Speakers:

David Rong, Publisher of Bouden House

Chung To, Chairperson, Chi Heng Foundation, a Chinese-American AIDS activist who worked closely with Dr. Gao in China

Shiyu Lin, journalist and author of an oral history of Dr. Gao; director of a documentary of Gao

Andrew Nathan, who took care of Dr. Gao’s practical affairs while she lived in exile in NYC

Wenchi Yu, Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia

Moderator: 

Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University

The event marks the publication of The Illustrated Biography of Gao Yaojie. Dr. Gao was a celebrated AIDS activist who lived the last 13 years of her life in exile in New York City. During part of that time she was a visiting scholar at Columbia. Speakers will talk about various phases of her life; the practical and symbolic importance of her work; and her legacy.

This event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.

Registration:

• To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
• To attend this event online, please register HERE.