Past Events

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. If you can't make office hours but…

Speaker: Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Moderator: Junyan Jiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University In merely two decades, China has transformed from a digital newcomer to the world’s largest e-commerce market, with 800 million users and nearly 50% of global retail sales. In From Click to Boom, Lizhi Liu explores why this e-commerce boom is "paradoxical" in a weak-rule-of-law environment, how it highlights a digital path for developing countries, and the profound impact it has had on…

Featuring: Natsumi Akita, Senior Executive Officer; Group Chief Branding Officer; Group Chief Culture Officer, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University Note: The seminar is part of CJEB’s Japanese Management Leadership Program. For more information, visit CJEB's website. Event Contact Information: Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School cjeb@gsb.columbia.edu

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…

Speakers: Alisa Freedman, Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender, University of Oregon Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor Emerita of History, Columbia University Amy V. Heinrich, former Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Moderator: Sarah Kovner, Senior Research Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Inspired by Women in Japanese Studies: Memoirs from a Trailblazing Generation, a book of 32 academic memoirs, this roundtable brings together scholars from different disciplines…

The Guggenheim and Rome Prize-winning composer, performer, and installation artist Miya Masaoka creates and shares new sounds. This Portrait showcases her exploration of the natural world and the bodily perception of vibration, movement, and time, with a world-premiere commission for long-time Miller collaborators International Contemporary Ensemble, alongside three recent works that illuminate her consistently innovative artistic practice. Event Contact Information: Miller Theatre - Box Office 212 854 7799 miller-arts@columbia.edu

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. If you can't make office hours but…

Looking for a supportive place to try out instructional approaches? This Practice Teaching session (formerly known as “Microteaching”) will pair you with a trained peer facilitator and a group of 3-4 other graduate students. Together, you and your fellow participants will take turns delivering short (<10 min.) samples of instruction to each other. After each teaching sample, your facilitator and your peers will offer structured feedback to support your teaching. Whether you are currently teaching at Columbia or not, all…