Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and chair of EALAC, has been awarded the 26th Yamagata Banto Prize for his book Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons (Columbia University Press). The prize was given for his contributions to “deepening the understanding of Japanese culture in a global context.” … [Read more...]
Yao Lu Receives Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates faculty member Yao Lu, who, with co-author Ran Tao, received the 2018 Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements for "Organizational Structure and Collective Action: Lineage Networks, Semiautonomous Civic Associations, and Collective Resistance in … [Read more...]
Xiaobo Lü is Awarded an Ann Whitney Olin Professorship in Barnard College
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates longtime faculty member Xiaobo Lü, who has been appointed to an Ann Whitney Olin Professorship in Barnard College. Barnard College awards the Ann Whitney Olin Professorship to faculty members on the basis of scholarship, teaching, and other contributions to the academic community. An active member of the WEAI community, … [Read more...]
Two Studies of the WEAI Receive Award Recognition from the Association for Asian Studies
We are delighted to share the news that two recent titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series, Li Chen's Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics and Yoshikuni Igarashi's Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
Myron L. Cohen Receives the First Class Professional Medal in Hakka Affairs
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and former Institute director, received the First Class Professional Medal in Hakka Affairs on September 10, 2016 at the opening ceremony of the Fourth Taiwan International Conference on Hakka Studies. The Hakka Affairs Council presented … [Read more...]
