STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Charles R. Kim (University of Hawaii Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. This in-depth exploration of culture, media, and protest follows South Korea’s transition from the Korean War to the political struggles and socioeconomic transformations of the Park Chung Hee era. Although the post–Korean War … [Read more...]
Socialist Cosmopolitanism: The Chinese Literary Universe, 1945-1965
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Nicolai Volland (Columbia University Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. Socialist Cosmopolitanism offers an innovative interpretation of literature from the Mao era, proposing to read Chinese socialist literature as world literature. China after 1949 engaged with the world beyond its borders in myriad … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes Victor Louzon, 2016-18 INTERACT Postdoctoral Scholar
Victor Louzon is the 2016-2018 International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Dr. Louzon holds his PhD from Sciences Po. He received his undergraduate training at SciencesPo, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales(Paris), and the University of British Columbia … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes Simon Toner, the 2016-17 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in Southeast Asian Studies
Simon Toner is the 2016-2017 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in Southeast Asian Studies at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. He is a historian of the United States and the World, focusing particularly on the history of the American War in Vietnam and U.S. development projects in Cold War East and Southeast Asia. Dr. Toner is currently completing a book manuscript, based … [Read more...]
New Courses Offered for Fall 2016
WEAI is pleased to share several newly added Fall 2016 courses with the Columbia University community: New for Fall 2016 GLOBAL HONG KONG Professor Peter E. Hamilton, Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in the Making of the Modern Pacific World Thursdays, 10:10 AM - 12:00 PM Fayerweather Hall, Room 301 M History: East Asian GU 4844 Call Number 75954 Open to … [Read more...]
