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March 2024
Leveraging Learning Spaces Seminar (for grad students)
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…
Find out more »Towards Comparative History of Sexual Violence and War- A Book Talk by Chizuko Ueno
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
Find out more »China’s Emerging Talent Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities
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
Find out more »Toward A Comparative History of Sexual Violence and War – A Book Talk with Leading Feminist Chizuko Ueno
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
Find out more »LC2: Teaching Beyond the Classroom (for Grads)
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…
Find out more »China Town Hall 2024
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…
Find out more »The People vs. Agent Orange
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
Find out more »Local Administrative Centers and their Transitions during the Warring States and Qin-Han Period
Speaker: Tao Guo, Columbia University / Central China Normal University (China) Time: March 29, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House *Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. The Warring States and Qin-Han period marked the establishment of the county and commandery system, during which the local administrative centers gradually shifted from counties to commanderies, moving from decentralization to centralization. This talk will examine the changes in the relationship between the central and local…
Find out more »NOISE AND CRIES: Rewiring Traditional Voices and Rhythms with bela (굉음과 울음: 전통적 리듬과 목소리를 새로 엮기)
The Center for Ethnomusicology and the Computer Music Center at Columbia University invite you to a free performance and discussion with bela (they/them), a Paju, South Korea-born and Berlin-based performance artist and electronic musician. After their set, Ethnomusicology PhD student and freelance music journalist James Gui will moderate a discussion about their work. Location: 315 Prentis Hall (632 W 125th St, New York, NY) about bela Originally from Paju, South Korea, bela is a musician and a performance artist based in Berlin. They are…
Find out more »April 2024
Is Guanxi Changing? Referral Hiring and Social Networks in China
Speaker: Elena Obukhova, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization, McGill University Moderator: Yao Lu, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University What is the role of guanxi in China today? To answer this question, Professor Elena Obukhova examines the relationship between social networks and referral hiring. In the first study, she compares China and the US. In the second study, she explores differences between China’s provinces. This event is part of the 2023-2024 lecture series on “Labor Market Transformations in China" and is hosted by the Weatherhead…
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