Past Events

Jen Shyu will offer an inside look into her process behind research, composition, and improvisation that led to her three of her solo ritual-theater-music works: Solo Rites: Seven Breaths (2014) directed by Garin Nugroho; and Nine Doors (2017) and Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (2019), both directed by Alexandru Mihail. These works were inspired by 20+ years of study of traditional music and dance from five countries, including epic storytelling and East Coast shaman music from South Korea; music…

Speaker: Adam Schwartz, Hong Kong Baptist University Time: December 8, 2023 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. Among a recently published collection of Shāng dynasty oracle bones scientifically excavated from various deposits at Xiăotún village, Ānyáng, Hénán Province, there is a fragment of an ox scapulae inscribed with the previously unknown divinatory phrase yōu wáng 憂亡 ‘worry is gone.’  I propose, against current interpretations, to read the phrase as…

Speaker: Adam Schwartz, Hong Kong Baptist University Venue: Faculty House *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. Among a recently published collection of Shāng dynasty oracle bones scientifically excavated from various deposits at Xiăotún village, Ānyáng, Hénán Province, there is a fragment of an ox scapulae inscribed with the previously unknown divinatory phrase yōu wáng 憂亡 ‘worry is gone.’  I propose, against current interpretations, to read the phrase as it is written and not as a mistaken…

Speaker: Lucie Lu (陆璐), Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2023 This event is a hybrid with both in-person attendees and an online audience. It is sponsored by the China and the World Program and co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Register:  here or https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3qXK6P6OSLG3gQS-OkDGgw. If you are attending in-person, please go to 'INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUILDING AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - 420 W. 118TH ST., NEW YORK, NY 10027 ROOM 918'  Contact Information Daniel Suchenski ds3750@columbia.edu…

Graduate Student Teaching Orientation Debrief Session Are you a graduate student teaching for the first time or looking for guidance on how to prepare for your first week of classes? If you haven't done so already, enroll in the Teaching Orientation for Graduate Students, organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning at this link to access resources on the following topics: Establishing instructional goals and an inclusive learning climate Reviewing and reflecting on TA roles and teaching support Creating a policy…

The Teaching Development Program (TDP) offers doctoral and MFA students a means to document and articulate their teaching development at Columbia. Completion of foundational or advanced tracks in the TDP is certified by the CTL and noted on transcripts in Arts and Sciences, SEAS, the School of the Arts, Business School, Mailman School of Public Health, School of Social Work, and the School of Nursing. For more information or to register, visit the TDP site at https://tdp.ctl.columbia.edu/. Students currently in the TDP and those thinking about…

The online Teaching as Research Seminar (TaRS) trains participants to assess the impact of teaching interventions in the classroom. Over the course of these five asynchronous modules, participants gain proficiency in the Teaching as Research (TaR) method by defining an original research question, exploring data collection and assessment tools, and drawing on the support of peers and the instructor to draft a complete TaR proposal. The seminar culminates in the presentation of these proposals to the seminar cohort. TaRS will run online from January 22 to March 3. While…

Speaker: Edward Chung, Professor, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Moderator: Seong Uk Kim, Assistant Professor of Korean Religions and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Columbia University