STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Max Oidtmann (Columbia University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In 1995, the People’s Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the … [Read more...]
Dorothy Y. Ko and Chün-fang Yü Elected as Academicians of Academia Sinica
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute warmly congratulates faculty members Dorothy Y. Ko and Chün-fang Yü, both of whom were elected Academicians of the Academia Sinica on July 5, 2018. Professors Ko and Yü were among 21 scholars elected at the 2018 biennial Convocation of Academicians. They will join Academia Sinica's society of Academicians, a group of individuals who have … [Read more...]
Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Juhn Y. Ahn (University of Washington Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state religion. In this revisionist … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes New Faculty Member Seong Uk Kim
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes Seong Uk Kim, the Il Hwan and Soon Ja Cho Assistant Professor of Korean Culture and Religion in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, to the WEAI faculty. Professor Kim's research investigates the intersections between Buddhism and other religions, religion and politics in modern and pre-modern … [Read more...]
“Tibeto-Mongol Relations and the Role of the Lama Zanabazar”
Lecture “Tibeto-Mongol Relations and the Role of the Lama Zanabazar” Agata Bareja-Starzynska, Head of the Department of Turkish Studies and Inner Asian Peoples, University of Warsaw Moderated by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia University Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM International Affairs … [Read more...]
