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We invite current Columbia graduate student with questions about teaching to drop by office hours anytime today 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 at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/my/ctlgrads. If you can't make office hours but want support, you can request an individual consultation at http://bit.ly/ctl-gradconsult or email us at CTLgrads@columbia.edu. Columbia University makes…

Want to practice a new in-class activity or just get some more practice before teaching in your classroom? Join peers in a Microteaching Practice session where you will divide into groups of 3-4 with a facilitator and take turns delivering short 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 graduate students looking to practice teaching are…

***Proof of vaccination is required to attend*** The beginning of the 1960s saw the growth of the Cambodian film industry. Although heavily influenced by the politics of the time, many films celebrated the country's cultural legacies that ushered in what is considered to be Cambodia's golden age of cinema. Cambodia's political upheavals saw complete destruction of the industry as artists of all disciplines were targeted and killed under the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime from 1975 to 1979. The 1990s saw…

Prospective and current majors in Comparative Literature and Society and Medical Humanities are invited to this informal meet-n-greet with Professor Rishi Goyal, Director of Medical Humanities, and our DUS Professor Tommaso Manfredini. Light refreshments will be served. Come with your questions about the majors and the application process. If you are already a major, you are invited to join to bring your unique perspective and experience to the conversation. No registration or RSVP required.

Please join the Vietnamese Studies Program in a Book Talk with Ted Osius, Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam. For more information and to register, please click this link. — Today Vietnam is one of America’s strongest international partners, with a thriving economy and a population that welcomes American visitors. How that relationship was formed is a twenty-year story of daring diplomacy and a careful thawing of tensions between the two countries after a lengthy war that cost nearly 60,000 American…

Through the story of a man shipwrecked alone on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs and birds, and his encounter with a mysterious red turtle, The Red Turtle recounts the milestones in the life of a human being living in direct relationship with the island’s natural environment.  This animated film, told without dialogue, was written and directed by Belgian director Michael Dudok de Wit and co-produced by Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki from Studio Ghibli in Japan and Vincent Maraval from…

A 60-minute workshop for Columbia Faculty. For more information and to register, please click this link. Instructors may face a number of challenges when working to design and implement equitable assessments in their courses. It is essential for instructors to be able to both identify and address these challenges as they occur so that all students can have an equitable learning experience. Building upon reflections and discussion from the Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps resource and live workshop, this session will help…