Weatherhead East Asian Institute and China Center for Social Policy Event Please join us for a lecture with: Wang Feng, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine Moderated by: Jeanette C. Takamura Dean Emerita of the Faculty of Social Work; Professor of Gerontology and Social Policy Columbia University In the last four … [Read more...]
Improving Quality of Long-term Care in China
Weatherhead East Asian Institute and China Center for Social Policy Event Please join us for a lecture with: Bei Wu, Dean's Professor in Global Health, Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Co-Director, NYU Aging Incubator, New York University Moderated by: Jinyu Liu, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University China’s aging … [Read more...]
WEAI and Hunter Chinese Flagship Center cohost innovative workshop for Chinese teachers
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, Hunter College’s Chinese Flagship Program and Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute had the honor of jointly hosting a Professional Development Workshop under the direction of Ms. Ying Jin. This workshop aimed at addressing and answering the curious challenges instructors face when attempting to teach to 21st century minds. Ms. … [Read more...]
The Coronavirus epidemic in China and beyond: A panel discussion
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Featuring: Huang Yanzhong, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor and Director of Global Health Studies, Seton Hall University Yang Wan, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Nicholas Bartlett, Assistant Professor, … [Read more...]
Interview: Xiaolu Guo on the universal human narrative and creating a hybrid voice
Xiaolu Guo is a British/Chinese novelist, essayist, and filmmaker. She currently holds a position as Writer-In-Residence at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University. Her work includes the novels A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist), and I Am China (a 2014 NPR Best Book), the … [Read more...]
