Panel Discussion "North Korea and Regional Security Implications" Frank Aum, Senior Country Director for Korea, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Joel Wit, Visiting Scholar, US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS; Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute Jenny Town, Assistant Director, US-Korea Institute at Johns … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Celeste Arrington’s “Accidental Activists”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea, published by Cornell University Press. The book’s author is Celeste L. Arrington, Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The … [Read more...]
Center for Korean Research Launches New Journal of Korean Studies Website
The Center for Korean Research at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce that it has launched its newly redesigned Journal of Korean Studies website. Please visit the new address at http://jks.archive.weai.columbia.edu/ The Journal of Korean Studies (JKS) is dedicated to publishing quality articles, in all disciplines, on a broad range of topics … [Read more...]
Columbia University Press Publishes Final Book by JaHyun Kim Haboush
Columbia University Press has recently published the final book by JaHyun Kim Haboush (1940-2011), who was a WEAI faculty member and the King Sejong Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University. Titled The Great East Asian War and the Birth of the Korean Nation, Haboush's book explores the Imjin War (1592–1598), which was a grueling conflict that wreaked havoc on the … [Read more...]
“3DPRK: 3D Portraits from North Korea”
Center for Korean Research Lecture “3DPRK: 3D Portraits from North Korea” Matjaž Tančič, Photographer Moderated by Charles Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University 1:00PM – 2:30PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and … [Read more...]
