The Center for Korean Research is pleased to announce the publication of Si Nae Park’s book The Korean Vernacular Story: Telling Tales of Contemporary Chosŏn in Sinographic Writing published by Columbia University Press. This is the third book in the Center for Korean Research book series. Click here for more about the book. To learn more about the CKR/CUP series, click … [Read more...]
Interview: Eugenia Lean on her new book “Vernacular Industrialism in China”
Early 20th-century romance novelist Chen Diexian (1879-1940) is best remembered today for his contribution to the "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies" genre of fiction. But Chen's literary background served him far beyond the sale of books, propelling his endeavors as a magazine editor and cosmetics magnate in the age of industrialization. In her new book, Vernacular … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin’s Co-Edited Book “Chinese Law” Now Available in Paperback
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...]
The Center for Korean Research Publishes Fall 2017 Issue of The Journal of Korean Studies
The Center for Korean Research in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Journal of Korean Studies Fall 2017 issue, Volume 22, No.2. Guest edited by Professor Steven Chung of Princeton University and Professor Hyun Seon Park of Yonsei University, the Fall 2017 thematic issue, “The Cold War in Korean Cinemas,” offers seven articles … [Read more...]
