UPCOMING EVENTS
Center for Korean Research Lecture
"Korean Literature in an Age of Globalization"
Jongyon Hwang, Professor, University of Chicago
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
(PLEASE NOTE UPDATED TIME)
403 Kent Hall
No reservation required. Open to all if space allows.
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Modern Tibetan Studies Program Film Screening
"Lhasa wangshi, Lha sa’i sngon byung gtam rgyud" (Old times in Lhasa)
Tibetan Contemporary Realism: local family TV dramas
Tibet TV, 2002
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
7:10 PM - 9:30 PM
Kent Hall, Rm. 522D
No reservation required. Open to all if space allows.
For more information on all film screenings, click HERE
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Lecture Series:
"The Global Financial Crisis: Responses from East and Southeast
Thomas Pepinsky, Assistant Professor of Government, faculty member of the Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
Monday, Nov 30, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
918 IAB
No reservation required
Co-sponsored by Columbia University's APEC Study Center
For more information, click HERE
For a complete listing of all upcoming events, please visit our calendar
NEWS
WEAI hosts a conversation on Japan and U.S. policy in Afghanistan
At a special lecture presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), joined M. Ishaq Nadiri, Jay Gould Professor of Economics at New York University and former Senior Economic Advisor to President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan, on November 12, 2009 to discuss relations between Japan, the United States, and Afghanistan. Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, moderated the lecture and emphasized the political instability in Afghanistan as the "most pressing international issue of our time."
Read more and watch the video here.
Related articles:
Columbia Spectator: Japan, U.S. scholars talk Afghanistan aftermath
NHK TV:Ogata: JICA may send more staff to Afghanistan
Relief Web: The international community must make a long term commitment to the future of Afghanistan
Columbia University Global: Visiting Diplomat and Afghani Adviser Advocate for Increased Development in Afghanistan
The Global Financial Crisis Lecture Series offers expert analyses on Chinese and Korean economies
Read more about:
Doowon Lee, Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei University, on "Korea's Exit Strategy"
Ross Garnaut, former Australian ambassador to China, on "The Great Crash of 2008 and China"
Helen Siu of Yale University kicks off new WEAI series with a talk on "Hong Kong’s Sinking and Shrinking Middle Class in a Rising Asia"
Having grown up in Hong Kong and professionally matured in the United States, Yale University Professor of Anthropology Helen Siu sees herself comfortably situated “at the margins,” a condition that similarly reflects Hong Kong in relation to Chinese society.
On October 28, Siu kicked-off “Hong Kong: Social Transformations,” a new Brown Bag Lecture Series from the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, with a presentation on “Hong Kong’s Sinking and Shrinking Middle Class in a Rising Asia.”
To read more, click here
