Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Please join us for a lecture with: Allen Carlson, Associate Professor, Cornell University Ja-Ian Chong, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Victoria Tin-bor Hui, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Moderated by: Maria Adele Carrai, Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian … [Read more...]
Social Movement and Changing Identity in Hong Kong
China Center for Social Policy Event Please join us for a lecture with: Xiaogang Wu , Chair Professor at the Division of Social Science and the Division of Public Policy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Columbia University Numerous studies have shown that the national identity has declined over time in Hong Kong, especially since 2008. The decline is … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Joshua Wong and Brian Leung Hold Dialogue with Students
Joshua Wong and Kai Ping (Brian) Leung, two vocal activists in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protests, visited Columbia on September 13 to speak with students about demonstrators' aims and the significance of the leaderless movement. The event, held at the Columbia Law School and organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) with the Center for Chinese … [Read more...]
”The Anti-Extradition Protests in Hong Kong: Voices from a Faceless Movement”
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Click here for a write-up and video of the event. Please join for a panel discussion with: Joshua Wong, Hong Kong student activist and politician Secretary General Pro-democracy movement Demosistō Kai Ping (Brian) Leung, Graduate student University of Washington, Department of … [Read more...]
Watch Peter E. Hamilton Discuss the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s 1997 Handover to China
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share an interview with Peter E. Hamilton, the Institute's Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in the Making of the Modern Pacific World, about the significance of Hong Kong's July 1, 1997 handover from the United Kingdom to China. https://youtu.be/SKofVL1zaVE Dr. Hamilton, who earned his PhD from the University of Texas … [Read more...]
