Trevor Menders is a 2018 graduate of Columbia’s East Asian Languages and Cultures Department and a former student worker at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. He recently completed a year as a Fulbright Research Fellow in affiliation with Tokyo University of the Arts. Beginning in September he will be a Toshizo Watanabe Fellow at the Yokohama Inter-University Center for … [Read more...]
Student Profile: Andrew Wortham
Andrew Wortham is a graduate student of Anthropology at Columbia Teachers College, where his work is focused on emerging LGBT communities in China. He has received support from WEAI in various forms since 2016, including Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) awards and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, for Chinese language study to support his … [Read more...]
Modern Tibetan Studies looks back on 20 years
Interview by Ariana King Being the only higher education institution with a dedicated program in modern Tibetan studies has its advantages. “All the speakers that we have brought in—it’s really been amazing,” said Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Professor of Modern Tibet Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. “There’s just no place else that they … [Read more...]
Vietnamese Studies initiative bridges the US with East and Southeast Asia at Columbia
Interview by Ariana King “Vietnam seems to be at an important crossroads” -- Professor Lien-Hang Nguyen More than 40 years have elapsed since the end of the Vietnam War, but many in the US still view the country of Vietnam through the lens of war. “Vietnam” has long been synonymous with the conflict itself: an event that spanned two decades and exists today as a chapter … [Read more...]
