Photographs and audio are now available from the October 20, 2014 event "To Lose Without Fighting? The U.S., China, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea.” The event featured Bill Hayton, a BBC journalist and author of the book The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia, from Yale University Press. The event was moderated by Kristy Kelly, Associate Research Scholar … [Read more...]
October 22 Event ““Indonesia’s Jokowi Administration: Implications for the U.S. and Beyond:” Photos
Photographs are now available from the October 22, 2014 event “Indonesia's Jokowi Administration: Implications for the U.S. and Beyond.” The event featured Marcus Mietzner, Associate Professor at College of the Asia Pacific at Australian National University, and was moderated by Ann Marie Murphy, Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Over the past … [Read more...]
2014 CAAS Symposium: Asia & Africa Across Disciplinary and National Lines
On October 3 and 4, 2014, Columbia University hosted the Fifth Annual Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS) Symposium "Asia and Africa Across Disciplinary and National Lines." The symposium featured presentations on Asian and African research by graduate students and professors from Columbia and from many of its fellow consortium members Institut National des Langues … [Read more...]
October 2 Event “Composer Portraits: Chou Wen-chung:” Photos
Photographs are now available from the October 2, 2014 event "Composer Portraits: Chou Wen-chung." During the event, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute joined the Columbia University community in honoring the Chinese composer on his 91st birthday at Miller Theater with an evening of musical performances of the composer’s works. Chou, a protégé of French Modernist Edgard … [Read more...]
Conference: “Beyond Modernity: Understanding Change in China”
Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, has been a key member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute community since joining Columbia’s faculty in 1979. In addition to directing the Institute from 1992-1993 and from 1995-2001, she has mentored generations of undergraduates, MARSEA students, and PhD students. During the 35 years that Professor Zelin has … [Read more...]
