WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory Edited by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl, and Dorothy Ko (2013) "This magnificent volume opens up a past and conjures a future. Anarcho-feminist He-Yin Zhen published her passionate and closely reasoned essays more than a century ago, yet the issues she raises have yet to be … [Read more...]
February 26 Event: “Makers and Markets: Drivers of Fashion in Chinese History:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the February 26, 2015 event “Makers and Markets: Drivers of Fashion in Chinese History.” The event featured a lecture by BuYun Chen, Assistant Professor of History at Swarthmore College and Rachel Silberstein, Lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design. Their presentation was moderated by Dorothy Ko, Professor of History at … [Read more...]
Oct. 1 Event “Inside the Contemporary Chinese Art Market:” Pictures and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the October 1, 2014 event "Inside the Contemporary Chinese Art Market." The event featured Ethan Cohen, President and CEO of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts in New York, and moderator Dorothy Ko, Professor of History and Women's Studies at Barnard College. The event, co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, is part … [Read more...]


