Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form - Christopher Laing Hill (Northwestern University Press, 2020) For information from the publisher, please click here. An open-access digital version is available here. Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel […]
Engineering Asia: Technology, Colonial Development, and the Cold War Order - Engineering Asia: Technology, Colonial Development, and the Cold War Order(Bloomsbury, 2018)
Feb. 20 Event: “Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System-The Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the February 20, 2018 Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture “Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System” The special lecture was presented […]
Takatoshi Ito Talks on Bloomberg TV About the Bank of Japan’s Monetary Policy - Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, spoke on Bloomberg TV‘s […]
Feb. 7 Event: “The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia:” Video and Photos - Video and photographs are now available from the February 7, 2018 event “The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia.” During the event, Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow […]
WEAI Named One of 2017’s Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is honored to announce that it has, for the second year in a row, been recognized as one of the top […]
Bloomberg News Reports on Takatoshi Ito’s Career and the Possibility He Could be Considered to Lead the Bank of Japan - Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, was the subject of […]
Gerald L. Curtis is Interviewed by Munhwa Ilbo about East Asian Diplomacy and Security - Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was interviewed by South Korea’s Munhwa Ilbo about numerous diplomatic […]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal about the LDP’s Loss in the Tokyo Metropolitan Election - Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was quoted in a July 4, 2017 Reuters article titled […]
Watch Peter E. Hamilton Discuss the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s 1997 Handover to China - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share an interview with Peter E. Hamilton, the Institute’s Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in the Making of the Modern Pacific World, about […]
Watch Min Jin Lee Discuss Her Acclaimed New Novel “Pachinko” - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share an April 11, 2017 interview with Min Jin Lee, author of the acclaimed new novel Pachinko. During the interview, Ms. Lee […]
WEAI Named One of the Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is excited to announce that it has been recognized as one of the top ten Regional Studies Centers and as one […]
Watch Howard French and Jeff Wasserstrom Discuss China’s Past and Present - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 12, 2016 conversation between Howard W. French, Associate Professor of Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School, and Jeffrey N. […]
Watch Andrew J. Nathan Discuss Taiwan and U.S.-China Relations Under a Trump Administration - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 14, 2016 video in which Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor Political Science at Columbia University, discusses […]
Watch Carol Gluck Discuss the Politics of Memory Surrounding Pearl Harbor’s 75th Anniversary - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 6, 2016 video in which Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on […] Watch Gerald L. Curtis Discuss the Possible Impact of the Trump Administration on U.S.-East Asia Relations - The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 8, 2016 video in which Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, discusses […] Read Gerald L. Curtis’s Keynote Speech “The US and Japan in a Turbulent Asia” - Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, gave the keynote speech at a May 13, 2016 symposium in Japan that celebrated the 30th anniversary […]
Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c.1620–1720 - Xing Hang. Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c.1620–1720 (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
March 26 Event: “Constructing Godzilla in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and America” - Photographs and audio are now available from the March 26, 2015 event “Constructing Godzilla in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and America.” The event featured a lecture by Yoshiko Ikeda, Associate Professor, College […]
March 24 Event: “Subsidizing Tibet: Fiscal Estimates and Socio-Economic Consequences” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the March 24, 2015 event “Subsidizing Tibet: Fiscal Estimates and Socio-Economic Consequences.” The event featured a lecture by Andrew Fischer, Associate Professor of Development […]
February 24 Event: “East Asia’s Changing Security Environment and Japan’s Response” - Photographs and audio are now available from the February 24, 2015 event “East Asia’s Changing Security Environment and Japan’s Response.” The event featured a lecture by Hitoshi Tanaka, Chairman of […]
November 18 Event: “China: East Asian Historical Thought in Comparative Perspective:” Photos and Audio - Photographs and audio are now available from the November 18, 2014 event “East Asian Historical Thought in Comparative Perspective: What History Is, Knows, Does: China.” The event, co-sponsored by the […]
Prof. Curtis Lecture “Abe and the LDP are Back. Now What?” photos! - Professor Curtis’s Ninth Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics, titled, “Abe and the LDP are Back. Now What?” was held successfully this last Wednesday. Check out the pictures of the event […]