We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India published by Yale University Press. The book’s author, Andrew B. Liu, is assistant professor of history at Villanova University. In analyzing the global competition between Chinese and Indian tea, Andrew B. Liu … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck quoted in Portland State Vanguard on postwar Japan
Professor Carol Gluck's February 6 lecture at Portland State University, "Postwar Japan: A Pre-postmortem" was covered in a recent article in the university newspaper, the Portland State Vanguard. The article, titled "Postwar Japan: past or present," lays out Professor Gluck's analysis of Japan's relationship to World War II, noting that Japan is the only country that still … [Read more...]
”Colloquium on Global Hồ Chí Minh” and the future of international Vietnamese Studies
By Thu Anh Le On the 50th anniversary of the publication of the last will and testament of Hồ Chí Minh (1969 - 2019), Columbia University and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University held a colloquium on his life, career and legacy. Cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Department of History, and the Department of East … [Read more...]
“New Directions in Japanese Studies”
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Please join us for a workshop with: Yan CHANG (University of Minnesota) Stephen CHOI (Columbia University) Carol GLUCK (Columbia University) Harry HAROOTUNIAN (Columbia University) Tianyuan HUANG (Columbia University) Mairead HYNES (Columbia University) IWASAKI Minoru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) NARITA Ryūichi (Japan … [Read more...]
“Tibetan Studies in Europe: From Philology to Social History (in between and from below)”
Modern Tibetan Studies Event Berthe Jansen, Junior Professor of Tibetan Studies, Institute for Indian and Central Asian Studies, Leipzig University Moderated by: Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian, C.V. Starr East Asian Library In this talk Berthe Jansen will speak about the recent past and the more recent developments in Tibetan … [Read more...]
