Two 2019 titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute series, Robert Culp's The Power of Print in Modern China and Fei-Hsien Wang's Pirates and Publishers, were recommended as highly commended runner-ups for the 2020 DeLong Book History Prize issued by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. Click here to read the announcement. … [Read more...]
Yao Lu wins two ASA awards for article on migration and collective action in rural China
Professor Yao Lu, Associate Professor of Sociology, has received two prestigious awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA) for her recent publication on migration and collective action in rural China. The article, titled “Empowerment or Disintegration? Migration, Social Institutions, and Collective Action in Rural China,” won the Distinguished Contribution to … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean Receives the 2013-2014 Faculty Mentoring Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The WEAI congratulates Eugenia Lean, associate professor of Chinese history, who has received the 2013-2014 Faculty Mentoring Award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). The award is a student initiative to recognize outstanding mentoring of Ph.D. students. Selections were made by graduate student representatives in GSAS and affiliated … [Read more...]
Professor Gluck Receives Graduate Student Mentoring Award
On May 13, 2013, Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, was awarded the 2012-2013 Graduate Student Mentoring Award for faculty in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). The Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) instituted this award in 2004 to commemorate excellence in the mentoring of PhD students. The award is a student initiative; selections were made … [Read more...]
Professor Gluck Receives Order of the Rising Sun
On October 4, 2006, Professor Carol Gluck was presented with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon at the Japanese Consulate in New York City. Among those who came to celebrate this achievement were her sons, William and Thomas, her husband, Peter, and many of her colleagues, friends, students and admirers. During the Conferment Ceremony, Ambassador … [Read more...]
