Video is now available of Leta Hong Fincher, 2015-16 Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University and author of the 2014 book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, discussing the challenges and inequalities faced by women in contemporary China. Professor Fincher, who was the first American to receive a PhD … [Read more...]
“What is Global East Asia? Peoples, Commodities, and Art in Motion, 1750-1970”
Workshop "What is Global East Asia? Peoples, Commodities, and Art in Motion, 1750-1970" Kyoungjin Bae, Columbia University Kornel Chang, Rutgers-Newark Andre Kobayashi Deckrow, Columbia University Chien-Wen Kung, Columbia University K. Ian Shin, Columbia University Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 Registration … [Read more...]
WEAI welcomes faculty member Yao Lu
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes Yao Lu, assistant professor of sociology at Columbia University, to the WEAI faculty. Professor Lu, who earned her PhD from UCLA, focuses on social stratification and inequality by primarily examining the social and political development in contemporary China, and how migration intersects with micro- and macro-level social and … [Read more...]
“Children of the Rich and Poor in China”
Lecture Series: Social, Demographic, and Political Development of China Today "Children of the Rich and Poor in China" Emily Hannum, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania Moderated by Yao Lu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. … [Read more...]
“China’s Population Trends and Challenges”
Workshop "China's Population Trends and Challenges" Yong Cai, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Feinian Chen, University of Maryland Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine Qin Gao, Fordham University Lingxin Hao, Johns Hopkins University Ming Wen, University of Utah Xiaogang Wu, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Juan Wei-Jun Yeung, National … [Read more...]
