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: Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, University of Washington Time: November 8, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House *This event will be held via Zoom. Please click on “Request Pre-circulated Paper” to register for the event. China’s tuigeng huanlin, or “Returning Farmland to Forest” program, has been widely praised as a major contributor to China’s dramatic increase in forest cover. To preserve the biodiversity found in the Jiuzhaigou National Park, and believing that the history of human impact inside the park was relatively…

Speaker: Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, University of Washington Title: “A Deep History of Human Activity in the Jiuzhaigou National Park” Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST Venue: Zoom For attendance information, please visit www.tangcenter-columbia.org

Speaker: Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, Assistant Professor of Lifeways in Indigenous Asia, University of British Columbia Dr. Pasang Sherpa will discuss her latest research on community-based approaches to co-creating knowledge and solutions in working towards collective survival on warming planet. This project builds on her previous research on the human dimensions of climate change in the Himalayas and long-term ethnographic study of the Sherpa community at home and in the diaspora. Dr. Sherpa uses ethnographic methods to study everyday concerns of Himalayan…

Columbia University Taiko is proud to present this year's annual Taiko Festival featuring groups from across the East Coast including kaDON, Soh Daiko, OMNY Taiko, Casual Fifth, and more. Come feel the rhythms of taiko drums, eat good food, and celebrate our tenth anniversary as a taiko ensemble! Doors will open at 4:00pm. Performances will begin at 5:00, followed by an intermission, and will resume performing around 6:55pm. Event Contact Information: Kay Evans (425)516-9881 kue2102@barnard.edu

Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister, will discuss his new book, On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World (Oxford University Press, September 2024). Ambassador Rudd’s book argues that there have been large shifts in China’s ideological worldview under Xi Jinping, creating a new form of “Marxist-Leninist Nationalism” which informs Beijing’s approach to politics, economics, and foreign policy. Speakers The Hon. Kevin Rudd served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, then as Minister for Foreign Affairs, before…

Featuring: Yumiko Murakami, General Partner, MPower Partners Fund L.P. Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University Talking Points: - Japan is a shrinking country with a demographic crisis - Japan is leading the global trend of demographic tsunamis - A technology (AI/digitization) tsunami is also hitting Japan and the world - How a double tsunami (demography/technology) can create economic opportunities for Japan - Key success factors include (1) innovation, (2) reskilling, and (3)…

This event will be hosted in hybrid format. RSVP to attend in person. Register for the Zoom meeting. It is generally accepted that the early history of Buddhist modernism is largely connected with the regions of Asia that experienced prolonged European colonization (Ceylon) or earlier than others embarked on the path of reforms along the European model (Japan). In his presentation, Nikolay Tsyrempilov will demonstrate how the late 19th-century Mongol-speaking Buddhists of the Russian Empire began to develop modernist ideas in response to vigorous…