We are pleased to announce the paperback publication of Chinese Law: Knowledge, Practice, and Transformation, 1530s to 1950s, a book co-edited by Madeleine Zelin, the Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies at Columbia University, and Li Chen, a Columbia PhD who is Associate Professor of History, Global Asia Studies, and Sociolegal Studies at University of Toronto. Published … [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...]
April 26 Event: “Imperial Power and Politics of Difference:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the April 26, 2016 event “Imperial Power and Politics of Difference” During the discussion, University of Toronto professor and Columbia PhD Li Chen talked about his Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes:Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics (Columbia University Press, 2015) with … [Read more...]
“Imperial Power and Politics of Difference”
Brown Bag Lecture "Imperial Power and Politics of Difference" Li Chen, Associate Professor of History and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto Moderated By Madeleine Zelin, Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, Columbia University 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. … [Read more...]
Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, & Transcultural Politics
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Li Chen (Columbia University Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. Winner, 2018 Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize (China), Association for Asian Studies Commended, 2017 Peter Gonville Stein Award, American Society for Legal History Before the First Opium War (1839-1842), China had control over the … [Read more...]
