We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Fixing Landscape: A Techno-Poetic History of China’s Three Gorges, published by Columbia University Press. The book's author is Corey Byrnes, an Assistant Professor Modern Chinese culture at Northwestern University. Dr. Byrnes was the co-winner of the Weatherhead East … [Read more...]
“Rachmat Witoelar & Erna Witoelar on Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals, and Philanthropy”
Discussion "Rachmat Witoelar & Erna Witoelar on Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals, and Philanthropy" Rachmat Witoelar, the Indonesian President's Envoy for Climate Change and Former Indonesian Minister of the Environment Erna Witoelar, Philanthropist and Former UN Special Ambassador of Millennium Development Goals in the Asia Pacific 12:30 PM - 2:30 … [Read more...]
“Effluent Disposal and Disease Prevention in Modern Japan”
Lecture "Effluent Disposal and Disease Prevention in Modern Japan" Alexander Bay, Associate Professor of History, Chapman University Moderated by Paul Kreitman, Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Columbia University 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. In the late 19th century, Japanese doctors built a … [Read more...]
“Strange Bedfellows: How the United States and China Found Common Purpose on Climate Change”
Brown Bag Lecture "Strange Bedfellows: How the United States and China Found Common Purpose on Climate Change" Jackson Ewing, Director of Asian Sustainability, Asia Society Policy Institute Moderated by Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Professor of Political Science, Montclair State University 12:00 PM - 1:30 … [Read more...]
“Long Duhung: Gendered Impacts of Deforestation” Film Screening
Film Screening "Long Duhung: Gendered Impacts of Deforestation" Riza Aryani, Filmmaker Lia Cairone, Filmmaker Caitlin O'Donnell, Filmmaker Moderated by Kristy Kelly, Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Co-sponsored by Columbia SIPA Gender and Public … [Read more...]
