April 2026
Cybernetics of Influence: Set Design in the Age of Television
Cybernetics of Influence: Set Design in the Age of Television Weihong Bao UC Berkeley Date Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 Time 6:10–7:40 PM EST Location Hybrid | Kent 403 Zoom registration In-person registration (for non CU audience) 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; Center for Comparative Media Speaker bio: Weihong Bao is Pamela P. Fong and Family Distinguished…
Find out more »Haunting Hands: Artistic Remembrance of Hiroshima in 21st-Century Japan
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 Apr. 6 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »The Language of Cinema: In Conversation with Tran Anh Hung
5:30 PM Reception 6:30 - 8:00 PM Conversation Speakers: Tony Bui, Adjunct Professor, School of the Arts; former Artist in Residence, Weatherhead East Asian Institute Tran Anh Hung, internationally acclaimed French-Vietnamese filmmaker In a rare New York appearance, acclaimed French-Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung joins filmmaker and professor Tony Bui for a special dialogue. The evening explores Tran's distinctive cinematic language and creative evolution, featuring carefully selected scenes from across his celebrated body of work. From the intimate restraint of…
Find out more »Scrolling in China: A Look at Social Media, Podcasts, and Young People Today
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 April 10 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »US-PRC Defense Relations: Looking Back and Looking Forward
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 April 14 for campus access. Names will be submitted for…
Find out more »Light of the Setting Sun — A Documentary Film Screening and Discussion with Vicky Du
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 April 14 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »Ghosts of the Present: Nationalism and the Sinitic Cosmopolitan in the Medieval South
PLEASE NOTE: For non-Columbia guests, registration is required to access the Morningside campus 24 hours prior to the event. 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. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 1:00 PM on Thursday,…
Find out more »Unveiling Digitizing Vietnam: Sino-Vietnamese Studies in the Age of AI
PLEASE NOTE: For non-Columbia guests, registration is required to access the Morningside campus 24 hours prior to the event. 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. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 1:00 PM on Friday,…
Find out more »Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China
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 Apr. 22 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »Lessons from COVID-19 for Chinese Governance and State-Society Relations
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 April 23 for campus access. Names will be submitted for…
Find out more »One Boat, Many Islands: Indigeneity, Solidarity, and Resistance in Contemporary Taiwan
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 Apr. 23 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
Find out more »Daughter of the Light (2024): Film Screening & Discussion
Daughter of the Light (2024) | Official Trailer Join us for a screening of Daughter of the Light (2024), a deeply moving feature documentary by Tibetan filmmaker Khashem Gyal. The film follows a thirteen-year-old girl named Metok as she navigates the emotional complexities of her parents’ divorce in a rural town, set against the backdrop of generational and social change. A panel discussion will follow the screening. This event is part of the Asia in Action series and is presented…
Find out more »May 2026
“Forklift Disease”: The Making of an Occupational Illness in Postwar Japan
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 Apr. 30 for campus access. Names will be submitted…
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