Saskia Schaefer, 2013 – 2014 INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Southeast Asian Studies at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and part-time lecturer in Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, compares the dynamics between Islam and urbanism in Jakarta and Istanbul. On Friday, April 18, 2014, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Institute for … [Read more...]
Meet the WEAI Authors Event: Emily T. Yeh and “Taming Tibet”
A Report on the Meet the WEAI Authors event featuring Emily T. Yeh, author of the Study of the WEAI Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development, on March 25, 2014: Emily T. Yeh, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and moderator Robert Barnett, director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program … [Read more...]
December 9 Event: “Jamesian Precisions in Natsume Sōseki: Contending with Light and Dark:” Photos
Pictures from the lecture by Japan scholar John Nathan about his new translation of Natsume Sōseki's novel Light and Dark (a Weatherhead Book on Asia published by Columbia University Press) co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture on Monday, December 9… John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of … [Read more...]
Photos from Yesterday’s CKR Event “Comfort Women Wanted”
Here are some great pics from the video screening and event yesterday sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Korean Research (CKR) of "Comfort Women Wanted." … [Read more...]
Official Photos from the Natalegawa Special Lecture
Here are a few of the official photos from the Natalegawa Special Lecture! … [Read more...]
