Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, took part in the Chatham House conference "Challenge and Uncertainty in a Volatile World: Japan-UK Perspectives" on October 12 and 13, 2016. The event, held in Tokyo, was the fourth in a series of five annual conferences on the UK-Japan relationship and … [Read more...]
WEAI holds summer events in Indonesia and Singapore
During the summer of 2016, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute held widely attended panel discussions and receptions in Indonesia and Singapore to foster the growth of Columbia University alumni networks in Southeast Asia and to promote the study of Southeast Asia at Columbia. These events brought together Columbia faculty, students, and alumni as well as academics, students, … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean meets with Taipei Mayor and with Columbia Alumni in Taiwan
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...]
Carol Gluck Chairs “Horizons of Hope in Asia” Special Roundtable at AAS in Kyoto
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, chaired the June 24, 2016 special roundtable "Horizons of Hope in Asia" at the Association for Asian Studies in Asia conference in Kyoto. In addition to Professor Gluck, the roundtable featured Jie-Hyun Lim of Sogang University, Rwei-ren Wu of Academia … [Read more...]
February 23 Event: “Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution”
Photographs and audio are now available from the February 23, 2015 event "Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution." The event featured a lecture by Margaret Ng, who is a noted politician, barrister, writer, and columnist in Hong Kong. Dr. Ng's lecture was moderated by Benjamin L. Liebman, Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, and … [Read more...]
