We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea, published by Cornell University Press. The book’s author is Celeste L. Arrington, Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Xing Hang’s “Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c.1620–1720, published by Cambridge University Press. The book’s author is Xing Hang, Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. Xing Hang's book looks at the … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Travis Workman’s “Imperial Genus”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan, published by the University of California Press. The book’s author is Travis Workman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Christopher Rea’s “The Age of Irreverence”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China, published by the University of California Press. The book’s author is Christopher Rea, associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. In his book, Professor Rea tells the story of … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Reto Hofmann’s “The Fascist Effect”
We are pleased to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy: 1915-1952, published by Cornell University Press. The book’s author is Reto Hofmann, who currently teaches at Monash University. In this book, Professor Hofmann uncovers the ideological links that tied Japan to Italy in the interwar … [Read more...]
