 2019 she obtained an MA in oral history from Columbia University. She is currently in a doctoral program at the University of Tokyo where she further pursues her research on oral history. \n  \nThis event is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute’s 70th Anniversary Event and part of the Reporting Asia Lecture Series. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 21\, 2019\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nSchool of Journalism\, World Room \n2950 Broadway \n  \nCosponsored by: School of Journalism
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/reporting-asia-japan/
CATEGORIES:70th Anniversary,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T180000
DTSTAMP:20191009T182733Z
CREATED:20191008T142046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T182733Z
UID:19893-1571407200-1571508000@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:The Bounds of Modern Japanese Literature and Film\, A Symposium in Honor of Professor Paul Anderer
DESCRIPTION:Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture Event\nPlease join us for a symposium with: \n  \nJohn Carpenter\, Metropolitan Museum of Art \nNina Cornyetz\, NYU \nStephen Dodd\, SOAS \nJoan Ericson\, Colorado College \nChris Hill\, University of Michigan \nIndra Levy\, Stanford \nSeiji Lippit\, UCLA \nDavid Lurie\, Columbia \nYi-Ping Ong\, Johns Hopkins \nSunyoung Park\, USC \nJanet Poole\, University of Toronto \nCharlotte Pu\, Columbia College \nJean-Emmanuel Shein\, Uniqlo \nNate Shockey\, Bard College \nLarry Siems\, Knight Institute \nToeda Hirokazu\, Waseda University \nJ. Keith Vincent\, BU \nTyler Walker\, Kalamazoo College \nKerim Yasar\, USC \nAnri Yasuda\, UVA \nEve Zimmerman\, Wellesley \nJonathan Zwicker\, UC Berkeley \n  \nThis is a Workshops\, Conferences\, and Symposia event. \n  \nRegistration required at http://keenecenter.org/RSVP.html \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 18\, 2019\n2:00 PM-5:00 PM\nOctober 19\, 2019\n10:00 AM-6:00 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nKent Hall\, Room 403 \n1140 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY 10027 \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \n  \nCosponsored by: the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/the-bounds-of-modern-japanese-literature-and-film-a-symposium-in-honor-of-professor-paul-anderer/
LOCATION:Kent Hall\, Room 403\, Columbia University - Kent Hall\, Room 403\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191016T173000
DTSTAMP:20191014T152202Z
CREATED:20190923T200945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T152202Z
UID:19512-1571241600-1571247000@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:“Traversing Chosŏn Society through Music”
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Special Event\n  \nPlease join us for a special performance by: \nGamin Kang\, piri\, saenghwang and taepyeongso soloist  \n  \nQ&A with: \n Hye Eun Choi\, Visiting Scholar \nColumbia University \n  \nGamin Kang\, simply known as “gamin\,” a distinguished NYC soloist\, tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Born in Seoul\, gamin received her B.A. (1998) and Doctor of Musical Arts (2016) in Korean music from Seoul National University. Gamin plays piri (double reed Korean oboe)\, taepyeonso (double-reed horn)\, and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated Yisuja\, official holder of Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46 for Court and Royal Military music. Gamin was second principal piri player at National Gugak Orchestra\, 2004-10. \n  \nRe-inventing new sonorities from ancient\, somewhat restrictive\, musical systems\, gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants\, including Artist-in-Residence (2014) at the Asian Cultural Council\, Rockefeller U.\, and Ministry of Culture\, Sports\, Tourism of Republic of Korea (2012). She has presented lecture/concerts at Harvard and Dartmouth\, and in Paris\, Strasbourg\, and Freiburg. Gamin has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation in NYC with world-acclaimed musician Jane Ira Bloom\, presenting premieres at Roulette Theater\, New School\, and Metropolitan Museum\, NYC. Gamin was featured artist at the Silkroad concert\, Seoul\, 2018\, performing on-stage with Yo-Yo Ma. \n  \nIn addition to 5 CD’s\, gamin digitally released “Attraction\,” traditional solo music for piri. All About Jazz (2014) praised “…the most haunting track\, the elegiac Jeongseon Arirang\, played by gamin on piri…” Gamin’s latest recording comprises improvs with today’s most innovative musicians\, including Ned Rothenberg. Gamin premiered her newest solos\, performed by Korea Symphony (2016)\, Seoul Philharmonic (2015)\, and National Gugak Orchestra (2019). \nGamin was visiting scholar at James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies\, U. of Pennsylvania\, 2018. \n  \nClosing out 2019\, gamin will be Artist-in-Residence at Brandeis U.\, and continue her tour to Mexico City\, Berlin\, and Seoul. In March 2020\, gamin will perform her Carnegie Hall début with the Nangye Gugak Orchestra. \n  \nThis is an Arts and Culture Event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nWednesday\, October 16\, 2019 \n4:00 PM-5:30 PM \n  \nAddress\n\nKent Hall\, Room 403\n  \n  \nCosponsored by: The Academy of Korean Studies\, Seoul Korea; Columbia Alumni Association\, Korea; the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, The Department of Music \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/traversing-choson-society-through-music/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T133000
