Professor Rubinstein taught East Asian history at Baruch College for more than 40 years and was central to the growth of Taiwan studies.
Bradley Jardine and Edward Lemon explore how Central Asian nations are taking advantage of global realignments, mineral wealth, and emerging transit corridors to gain leverage and resist dependency.
“A good representation . . . can be translated into policy, into action,” acting director of Columbia’s Asian American Initiative says of the new mayor's appointees.
Eight Tuesday evening sessions will range from the Opium Wars through the Cold War up to present-day tensions surrounding trade surpluses, Taiwan, and more.
Japan historian's work-in-progress will consider the confinement of more than 120,000 civilians in eight countries as "an experiment in global racial management."
While calling US support for Taiwan “unreliable,” Columbia political scientist also argues that Xi Jinping's supposed deadline of 2027 has been misunderstood.
Hsaio Chu-chen's documentary "A Chip Odyssey" reveals the decades of strategy and sheer hard work that made Taiwan's semiconductor industry.
Selection committee says EALAC professor’s study “breaks new ground in the field of contemporary media.”
A new Weatherhead Studies title untangles the many "conflicting and almost contradictory interpretations" of the 1954 relocation of more than 800,000 Vietnamese.
In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the Global Vietnam Studies Program builds relationships with four major institutions.
"Our program is rooted in history, but it looks to the future," EALAC Professor John Phan tells local audience.
Running from May 21 to June 7, 2026, the not-for-credit program is open to Columbia, Barnard, and Kyushu University undergraduates and MA students.