Video and photographs are now available from the February 7, 2018 event "The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia." During the event, Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, discussed several diplomatic … [Read more...]
“The Emerging Indo-Pacific Strategy: US and Japanese Perspectives”
Discussion “The Emerging Indo-Pacific Strategy: US and Japanese Perspectives” Admiral Tomohisa Takei, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (ret.), Chief of Naval Operations, Distinguished International Fellow, U.S. Naval War College Stephen Sestanovich, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Diplomacy, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at … [Read more...]
Victor Louzon, 2016-18 INTERACT Postdoctoral Scholar, Publishes Article in the Journal of Asian Studies
Victor Louzon, the 2016-2018 International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, published the article "From Japanese Soldiers to Chinese Rebels: Colonial Hegemony, War Experience, and Spontaneous Remobilization during the 1947 Taiwanese Rebellion" in the Journal of Asian Studies. His … [Read more...]
“A History of Distant Reading in Japan”
Lecture "A History of Distant Reading in Japan" Hoyt Long, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Chicago Thursday, February 15, 2018 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures … [Read more...]
Two Studies of the WEAI Receive Award Recognition from the Association for Asian Studies
We are delighted to share the news that two recent titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series, Li Chen's Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics and Yoshikuni Igarashi's Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