DTSTAMP:20191031T173126Z
CREATED:20190905T133346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T173126Z
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SUMMARY:“Mongolia at the Crossroads of Asia: Foreign Policy Challenges in the Democratic Era”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n \nAlicia Campi\, President of the Asian Political and History Association; Adjunct Professor at the Reischauer Center\, School of Advanced International Studies \nJohns Hopkins University  \n  \nModerated by: \nElizabeth Wishnick \nProfessor of Political Science \nMontclair State University;  \nSenior Research Scholar \nWeatherhead East Asian Institute\, Columbia University  \n  \nThis event will discuss Alicia Campi’s new book\, Mongolia’s Foreign Policy: Navigating a New World (Lynne Rienner\, April 2019). Strategically located at the crossroads of Asia\, Mongolia has long attracted the attention of major world powers. How has this traditionally nomadic\, but resource rich\, country used a “Wolf Strategy” to establish its own place in the modern world? What challenges does it now face? Answering these questions\, Alicia Campi provides a multifaceted examination of the context\, formulation\, and execution of contemporary Mongolian foreign policy. She elaborates on how Mongolia has navigated the attention of major world powers\, including China\, Russia\, India\, Japan\, the Koreas\, EU countries\, and the United States\, and forged a path of its own in the modern world.  \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Alicia Campi is a China/Mongolian specialist and was a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer for 14 years who served in Asian posts (Singapore\, Taiwan\, Japan and Mongolia) and the U.S Mission to the United Nations in New York. Since 2013\, she has been a Research Fellow at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies and Adjunct Professor within the Asia Programs at Johns Hopkins SAIS\, where she teaches a course on the ‘Construction of Northeast Asia.’ In 2016\, she became the coordinator of the U.S. State Department’s Northeast Asia regional studies course at the Foreign Service Institute. She received her AB in East Asian History from Smith College in 1971\, obtained an MA in East Asian Studies with a concentration in Mongolian Studies from Harvard University in 1973\, and spent 2 years in Taiwan at Fu Jen University. Dr. Campi received a PhD in Central Eurasian and Mongolian Studies with a minor in Chinese Studies in 1987 from Indiana University. In July 2004 she was awarded the “Friendship” Medal by Mongolian President N. Bagabandi and in 2011 received the “Polar Star” (Mongolia’s highest medal) from President Ts. Elbegdorj. In September 2007 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the National University of Mongolia. Dr. Campi has published over 100 articles and book chapters on contemporary Chinese\, Mongolian\, and Eurasian issues\, and has been a guest on Chinese programs for Radio Free Asia. She advises Chinese and western financial institutions on Eurasian investment issues\, particularly in the mining sector. Her book on The Impact of China and Russia on U.S.-Mongolian Political Relations in the 20th Century was published in 2009\, and her new book on Mongolian Foreign policy in the Democratic Era will be published in 2018. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 15\, 2019\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/18887/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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SUMMARY:“Japan on the Silk Road: Encounters and Perspectives of Politics and Culture in Eurasia”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n \nSelçuk Esenbel\, Emerita Professor of Modern Japanese History in the Department of History \nBoğaziçi University\, Istanbul\, Turkey \n  \nModerated by: \nCarol Gluck\, George Sansom Professor of History \nColumbia University  \n  \nDr. Esenbel will focus her talk on her recent book\, Japan on the Silk Road. The book provides for the first time the historical background indispensable for understanding Japan’s current perspectives and policies in the vast area of Eurasia across the Middle East and Central Asia. Japanese diplomats\, military officers\, archaeologists\, and linguists traversed the Silk Road\, involving Japan in the Great Game and exploring ancient civilizations. The book exposes the entanglements of pre-war Japanese Pan-Asianism with Pan-Islamism\, Turkic nationalism and Mongolian independence as a global history of imperialism. Japanese connections to Ottoman Turkey\, India\, Egypt\, Iran\, Afghanistan\, and China at the same time reveal a discrete global narrative of cosmopolitanism and transnationality.  \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nSelçuk Esenbel is Emerita Professor of Modern Japanese History in the Department of History at Boğaziçi University\, Istanbul\, Turkey. Esenbel is currently teaching as emerita in the Department of History and the Master of Arts in Asian Studies at Bogazici University. She is also currently teaching in the History Department of Istanbul 29 Mayis University. Esenbel is the founder and presently the academic advisor of the Master of Arts in Asian Studies and the Asian Studies Center at Bogazici University. After growing up in the United States\, Turkey\, and Japan\, Esenbel completed her undergraduate degree in History at the International Christian University (Japan) and George Washington University (USA). She received her MS degree from the Department of Japanese Language and Linguistics at Georgetown University (USA) in 1969. Esenbel earned her Ph.D in Japanese History from the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University where she also worked as a student assistant in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. From 1982 to 1985\, she was assistant professor at Boğaziçi University and became full professor in 1997\, serving as Chair of the Department of History at Bogazici University between 1994 and 2003 during which time she expanded the History program to be the first one in Turkey with a world history perspective. She helped establish Turkey’s Japanese Studies Association in 1993 and became its third president in 2002. Esenbel is the recipient of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun from Japan\, Alexander von Humboldt Georg Forster Research Award\, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award\, and has been serving as a member of the International Advisory Board of Trustees of the Toynbee Prize Foundation. Esenbel’s research interest cover social\, cultural\, and political topics of late Tokugawa and Meiji history. Her current research and publications are on Modern Japan’s interaction with the Turkic and Muslim worlds which have pioneered the field as a transnational history of pre- war Japan’s Pan-Asianism and Pan-Islam. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 14\, 2019\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/japan-on-the-silk-road-encounters-and-perspectives-of-politics-and-culture-in-eurasia/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T194500
DTSTAMP:20190930T165344Z
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SUMMARY:The Voices of the Victims: The Rohingyas and their “Subhuman” life
DESCRIPTION:SIPA Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration\nPlease join us for a lecture with: \n  \nNasir Uddin\, Cultural Anthropologist based in Bangladesh and Professor of Anthropology\, \n Chittagong University \n  \n  \nThe Rohingyas\, widely known as the world’s most persecuted ethnic minority\, experienced an unprecedented brutality committed by Myanmar security forces along in collaboration with some ethnic extremists and Buddhist fundamentalist. Under the pretext of counter insurgency following an alleged attack by ARSA on August 25\, 2017 onwards\, Myanmar security forces indiscriminately killed\, randomly raped and intentionally burnt houses and properties of the civilian Rohingya people in Rakhine state. A report prepared by a three-member-panel appointed by the United Nations published in August 2018 showed that the brutal military crackdown in 2017 triggered an influx of 725\,000 [until now 750\,000] Rohingyas to Bangladesh\, more than 10\,000 were killed on the ground in the first two months\, hundreds of girls and women were ganged raped\, and around 392 villages were partially or totally destroyed. Combined with previous waves of refugees\, now 1.3 million Rohingyas live in Ukhia and Teknaf refugee camps which are considered as the world’s largest camps. The intensity of atrocity was so extreme that the UN Human Rights Council’s Chief termed it as “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” whilst many scholars and many credible media outlets called it “genocide.” Accounts gathered by Nasir Uddin from the Rohingyas living in Ukhia and Teknaf unfold the horrible ways they were dealt with as if they were lesser than human beings what Uddin terms “subhuman” life. This talk presents the first-hand narratives of the Rohingya refugees\, the voices of the victims\, in the broader spectrum of statelessness\, refugeehood and human rights in the world. \n  \nNasir Uddin is a cultural anthropologist based in Bangladesh\, and Professor of Anthropology at Chittagong University. Uddin studied and carried out research at the University of Oxford\, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\, the London School of Economics (LSE)\, Heidelberg University\, VU University Amsterdam\, Ruhr-University Bochum\, Delhi School of Economics (DSE)\, the University of Hull\, Kyoto University\, and the University of Dhaka. His research interests include refugees\, statelessness\, and citizenship; state in everyday life and transborder movements; indigeneity and identity politics; the Rohingyas; the Chittagong Hill Tracts; and South Asia more general. His latest edited book is “Deterritorialised Identity and Transborder Movement in South Asia” (Springer\, 2019 (co-edited with Nasreen Chowdhory). His forthcoming book is “The Rohingya: A Case of Subhuman” (Oxford University Press\, 2019). \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Lecture and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 10\, 2019\n6:15 PM – 7:45 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 802 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsors: SIPA Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration; Institute for the Study of Human Rights; Global Cultural Studies; Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/the-voices-of-the-victims-the-rohingyas-and-their-subhuman-life/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T200000
