Ori Sela's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, China's Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the Eighteenth Century, won an honorable mention for the 2020 Joseph Levenson Prize in the category of Pre-1900 scholarly books. The book is published by Columbia University Press. The prizes are awarded to the English-language books that make the … [Read more...]
Myron Cohen interviewed on his work in Chinese anthropology
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...]
Webinar — The Chile Pepper in China Book Launch
Columbia University Press and Columbia Global Centers Event Please join us for a lecture with: Brian R. Dott, Associate Professor, History Department and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Program,Whitman College Kaiser Kuo, Host, Sinica Podcast Moderated by: Safwan M. Masri, Professor and Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development, Columbia … [Read more...]
Michael C. Davis writes on Hong Kong’s loss of autonomy from mainland China
In a July 2 article in Foreign Affairs titled "Hong Kong is Part of the Mainland Now," WEAI Research Scholar Michael C. Davis wrote about recent developments in Hong Kong, suggesting that the Chinese government has "stifled the territory's autonomy" with its new security law which allows authorities to crack down on "protesters accused of 'colluding with foreign forces,' … [Read more...]
Andrew Nathan and Michael Davis discuss Hong Kong as new security law takes effect
WEAI Professors Andrew J. Nathan and Michael C. Davis participated in two virtual panels hosted by Hong Kong Democracy Council US on Beijing's new security law over Hong Kong, which took effect on July 1, 2020: the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese control. Click here to watch the first panel. Click here to watch the second panel. … [Read more...]
