Past Events

Speaker: Hsinning Liu, Academia Sinica Time: February 2, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. In Juyan Han manuscripts, distinct handwriting styles for personal names can be discerned within official documents. Through a review of prior research, I will argue that these represent signatures, and at least during the mid-Western Han period (around 50 BCE), the signature system was prevalent across the Empire. Moreover, drawing upon newly excavated…

Learn about and engage with backward design: a scalable, end-in-mind approach to instruction that will help you effectively plan an activity, a class session, or an entire course. In this workshop for graduate students, we will discuss how to use previously-determined and described learning objectives as part of the backward design approach to drive assignments, feedback, and in-class activities for students. Where: Butler Library, 535 W. 114 St., New York, NY 10027 Room/Area: 203 Contact: Center for Teaching and Learning,…

In December 2023, the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law published a special issue on climate litigation, edited by Maria Antonia Tigre and Otto Spijkers. The special issue features a wide range of articles written exclusively by rapporteurs of the Sabin Center’s Peer Review Network of Climate Litigation. This special issue addresses persistent imbalances and disparities in climate litigation, transcending perceived challenges by broadening the narrative and exploring uncharted territories. With over 50% of cases across diverse jurisdictions favorably aligned with climate action,…

Speaker: Leta Hong Fincher, Research Associate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Moderator: Nicholas Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Chinse Culture and Society, AMEC/EALAC, Columbia University  

Format: In-person ONLY, location will be announced soon Speaker: Chiaki Sakai, Japanese Studies Librarian at C.V. Starr East Asian Library If you are interested, RSVP via this Google Form by 9 pm, Feb 7. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

Practice developing class activities that align with your learning objectives for students and incentivize all students to participate. Join the CTL for this workshop for graduate students focused on giving you strategies to engage students in their own learning better. In this workshop, we will discuss the evidence and efficacy of various active learning strategies, and consider how these approaches can make our classrooms more inclusive. Contact: Center for Teaching and Learning, CTLgrads@columbia.edu

Online Learning Community designed and run by Elizabeth Adetiba (Sociology) and Valeria Spacciante (Classics) Participation in this LC is by application, due Monday, January 29 – see information below Part 1 – Power Dynamics in the Classroom Thursday, February 15, 2024, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET, on Zoom Workshop on Teaching Statements—Thursday, February 22, 2024.12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET, on Zoom Part 2 – Facilitating Inclusivity in the Classroom Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET, on Zoom Workshop on Diversity Statements—Thursday,…

Please mark your calendars for the Global Language Justice book launch on Thursday February 15 @ 6:15PM. It will be held in the Heyman Center Common Room. Please register here. The book is edited by EALAC faculty Lydia Liu with Anupama Rao and Charlotte Siverman. They will be joined by Emily Apter (NYU), Brent Hayes Edwards, Reinhold Martin and Irina Kalinka. Please see the attached poster for all details. The event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Global Thought and the Institute for Comparative Literature and…