The Weatherhead East Asian Institute warmly congratulates faculty members Dorothy Y. Ko and Chün-fang Yü, both of whom were elected Academicians of the Academia Sinica on July 5, 2018. Professors Ko and Yü were among 21 scholars elected at the 2018 biennial Convocation of Academicians. They will join Academia Sinica's society of Academicians, a group of individuals who have … [Read more...]
WEAI Named One of 2017’s Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is honored to announce that it has, for the second year in a row, been recognized as one of the top ten University-Affiliated Regional Studies Centers and as one of the top 40 University-Affiliated Think Tanks in the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. WEAI … [Read more...]
WEAI Named One of the Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is excited to announce that it has been recognized as one of the top ten Regional Studies Centers and as one of the top 40 University-Affiliated Think Tanks in the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. WEAI placed eighth in the “Best Regional Studies Center … [Read more...]
April 1 Event: “The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy”
Photographs and audio are now available from the April 1, 2015 event “The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy.” The event featured a lecture by Michael Pillsbury, Director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute. His talk was moderated by Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. During the event, Dr. … [Read more...]
March 26 Event: “Constructing Godzilla in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and America”
Photographs and audio are now available from the March 26, 2015 event “Constructing Godzilla in Mid-Twentieth Century Japan and America.” The event featured a lecture by Yoshiko Ikeda, Associate Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University and Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, and was moderated by Gregory Pflugfelder, Associate Professor of … [Read more...]