DTSTAMP:20191025T205014Z
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SUMMARY:KILOMET109: Women\, Modernity\, & Sustainable Fashion in Contemporary Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Languages and Cultures Department Event\n \nVũ Thảo\, Founder \nKilomet 109 \nValerie Steele\, Director \nFashion Institute of New York \nHazel Clarke\, Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies \nThe New School \nDorothy Ko\, Professor of History \nBarnard College \n  \nModerated by: \nJohn Phan\, Assistant Professor \nDepartment of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Columbia University \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute 70th Anniversary event. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 10\, 2019\n4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Panel Discussion \nTrunk show of Kilomet 109 October Line to follow. \n  \nAddress\n\nThe Auditorium & Foyer at the Forum  \n(125th Street & Broadway) \n  \nCosponsored by: WEAI
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/kilomet109-modernity-women-and-sustainability-in-contemporary-vietnam/
CATEGORIES:70th Anniversary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T133000
DTSTAMP:20191003T172759Z
CREATED:20190917T162928Z
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SUMMARY:“Ocean of Milk\, Ocean of Blood: a Mongolian Monk in the Ruins of Qing Empire”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nMatthew King\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Religious Studies \nUniversity of California\, Riverside \nModerated by: \nGray Tuttle\, Leila Hadley Luce Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures \nColumbia University \n  \nAfter the fall of the Qing and Tsarist empires\, amid nationalist and socialist upheaval\, Siberian\, Mongolian\, and Tibetan Buddhist monks in the frontiers of the Soviet Union and Republican China faced a chaotic and increasingly uncertain world. Drawing on ten years of research into otherwise lost Buddhist monastic writing produced during Asia’s first socialist revolution\, Matthew King reveals an unexplored landscape of countermodern Buddhisms that briefly flourished in Asia’s heartland before a wave of state violence arrived in 1937. Who were made invisible in the invention of national peoples\, territories\, histories\, and religions that directed such violence? How does contemporary scholarship on modernization in Asia and on transnational Asian religions reproduce such erasures? Attending to hybrid\, countermodern movements\, King shows\, displaces contact with European tradition as the primary trope for understanding twentieth-century Asian religiosity. \nMatthew King is Associate Professor of Transnational Buddhism and Director of the Asian Studies Program at the University of California-Riverside. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 10\, 2019\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM\nAddress\n\nKent 403 \n1140 Amsterdam Ave. \nNew York\, NY 10027 \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/ocean-of-milk-ocean-of-blood-a-mongolian-monk-in-the-ruins-of-qing-empire/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T133000
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SUMMARY:“Alternative Food Movement in China”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\nPlease join us for a lecture with: \nCaroline Merrifield (Ph.D.\, Anthropology\, Yale University\, 2018) \nindependent scholar \nModerated by: \nDorothy Ko\, Professor of History \nBarnard College \n  \nA huge component of Dr. Merrifield’s field research was studying food provisioning – she served as an informal apprentice to the head of procurement at a farm-to-table restaurant in Hangzhou. She will talk about the restaurant’s supplier network and foodshed within the larger context of the alternative food movement and the cultural politics of food in China. Why is food a potent site for social organizing? Why are food safety scandals so anxiety-producing – and why might food be occasioning new forms of social connection and solidarity? Finally\, she will share her understanding of food as a method (rather than a topic/object); the sensory\, affective\, and material properties of food can afford unexpected insight into memory\, history\, and politics. \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nCaroline Merrifield received an MPhil and a PhD in sociocultural anthropology from Yale University\, and an AB from Harvard College in Social Studies. Her research investigates food sourcing arrangements in China’s alternative food movement\, which has emerged against a background of urgent public concern over food safety. In this research\, food is a crucial site for investigating problems of moral consensus-making in a time of Chinese “moral crisis.” Caroline’s work engages with theories of kinship\, moral economy\, trust and risk\, agrarian change and urbanization\, taste and flavor\, and the state. She is currently preparing a book manuscript based on her dissertation project\, Eating Against the Grain in Late Socialist China.      \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 10\, 2019\n12:00 PM – 1:30 PM\nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/alternative-food-movement-in-china/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191009T140000
