Past Events

Speaker: Boqun Zhou, University of Hong Kong Time: October 20, 2023 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. Shi 勢 stands as one of the most pivotal concepts in early Chinese strategic thinking. It encompasses a spectrum of interconnected meanings in Warring States philosophical texts, spanning from configuration/situation” and “positional advantage” to “power” and ultimately “potential.” Recent advances in paleographic scholarship have unveiled the original meaning of shi as “to set…

What Is Asia? International Conference Where: Hybrid, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and remote To register, please visit the conference website, or send an email to whatisasia@usc.es Registration for attendees (free) will remain open until October 22.

Abstract: How to overcome the “brain drain?” In 1999, Meyer et. al. proposed the “Diaspora Option,” where developing states mobilize their overseas nationals for help in development. In the mid-1990s, China’s hope for a “reverse brain drain” of overseas scientists, academics and entrepreneurs stalled. So, in 2001, Jiang Zemin introduced China’s Diaspora Option, labelled, “serving the country” (为国服务) without “returning to the country” （回国服务）. Party/State efforts include a wide array of programs to encourage overseas talent to transfer their knowledge…

We invite current Columbia graduate students with questions about teaching to drop by office hours on Fridays from 2:00–4:00 pm. We also welcome conversations about CTL fellowships, programs, services, job market preparation, and making progress in the Teaching Development Program (tdp.ctl.columbia.edu). No appointment is necessary; you can join us in-person in 212 Butler Library, or via Zoom at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/my/ctlgrads. If you can't make office hours but want support, you can request an individual consultation at http://bit.ly/ctl-gradconsult or email us at CTLgrads@columbia.edu. Columbia University makes every…

Speaker: Satoru Mori, Professor, Keio University Moderator: Ayumi Teraoka, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute Speaker's Bio: Satoru Mori is the professor of contemporary international politics at the Faculty of Law, and the deputy director of the Keio Center for Strategy at Keio University. Professor Mori is currently undertaking research on U.S. strategy in Asia, U.S. defense innovation and its implications for U.S. allies, and the history of U.S. defense strategy during the Cold War. He is a former Japanese Foreign Ministry official and…

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business are pleased to announce the Fourteenth Annual N.T Wang Distinguished Lecture “China’s Prosperous Middle Class and Consumption-Led Growth: Catching up with the West?” featuring Terry Sicular, Professor of Economics, Western University  and moderated by Qin Gao, Professor and Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Director of China Center for Social Policy, Columbia University School of Social Work. In recent years China has called for the pursuit of the interconnected goals of ‘common prosperity’…

Speaker: Sabine Mokry, PhD candidate at Leiden University’s Political Science Department and an associate researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Moderator: Daniel Suchensky, Columbia University WEAI For more information on this event, and to register to attend, please visit the website

We invite current Columbia graduate students with questions about teaching to drop by office hours on Fridays from 2:00–4:00 pm. We also welcome conversations about CTL fellowships, programs, services, job market preparation, and making progress in the Teaching Development Program (tdp.ctl.columbia.edu). No appointment is necessary; you can join us in-person in 212 Butler Library, or via Zoom. To join office hours via Zoom, email CTLgrads@columbia.edu to obtain the link. If you can't make office hours but want support, you can request an individual consultation at http://bit.ly/ctl-gradconsult…