Past Events

Though the realm of the senses, movement, and the physical spaces in which we teach and learn may feel beyond the purview of our own instructional design and control, in fact, learning spaces and the bodies that inhabit them exert powerful influences on learning. This in mind, instructors can make intentional interventions to their pedagogical practices, classrooms, and syllabi to foster student learning and engagement (Hrach, 2021). What might it look like to intentionally engage this physical context of learning…

Speaker: Chizuko Ueno, Professor Emerita University of Tokyo, Chief Director of the Non Profit Organization, Women’s Action Network Moderator: Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor Emerita of History, Columbia University

Speaker: Denis Fred Simon, Distinguished Fellow, Institute of China-America Studies (ICAS); Former Executive Vice Chancellor, Duke Kunshan University Moderator: Xiaobo Lü, Professor, Political Science, Barnard College

Speaker: Chizuko Ueno, Professor Emerita University of Tokyo, Chief Director of the Non Profit Organization, Women’s Action Network Moderator: Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor Emerita of History, Columbia University

CTLgrads Learning Community - Teaching Beyond the Classroom (Session 2) - for graduate students **Note that this session takes place at the American Museum of Natural History** How do we as teachers think about teaching to different audiences, in different contexts, and in different places? We will explore concepts of expert bias, inclusivity and access, peer-to-peer learning, and teaching without a teacher. We will do this in a traditional classroom setting and then also explore this through a field trip to a…

Speaker: Kurt Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State Moderator: Xiaobo Lü, Professor, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science, Barnard College The China Town Hall program is a two-part program from the National Committee on US-China Relations that provides a snapshot of the current U.S.-China relationship and examines how that relationship reverberates at the local level – in our towns, states, and nation. The webinar is broadcast across the US in different venues. This year's webinar will feature Kurt Campbell in conversation with…

Speakers:  Alan Adelson, Producer and Director Kate Taverna, Producer, Director, and Editor Madam Tran To Nga, French-Vietnamese Activist Carol van Strum, American Activist Moderator: Hoang Minh Vu, Postdoctoral