Professor Myron Cohen was recently interviewed on "Collaborations, Legacies, and Shifts in Chinese Anthropology" for the International Sociological Association's e-Symposium July issue on his long career studying Chinese anthropology. In the interviewer's words: "I had approached Myron Cohen who, to my knowledge, is the longest-practicing Chinese anthropologist today, for an … [Read more...]
April 3 Event: “Cultivating a Therapeutic Self in China:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from the April 3, 2018 event "Cultivating a Therapeutic Self in China." The event featured Li Zhang, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis. Her presentation was moderated by Nicholas Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society, Barnard … [Read more...]
The Battle for Fortune: State-Led Development, Personhood, and Power among Tibetans in China
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Charlene Makley (Cornell University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In a deeply ethnographic appraisal, based on years of in situ research, The Battle for Fortune looks at the rising stakes of Tibetans’ encounters with Chinese state-led development projects in the early 2000s. The book builds upon … [Read more...]
“Cultivating a Therapeutic Self in China”
Brown Bag Lecture “Cultivating a Therapeutic Self in China” Li Zhang, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis Moderated by Nicholas Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society, Barnard College Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required … [Read more...]
Yukiko Koga’s Study of the WEAI “Inheritance of Loss” Receives AAA’s 2017 Francis L. K. Hsu and Anthony Leeds Book Prizes
We are pleased to announce that WEAI associate research scholar Yukiko Koga's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Inheritance of Loss: The Political Economy of Redemption After Empire has received the American Anthropological Association's 2017 Francis L. K. Hsu and Anthony Leeds Book Prizes. The Francis L. K. Hsu Book Prize is awarded by the American … [Read more...]