DTSTAMP:20191009T131051Z
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SUMMARY:China-Korea Relations
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Event\nJoin us for a lecture with: \nYang Xiyu\, Senior Fellow\, \nChina Institute of International Studies \nModerated by: \nStephen Noerper\, Korea Society Senior Director for Policy; Research Scholar\, \n Weatherhead East Asian Institute \n  \nSenior analyst Yang Xiyu\, Senior Fellow at China’s Institute of International Studies\, joins Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion of China’s role on the Korean Peninsula\, its relations with South Korea\, recent meetings between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\, and China’s commitment to denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. An experienced diplomat\, Yang was the inaugural director of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Office for Korean Peninsula Issues. \n  \nThis is a Center for Korean Research Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 9\, 2019 \n12:00 PM \nAddress\n\nThe Korea Society \n350 Madison Avenue\, 24th Floor \n  \nThis event is cosponsored by The Korea Society.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/china-korea-relations/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T173000
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SUMMARY:“Citizen Newspaper Advertisements in Contemporary South Korea: Analogue Protest Media in the Age of the Internet”
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Event\nOlga Fedorenko\, Associate Professor\, Seoul National University \nModerated by: \nTheodore Hughes\, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and Director of The Center for Korean Research\, Columbia University. \n  \nAs South Korea geared for the thirteen weeks of protests that would eventually impeach the corrupt president Park Geun-hye (2013-2017)\, it also witnessed a proliferation of a new kind of activist image. They were full- or half-page opinion advertisements in the mainstream newspapers\, paid with individual citizens’ donations coordinated via civic organizations or social media. During the first month of protest\, over a dozen of such ads—by alumni associations\, churches\, and other civic groups—appeared just in the two biggest left-leaning dailies. It was puzzling to encounter those newspaper ads in twenty-first-century South Korea\, where newspaper readership had plunged years ago and wi-fi and smartphones are ubiquitous. Often the ads reproduced the slogans from the downtown demonstrations\, but their most striking visual element was the printed names of the ad donors\, which appeared in small font as a background—sometimes up to eight thousand of them. This paper explores the performative efficacy of such activist images. Specifically I argue that it was the spatial presence of the words on the newspaper page\, particularly of the citizen donors’ names—their embodied visuality— that made those ads a locally meaningful protest practice. My analysis foregrounds the physical presence of analogue media in space and teases out its implications for protest. Exploring the symbiosis of the digital and analogue that powered those citizens’ ads\, the paper contributes to the scholarly conversation on how the Internet has remediated traditional media locally and globally. \n  \nThis is a Lectures and Panels event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nTuesday\, October 8\, 2019 \n4:00 PM-5:30 PM \n  \nAddress\n\n420 W 118th St\, New York\, NY 10027 \nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \n  \nCosponsored by: The Academy of Korean Studies\, Seoul Korea; Columbia Alumni Association\, Korea; the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/citizen-newspaper-advertisements-in-contemporary-south-korea-analogue-protest-media-in-the-age-of-the-internet/
CATEGORIES:Panels and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191005T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191005T180000
DTSTAMP:20190906T162245Z
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SUMMARY:”Urbanization and China: Understanding Impacts\, Projecting Future ”
