Past Events

Save the Date Resurrecting Entrepreneurship to Revive Japan Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 12:50 – 1:50 PM (Lunch will be provided) Room 490, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School Featuring: Richard Katz, Editor, Japan Economy Watch; Special Correspondent, Toyo Keizai Inc. Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University Event Contact Information: Center on Japanese Economy and Business cjeb@gsb.columbia.edu

CTLgrads Learning Community - Bridging the Divide: Interdisciplinary Teaching and Its Pedagogical Effects (Session 2) - for graduate students What are the effects of “disciplining” knowledge and how might an interdisciplinary approach to developing syllabi enrich pedagogical practice and student learning in the classroom? This two-part LC will consider these questions and the effect of interdisciplinary teaching more broadly. Among the goals of this LC is to consider the benefits of constructing a unified academy and what effect interdisciplinarity has on…

It is that spooky time of year again, and we are pleased to invite you to stop by for our annual Halloween and fall celebration event on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2:00-4:30pm in 403 Kent Hall. Costumes are not required, but we would be delighted to see you in your themed best. Small snacks, refreshments, and treats will be provided. To help us anticipate the catering needs, please RSVP via the QR code on the flyer or through this email link:…

Alexandra Munroe Senior Curator at Large, Global Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation October 31, 2024; 5:30–7PM 807 Schermerhorn Hall RSVP: mo2486@columbia.edu Alexandra Monroe is an award-winning curator who has worked on over forty exhibitions, recognized for her pioneering scholarship on artists Cai Guo Qiang, Daido Moriyama, Yayoi Kusama, Lee Ufan, Mu Xin, and Yoko Ono, among others. She has brought historic avant-garde movements as Gutai, Mono-ha, Japanese otaku culture, and Chinese conceptual art to international attention. Her project…

Should We Punish Sweating Statues?: Confucian Discourses on Buddhist Miracles at the Chosŏn Court   TIME:  THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2024, 6:00 - 7:30 PM LOCATION: Kent Hall, Lounge 403 SPEAKER: Professor Youn-mi Kim (Ewha Women’s University) On October 31, Columbia University’s Center for Korean Research offers a wonderful opportunity to attend a guest lecture by Prof. Kim Youn-mi, a scholar of East Asian Buddhist art history. In the lecture, Kim will explore why the perspiration miracles of Buddhist statues posed a persistent challenge at the Confucian court of Chosŏn.…

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…

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: Thomas Parks, Vice President, The Asia Foundation Moderator: Ann Marie Murphy, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar; Professor and Director, Center for Foreign Policy Studies, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University In this event, Tom Parks will discuss his excellent new book, Southeast Asia’s Multipolar Future: Averting a New Cold War. The book argues that Southeast Asia is emerging as an open, autonomous region, where small and middle powers can maintain their sovereignty and shape the regional order. Despite new…