East Asia Program
Wong Chai Lok Calligraphy Fellowship
Wong Chai Lok is a renowned Chinese calligrapher and educator whose work has been exhibited at Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. A fund established in his name periodically awards a fellowship to a calligrapher of outstanding merit to exhibit their work and provide an artist's residency at Cornell.
Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium 古文品讀
The Cornell Classical Chinese Colloquium (CCCC) 古文品讀 is a reading group for scholars interested in premodern Sinographic text (古文). The group meets monthly during the semester to explore a variety of classical Chinese texts and styles. Other premodern texts linked to classical Chinese in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese have been explored. Presentations include works from the earliest times to the 20th century. Workshop sessions are led by local, national, and international scholars.
Hu Shih Distinguished Lecture
The 2024-2025 Hu Shih Distinguished Lecture (recording available)
Cornell Contemporary China Initiative
The Cornell Contemporary China Initiative (CCCI) brings together scholars, researchers, and students with sustained research interests in contemporary China. In response to widely expressed needs related to contemporary China across campus, CCCI invites leaders in the field to give talks on an array of interdisciplinary issues about the current Chinese economy, politics, and society. Everyone is welcome to join!
Katzenstein Wins Skytte Prize in Political Science
Skytte considered Nobel Prize for political science
The award honors Katzenstein's pioneering work in political economy, global security policy, and European politics.
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Arnika Fuhrmann
Associate Professor, Asian Studies
Arnika Fuhrmann is an interdisciplinary scholar of Southeast Asia, working at the intersections of the region’s aesthetic and political modernities. Her work seeks to model an approach to the study of Southeast Asia that is informed by affect, gender, urban, and media theory and anchored in thorough cultural, linguistic, and historical knowledge of the region. It stresses a translocal focus that manifests in both geographically and theoretically comparative frameworks.
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- EAP Core Faculty
- SEAP Core Faculty
Contact
Email: aif32@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-255-3162
East Asia Conversations Podcast: China's pork fix
Mindi Schneider in conversation with John Zinda
Mindi Schneider discusses her research titled The Pork Fix: African Swine Fever and the Opportunity of Crisis in China’s Pork Industry.
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Tong Yangtze’s ‘Immortal at the River’ installation process
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Tong Yang-Tze Immortal at the River Chinese calligraphy exhibit being installed at the Johnson Museum.
You may also view the online version of Tong Yang-Tze "Immortal at the River" Chinese calligraphy exhibit at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and read more about the artist in the Cornell Chronicle.
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Contact
Address
140 Uris Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7601
Phone
Fax
+1-607-254-5000 (Attention East Asia Program)
eap@cornell.edu
For EAP publications, please contact the Cornell East Asia Series.
Peter Katzenstein
Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies
Peter Katzenstein is the Einaudi Center's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies in the Department of Government, College of Arts and Sciences. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics. He was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science in 2020 for his pioneering research.
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- EAP Core Faculty
- IES Faculty Associate
- PACS Steering Committee
- PACS Minor Field Instructor
- Einaudi Faculty Leadership
Contact
Email: pjk2@cornell.edu