Current Events Series
A multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research initiative led by Professor Qin Gao and funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, this 2025–2026 lecture series spotlights new empirical and theoretical research that interrogates China’s post-COVID standing through social, economic, political, and gender-based lenses.
Established in 2005, the Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics, chaired by Professor Gerald L. Curtis, brings top research scholars, government officials, and representatives from non-government organizations to Columbia University to speak on critical policy issues related to Japan.
Funded by an anonymous donor, the Borton-Mosely Distinguished Lecture is jointly sponsored each year by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Harriman Institute. It is named after two members of the founding generation of the East Asian and Russian Institutes (as Weatherhead and Harriman were originally known) at Columbia University.
The N. T. Wang Distinguished Lecture, presented annually since 2010 by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in collaboration with the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, has provided internationally renowned experts on the Chinese economy an opportunity to share their work with the Columbia community.