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October 2026
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Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »“I Will Be There After My Wandering” (Documentary Film, 2025, Dir. Zhang Yang): Revisiting the Transpacific of Wan-go Weng (1918-2020)
Speakers: Zhang Yang, filmmaker Jane Gaines, Professor of Film in the Faculty of the Arts, School of the Arts, Columbia University Ying Qian, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of East Asian Langs and Cultures, Columbia University Jim Cheng, Director, C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Starr East Asian Library Opening Remarks: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia; Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University…
Find out more »Symposium – The Weaving of a Legend: Chūjōhime in International Perspectives
IMJS: Institute for Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives Event Symposium - The Weaving of a Legend: Chūjōhime in International Perspectives Saturday, October 17, 2026 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST James Room (4th Floor) in Barnard Hall, Barnard College 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Register by noon on Thursday, October 15: https://www.imjs-jchi.org/event/the-weaving-of-a-legend-chujohime-in-international-perspectives/ This one-day symposium brings together scholars from the U.S. and Japan to explore the lives and legends of Chūjōhime and the Taima mandala in literary, religious, and art…
Find out more »When Wor(l)ds Collide: Chinese Characters, East Asian Writing, and Ideographic Universalism
Critical Chinese Humanities Colloquium event: Title: When Wor(l)ds Collide: Chinese Characters, East Asian Writing, and Ideographic Universalism Zev Handel (University of Washington) Date: October 22, 2026 Time: 6:10-7:40 pm Location: Kent 403 | Hybrid Zoom registration: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_frchsb5mTCOXoUUw7CKurw#/registration In-person registration (for non CU audience): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdm8N7e2z8hEHD79oxFeFHOTj3Y-R7-jnhvR5Tj2iHcDfbl3g/viewform Website: https://www.columbiaucch.org/upcoming-events/when-worlds-collide-chinese-characters-east-asian-writing-and-ideograp Event Co-sponsors: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures; The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities; Institute for Comparative Literature and Society; Weatherhead East Asian Institute; The University Seminar in World Philology; Center…
Find out more »Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »November 2026
Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »December 2026
Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
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