Freelance writer and WEAI Associate Research Scholar, Kumiko Makihara, was recently interviewed by the Japan Society. Watch the video below. … [Read more...]
WEAI launches 2020 issue of The Reed in newly redesigned format
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce the release of the Spring 2020 issue of The Reed. Starting this issue, the long-running newsletter series is taking on a new format, with each issue curated around a specific topic determined by student essay contest. This year, we congratulate GS student Jaimee Prass for her winning essay titled "The … [Read more...]
Update regarding C.V. Starr Library resources
Access to Remote Resources With the print collections unavailable while the libraries remain closed, we are all working hard to assist you remotely, and to make more electronic resources available. Your Libraries Online summarizes all the various ways the Libraries offer these online services. The Starr Library collection development librarians are, of course, doing their part … [Read more...]
Shang-Jin Wei addresses “Beating COVID-19 and the Economic Pandemic” in new article
In a March 23 article in Project Syndicate, Professor Shang-Jin Wei discussed measures policymakers should take to address and recover from the current coronavirus pandemic. In the article, titled "Beating COVID-19 and the Economic Pandemic," Professor Wei advised countries to prepare supplies and hospital beds quickly, and to enforce social distancing as soon as there are … [Read more...]
Gerald Curtis comments on Japan’s handling of Covid-19 and the Olympics in The New York Times
Professor Gerald Curtis was quoted in a New York Times article titled "What to Call 2021 Olympics? Just One of Many Challenges for Japan." In the March 25 article, which follows the decision by the International Olympic Committee and Japan to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Professor Curtis weighed in on the political … [Read more...]
