In July 2016, Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, met with the Mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, at his office to discuss further cooperation between Taipei and the Columbia community. In Taipei, the Board of the Columbia Alumni Association of Taiwan also hosted welcome dinners for … [Read more...]
March 21 Event: “Woman and City: A Conversation with Wang Anyi:” Photos
Photographs are now available from the March 21, 2016 event "Woman and City: A Conversation with Wang Anyi" The sold-out event featured acclaimed author Wang Anyi in conversation with Lydia H. Liu, Director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities. Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and … [Read more...]
December 9 Event: “Modern China Studies and the Digital Humanities:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the December 9, 2014 event “Modern China Studies and the Digital Humanities: An Introduction to Computational Methods, Tools, and Data. ” The event, co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, featured Richard Jean So (PhD Columbia), an assistant professor of English at The University of Chicago. His … [Read more...]
October 8 Event “Around 1948: Human Rights & Global Transformation:” Video, Photos, and Audio
Photographs, audio, and video are now available from the October 8, 2014 event "Around 1948: Human Rights and Global Transformation." The event featured Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University; Lydia H. Liu, Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University; Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History, Harvard University; and … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean Receives the 2013-2014 Faculty Mentoring Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The WEAI congratulates Eugenia Lean, associate professor of Chinese history, who has received the 2013-2014 Faculty Mentoring Award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). The award is a student initiative to recognize outstanding mentoring of Ph.D. students. Selections were made by graduate student representatives in GSAS and affiliated … [Read more...]
