Takuya Tsunoda is assistant professor of Japanese film and media in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Since joining the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in January 2019, he has quickly become an invaluable member of the WEAI community, contributing insight into the nuances of contemporary Japanese film. An abridged version of this interview appears in the … [Read more...]
“Rat Fire: Korean Stories from the Japanese Empire,” Co-Edited by Theodore Hughes, Named Daesan Prize Finalist
We are pleased to announce that Rat Fire: Korean Stories from the Japanese Empire, co-edited by Theodore Hughes, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, was named a Finalist for the Daesan Literary Translation Prize. The Daesan Literary Translation Prize, South Korea's most … [Read more...]
Theodore Hughes Awarded 2018-19 Heyman Center Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that Theodore Hughes, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, has received a Heyman Center Fellowship for the 2018-2019 academic year. Funded by the Office of the Executive Vice-President of the Arts & Sciences at Columbia University, the Heyman … [Read more...]
WEAI Congratulates Theodore Hughes on his Promotion to Full Professor
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute warmly congratulates faculty member Theodore Hughes on his promotion to Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Professor Hughes is the Director of The Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, which, under his leadership, has … [Read more...]
WEAI Congratulates Qin Gao on her Promotion to Full Professor
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute congratulates faculty member Qin Gao on her promotion to full professor in the Columbia School of Social Work. Professor Gao, a Columbia PhD who is an authority on social policy in China, joined the Institute and the University faculty in the fall of 2016. Please click here or read below for the news release from the Columbia School of … [Read more...]
