STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Olga Dror (Cambridge University Press, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, … [Read more...]
Columbia to Offer a Range of New Vietnam-Related Courses in 2018-19
As the 2018-19 academic year approaches, we are excited to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to new course offerings at Columbia on Vietnam's history and culture as well as on the Vietnamese language. Please watch the video below in which WEAI faculty members Lien-Hang Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia, and … [Read more...]
John Phan is Awarded ACLS Grant for an International Conference on Contact Zones & Colonialism in China’s South
We are pleased to announce that John Phan, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, has, along with collaborator Erica Brindley of Penn State University, received a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to hold the international conference "Contact Zones and Colonialism in China’s South." The conference will be part … [Read more...]
Read a Q&A with Lien-Hang Nguyen About CNN’s “1968” Original Series
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the Vietnam War on CNN's original series "1968," which will premiere over two nights: Sunday, May 27, 2018, and Monday, May 28, 2018. The broadcasts will air from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST. The four-part docuseries goes back … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Kathlene Baldanza’s “Ming China and Vietnam”
We are excited to announce a recent title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Ming China and Vietnam: Negotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia, now in paperback from Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Kathlene Baldanza, an Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University who earned her PhD in … [Read more...]
