Upcoming Events

The Modern China Seminar invites you to its fourth and final meeting of the Fall 2025 semester on Thursday, December 4 at 918 IAB (International Affairs Building) and on Zoom (see link below). As usual, the discussion will go from 7-9 PM, with dinner available at 6:35 PM. "Dispossession and Countermovement in the Longue Durée: Agricultural Collectivization, Urbanization, Nostalgia" Speaker: Professor Jesse Rodenbiker, Department of Geography, Rutgers Discussant: Professor Nick R. Smith, Architecture and Urban Studies, Barnard If you plan to attend, please RSVP to modernchinasem@gmail.com by December 3 to receive a…

For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 4:00 pm on Dec. 4 for campus access. Names will be submitted for…

We invite current Columbia graduate students with questions about maintaining an inclusive teaching environment and all other aspects of pedagogy to drop by office hours on Fridays from 2:00–4:00 pm. We also welcome conversations about CTL fellowships, programs, services, job market preparation, and making progress in the Teaching Development Program (tdp.ctl.columbia.edu). No appointment is necessary; you can join us in-person in 212 Butler Library, or via Zoom. To join office hours via Zoom, email CTLgrads@columbia.edu to obtain the link. Learn more about what you can…

Ocean of Song and Dance brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore the shifting currents of song, dance, ritual, and theatre across the Tibetan and Himalayan worlds.  Featuring a keynote address by Jamyang Norbu and panels on performance, gender, and identity, the program also includes live, immersive demonstrations and participatory workshops on ache lhamo, or Tibetan opera.  The conference highlights performance at the intersections of tradition and innovation, the sacred and the secular, and the local and the global,…

Speaker: Shu-Li Wang, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica Time: December 5, 2025 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Kent Hall 403 **Please use the ‘Request Pre-circulated Paper’ link to RSVP by December 1. All visitors without a CUID are required to receive pre-authorization to gain access to Morningside campus as per guidelines of Columbia Morningside campus access. Attendees must present a government-issued ID with their name matching exactly the name registered for the event, along with an one-time QR code (via email),…

Ocean of Song and Dance brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore the shifting currents of song, dance, ritual, and theatre across the Tibetan and Himalayan worlds.  Featuring a keynote address by Jamyang Norbu and panels on performance, gender, and identity, the program also includes live, immersive demonstrations and participatory workshops on ache lhamo, or Tibetan opera.  The conference highlights performance at the intersections of tradition and innovation, the sacred and the secular, and the local and the global,…

The transformative socioeconomic changes China has experienced since Deng Xiaoping launched "reform and opening" in 1979 have turned an impoverished society into a global superpower.  But instead of a freer and more open society fully integrated into the existing liberal international order, economic modernization under one-party rule has only revived totalitarian rule and triggered an escalating geopolitical conflict with the U.S.   Although this tragic and potentially catastrophic outcome is not inevitable, Deng's strategy to save the Chinese Communist Party…

A 90-minute session for Columbia instructors.  Curious about how AI might support the way you design assessments and learning activities? Come experiment! This hands-on workshop invites you to explore a series of stations where you can use AI to generate and refine rubrics, quiz questions, case studies, and role play activities. Each station offers a chance to experiment, reflect, discuss how AI might support your teaching. CTL facilitators will be on hand to guide discussion and support your exploration. You’ll…