Events Search and Views Navigation
November 2024
From Birth Control to Reproductive Health: The Long Journey of Ending China’s One Child Policy
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo, Egypt, in September 1994, and as part of WEAI 75th Anniversary celebration’s Global Policy Series, this panel discussion will feature several scholars and policymakers deeply involved in the evolvement and end of China's one-child policy, with discussions on historical changes as well as updated analyses of China’s social and demographic trends and projections for the future. The event will be co-sponsored by the…
Find out more »Is this an Orientalist Painting?
The Society of Fellows hosts the Thursday Lecture Series (TLS), which runs regularly throughout the academic year. The Fall Semester TLS, our Fellows present their own work, chaired by Columbia faculty. Is this an Orientalist Painting? Lecture by Iheb Guermazi Chaired by Manan Ahmed In 1897, Ivan Aguéli, a young Swedish painter and anarchist activist, converted to Islam. Five years later, he moved to Egypt to become the main spokesman of an Arab Sufi reformist movement based in Cairo. Aguéli- the first…
Find out more »Making “Likeness” as a New Paradigm: A Representational Turn in Visual Culture at the Qianlong Court
Speaker: Professor Yu-Chih Lai (Academia Sinica) Location: Schermerhorn Hall, Room 807
Find out more »Meanings of Antiquity: Myth interpretation in Premodern Japan
In this talk, Matthieu Felt discusses his 2023 book Meanings of Antiquity, the first dedicated study of how the oldest Japanese myths, recorded in the eighth-century texts Kojiki and Nihon shoki, changed in meaning and significance between 800 and 1800 CE. Generations of Japanese scholars and students have turned to these two texts and their creation myths to understand what it means to be Japanese and where Japan fits into the world order. As the shape and scope of the world explained…
Find out more »CTLgrads Office Hours (for Graduate Students)
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…
Find out more »Combatting Procrastination
Learn about common causes of procrastination, including perfectionism and imposter phenomenon. Leave this workshop with new tools and strategies to help overcome this common issue.
Find out more »Hydropolitics in Central Asia in the Context of Climate Change
Registration REQUIRED by 1pm on November 24, 2024 in order to attend this event. Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Asel Murzakulova. Moderated by Alexander Cooley. Central Asia has experienced a faster rise in temperature than the global average (IPCC, 2023). As a result, the region is facing an increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as greater aridity, more frequent droughts, glacier melt, and declining agricultural productivity. Additionally, variability in snowfall in mountainous regions worsens environmental and agricultural…
Find out more »December 2024
CTLgrads Office Hours (for Graduate Students, Online only)
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. 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 via Zoom. To join office hours via Zoom, email CTLgrads@columbia.edu to obtain the link. If you can't make office hours but want support, you can request an…
Find out more »
