About Weatherhead's Publications Series

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute supports three main book series: the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Weatherhead Books on Asia, and Asia Perspectives. Scroll down this page for more information on each series.

The Institute's publications program also encompasses the following print and digital items:

• The Annual Report (an overview of the Institute’s activities and membership);
• The APAC Journal, which is prepared by the graduate student group known as the Asia Pacific Affairs Council;
• The Reed, an annual student-focused newsletter;
• the eblast (a weekly email events, opportunities, and news digest);
• The Year in Review, a web compendium of the previous year's highlights.

For all inquiries, please contact Communications Coordinator Jeff Tompkins at [email protected].

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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute

The Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute were inaugurated in 1962 to bring to public attention the results of significant new research on modern and contemporary East Asia. To date more than 250 titles have been published, by academic and trade presses and represent scholars of Northeast Asia, Inner Asia, and Southeast Asia from around the world.

2025–2026 Editorial Committee:
Ruth Barraclough, Nick Bartlett, Carol Gluck, Lauran Hartley, John Phan, Ying Qian

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Weatherhead Books on Asia

This series, initiated in 2001, is designed to produce and publish high quality translations of works in Asian languages intended for scholars, students, and the interested general reader.

Editors: David D. W. Wang (Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University) for fiction; Carol Gluck (George Sansom Professor Emerita of History at Columbia University) for history, society, and culture.

Published by Columbia University Press.

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Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture

This series presents works that cross the usual boundaries between scholarly monographs and works of general interest. Its aim is to publish serious original writings and significant translations for the general reader and for classroom use.

Editor: Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor Emerita of History at Columbia University.

Published by Columbia University Press.

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