DESCRIPTION:GSAPP and School of Social Work Event\n  \nPlease join us for a Forum with: \nDeborah Davis\, Professor Emerita of Sociology \nYale University \nJane Duckett\, Professor of Politics \nUniversity of Glasgow \nPeilei Fan\, Professor of Urban Planning \nMichigan State University \nQin Gao\, Professor of Social Work \nColumbia University \nShi Li\, Professor of Economics \nBeijing Normal University \nJustin Remais\, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences \nUniversity of California\, Berkeley \nAlan Smart\, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology \nUniversity of Calgary \nJeremy Wallace\, Associate Professor of Government \nCornell University \nYa Ping Wang\, Professor of Urban Studies \nUniversity of Glasgow \nWeiping Wu\, Professor of Urban Planning \nColumbia University \n  \nAs part of the celebration of WEAI’s 70th Anniversary\, the 2019 Urban China Forum explores the impact of China’s sweeping urbanization on the country’s economic growth\, environment and land resources\, urban form and lifestyle\, social fabric and welfare\, and population and health. The magnitude and scope of change occurring through China’s urbanization are unprecedented\, with impacts on nearly all facets of the society. As a field of enquiry\, urbanization also provides a conceptual container for the study of populations and the natural and built environment within spatial concentrations of human habitation and exchange. Recognizing the breadth of urbanization research\, we acknowledge the multidisciplinary nature of discourse and bring together scholars in an integrated forum of dialogue. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute 70th Anniversary Event. \nRegister here. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 05\, 2019\n9:00 AM – 6:00 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nAvery Hall 1st Floor\, Wood Auditorium \n1172 Amsterdam Ave \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute\, Columbia Global Centers-Beijing
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/urbanization-and-china-understanding-impacts-projecting-future/
CATEGORIES:70th Anniversary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T174500
DTSTAMP:20191216T151342Z
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SUMMARY:”Colloquium on Global Hồ Chí Minh”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n \nPham Quang Minh\, Rector and Professor\, Department of International Studies \nVietnam National University \nDo Quang Hung\, Professor\, Department of Political Science \nVietnam National University \nTran Viet Nghia\, Associate Professor and Director of the Office for the Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities \nVietnam National University \nPham Hong Tung\, Professor and Director\, Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science \nVietnam National University \n  \nOutside Vietnam: \nLien-Hang T. Nguyen\, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia \nColumbia University \nOlga Dror\, Associate Professor\, Department of History\, College of Liberal Arts \nTexas A&M University \nFellow \nNational Humanities Center (2019-2020) \nPierre Asselin\, Professor and Dwight E. Stanford Chair in American Foreign Relations\, Department of History  \nSan Diego State University  \nAlec Holcombe\, Assistant Professor\, Department of History \nOhio University \n  \nHeld on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Hồ Chí Minh\, this international colloquium will interrogate Hồ’s role in the formation of modern Vietnam and explore the country’s position in world affairs in the 20th Century. Participants will share their new multi-lingual and multi-archival research and past works on the life\, career\, and legacy of Hồ Chí Minh. This colloquium also serves to announce a new partnership between Columbia University and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities\, Hanoi. \n  \nClick here to read our report of the event. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute 70th Anniversary event. \n  \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS \n\nOctober 04\, 2019\n9:30 AM – 5:45 PM\nSchedule\n9:30 AM – 10:00 AM    Comments by Co-Organizers\, Professors Pham Quang Minh and Lien-Hang T. Nguyen \n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM    Panel 1: Hồ and the Imperial Powers \nDo Quang Hung\, Professor\, Department of Political Science at Vietnam National University \nAlec Holcombe\, Assistant Professor\, Department of History at Ohio University \n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM    Lunch break \n1:00 PM – 3:30 PM    Panel 2: Hồ in the Global Cold War\, 1945-1969 \nPham Quang Minh\, Rector and Professor\, Department of International Studies at Vietnam National University \nTran Viet Nghia\,  Associate Professor and Director of the Office for the Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities at Vietnam National University \nPierre Asselin\, Professor and Dwight E. Stanford Chair in American Foreign Relations\, Department of History at San Diego State University \n3:30 PM – 3:45 PM    Coffee break \n3:45 PM – 5:45 PM    Hồ’s Global Legacy \nPham Hong Tung\, Professor and Director of the Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science at Vietnam National University \nOlga Dror\, Associate Professor\, Department of History\, College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University and Fellow at the National Humanities Center (2019-2020) \n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \nCosponsored by: Department of History\, Columbia University; Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Columbia University; and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities\, Vietnam National University
