The Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series is pleased to share video footage of Christopher Rea receiving the Association for Asian Studies' 2017 Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize (China) for his Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China. Timothy Brook of the University of British Columbia … [Read more...]
Two Studies of the WEAI receive 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, Christopher Rea's The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China and Federico Marcon's The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
Study of the WEAI “The Age of Irreverence” is featured in the media
Christopher Rea's Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (University of California Press, 2015) has recently been the focus of media attention. Rea, an associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, discussed his book with host Carla Nappi on the New Books in East Asian Studies … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Christopher Rea’s “The Age of Irreverence”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China, published by the University of California Press. The book’s author is Christopher Rea, associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. In his book, Professor Rea tells the story of … [Read more...]
The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Christopher Rea (University of California Press, 2015) For information from the publisher, please click here. Winner, 2017 Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize (China), Association for Asian Studies The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why China’s entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing … [Read more...]
