We are pleased to share images from our February 15, 2018 Lunar New Year Reception. The event, celebrating the Year of the Dog, brought together students, faculty, visiting scholars, professional fellows, and staff from the Columbia community. … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean meets in Summer 2017 with Taipei’s Mayor and Columbia Alumni in Taiwan
Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, met on August 1, 2017 with Ko Wen-je, the Mayor of Taipei, to discuss continued cooperation between Taipei and the Columbia University community. Mayor Ko Wen-je and Professor Lean were joined by Steven Pan, a Columbia Business School alumnus and … [Read more...]
WEAI hosts 2017 Lunar New Year Celebration
WEAI is pleased to share images from its January 25, 2017 Lunar New Year Reception. The event, celebrating the Year of the Rooster, brought together students, faculty, and staff from the Columbia community. … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Speaks at November Events on Shared and Divided Memories in the Global Age and on Turkey in the World
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke at the symposium "The Location of Europe: Shared and Divided Memories in the Global Age," which was held from November 28 through November 30, 2016 at the Palace Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany, and convened by the European University Viadrina. The … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Delivers Lecture “What the World Owes the Comfort Women” at Washington University in St. Louis
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, delivered a public lecture on November 3, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis titled "What the World Owes the Comfort Women." "The practices and norms of public memory have changed in the seventy years since the end of World War II creating what I … [Read more...]
