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...]
China’s Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the 18th Century
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Ori Sela (Columbia University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In eighteenth-century China, a remarkable intellectual transformation took place, centered on the ascendance of philology. Its practitioners were preoccupied with the reliability of sources as evidence for restoring ancient texts and … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses China’s Possible Reaction to the U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting in ChinaFile
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, was one of several experts who discussed "When Trump and Kim Meet, What Will Xi Do?" in a March 13, 2018 ChinaFile Conversation. Professor Nathan was asked how the potential summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un might affect China’s interests in the region and how Beijing … [Read more...]
“The Return of Authoritarianism in China: Why Is It Happening and What Does It Mean?”
Discussion "The Return of Authoritarianism in China: Why Is It Happening and What Does It Mean?" Feng Chongyi, Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney; Adjunct Professor of History, Nankai University, Tianjin Moderated by: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science Monday, April 23, … [Read more...]
“China’s Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective”
Panel Discussion "China's Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective” Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History, UC Irvine Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, historian and writer Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University Nina Khrushcheva, Professor … [Read more...]
