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November 2025
Increasing Taiwan’s Resilience: Policy Options and Debates
Speakers: Four representatives of the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technologies (DSET) Moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University Experts from the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technologies (DSET) will give presentations on Taiwan’s economic security, national security, democratic governance, and energy resilience; various dimensions of Taiwan’s vulnerabilities in the face of PRC pressure; and policy options to increase societal resilience, as seen by a think…
Find out more »The Silence of the Silk Road: A Conversation with Uyghur Scholar Abduweli Ayup and Film Screening
Speaker: Abduweli Ayup, Uyghur scholar and rights advocate Moderator: Tenzin Dorjee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Abduweli Ayup is a leading Uyghur scholar, poet, and human rights activist. Born in Kashgar, Ayup was detained in 2013 for advocating Uyghur language education. The event will include the screening of the short film “Behind the Mask,” which recounts Ayup’s extraordinary confrontation with a former camp guard, the toll his activism has taken on his family, and his lifelong struggle…
Find out more »Generation Xi: Youth Attitudes Toward Civic Engagement in China
Speaker: Jessica Teets, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College Moderator: Qin Gao, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Director of China Center for Social Policy, Columbia School of Social Work Jessica Teets presents findings on how China’s “COVID generation,” youth who came of age during lockdowns, are reshaping civic engagement norms. Drawing on original survey data from the Civic Participation in China Surveys (2018-2024), she explores shifting attitudes toward volunteering,…
Find out more »Book Talk: ‘The Red Wind Howls,’ by Tsering Döndrup
Speaker: Christopher Peacock, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Dickinson College Moderator: Lauran Hartley, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, WEAI, Columbia University Professor Christopher Peacock will speak about his translation of The Red Wind Howls (Columbia University Press) by Tsering Döndrup, arguably the most published Tibetan novelist in China (and the world) today. The Red Wind Howls delves deep into forbidden history of the Mao era, including the 1958 Amdo rebellion when Tibetans rose in armed revolt against the Chinese…
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