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/workshop-on-global-ho-chi-minh/
CATEGORIES:70th Anniversary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T180000
DTSTAMP:20191121T200706Z
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SUMMARY:”Disinformation and Elections in East and Southeast Asia: Digital Futures and Fragile Democracies”
DESCRIPTION:New York Southeast Asia Network and School of Journalism Event\n  \nPlease join us for a Workshop co-organized by: \nSheila Coronel\, Columbia Journalism School\, \nColumbia University \nDuncan McCargo\, Department of Political Science\, \nColumbia University \nJonathan Corpus Ong\, Department of Communications \nUniversity of Massachusetts\, Amherst \nMargaret Scott\, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service \nNew York University \n  \nA recent series of elections in Cambodia\, Indonesia\, Malaysia\, Thailand\, the Philippines and indeed across Asia has highlighted the salience of digital media in political campaigns and insidious modes of electoral manipulation. This two-day workshop aims to gather evidence into the operations and impact of digital disinformation in the context of recent Asian elections. \nThe conference approaches Asia as a site in which disinformation in various digital and analog forms have not only deep local histories but also radical acceleration and innovation the likes of which have little to no precedent in advanced liberal democracies in the West. Many Asian countries lead in both scale and intensity of technological adoption and use while serving as “laboratories” for testing and experimentation by Big Tech firms\, with minimal oversight and accountability to the potentially grave consequences of algorithmic tweaks\, the dispersed labor of content moderation\, and new platform rollouts. Thus we seek to develop a framework that examines the social and political ramifications of this process beyond the region. \nThe two-day event aims for interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to thinking through issues of disinformation that draw from areas of sociology\, politics\, media and communication studies\, journalism studies\, critical legal studies\, information science\, and anthropology. \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute 70th Anniversary event. Co-sponsored by the Columbia Journalism School and the New York Southeast Asia Network \nClick here to download the event program as a PDF. Click here to download event poster as a PDF.  Please register here. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 3 \n4 PM – 5:30PM. PLENARY PANEL – Asian Histories and Architectures of Political Disinformation. Sahana Udupa\, Cherian George and Camille Francois. Moderated by Sheila Coronel. \n  \nOctober 4 \n9:30 AM. PANEL 1 – Digital Armies and Organized Violence. Ross Tapsell and Ihsan Ali-Fauzi. Moderated by Margaret Scott. \n10.45 AM. PANEL 2 – State-Sponsored Propaganda and Its Digital Artilleries. Duncan McCargo\, Mary McCoy and Chiaoning Su. Moderated by Jonathan Corpus Ong. \n1 PM. PANEL 3 – Influencer Operations and Networked Disinformation. Indah S. Pratidina and Joshua Uyheng. Moderated by Duncan McCargo. \n2.15 PM. PANEL 4 – Securing Election Integrity. Netina Tan\, Jonathan Corpus Ong and Ross Tapsell. Moderated by Sheila Coronel. \n  \nAddress\n\nSchool of Journalism\, Pulitzer World Room \n2950 Broadway\, 3rd Floor \n  \nCosponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/disinformation-and-elections-in-east-and-southeast-asia-digital-futures-and-fragile-democracies/
CATEGORIES:70th Anniversary
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: "The Stateless Diplomat"
DESCRIPTION:The Armenian Center Event\nPlease join us for a film screening : \nMimi Malayan\, fimmaker \nJoin us for a screening of “The Stateless Diplomat\,” which tells the story of Diana Apkar\, A 19th century Armenian writer living in Japan who became the de facto ambassador of the short-lived First Armenian Republic. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker\, Apkar’s great granddaughter Mimi Malayan. \n  \nAbout the filmmaker: \nMimi Malayan was born and raised in San Francisco for the first decade of her life. Her family then moved to Europe\, the Asian sub-continent and Brazil. Mimi returned to the U.S. to attend George Washington University\, where she majored in French Language and Literature. She received her Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of California and went on to practice her trade for 20 years\, focusing her professional career on urban parks\, plazas and playground design in the San Francisco Bay Area. After finding a box of papers dedicated to Diana Apcar in her uncle’s apartment in 2002\, Mimi discovered another interest—uncovering her great-grandmother’s life story. Wanting to share it with as many people as possible\, Mimi produced the film\, The Stateless Diplomat.\nThis is a Arts and Culture event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 2\, 2019\n7:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 W 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-the-stateless-diplomat/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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