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November 2025
Book Talk: ‘The Red Wind Howls,’ by Tsering Döndrup
Speaker: Christopher Peacock, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Dickinson College Moderator: Lauran Hartley, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, WEAI, Columbia University Professor Christopher Peacock will speak about his translation of The Red Wind Howls (Columbia University Press) by Tsering Döndrup, arguably the most published Tibetan novelist in China (and the world) today. The Red Wind Howls delves deep into forbidden history of the Mao era, including the 1958 Amdo rebellion when Tibetans rose in armed revolt against the Chinese…
Find out more »Depth and Delay: Burial as Medium in Medieval China
Speaker: Jeffrey Moser, Brown University Speaker bio: Jeffrey Moser is Associate Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University. His research attends, broadly, to the conceptual and material processes whereby past things are made present, with particular attention to the ways in which these processes intersect in the artistic practices and scholarly techne of medieval China. He is the author of Nominal Things: Bronzes in the Making of Medieval China (University of Chicago Press, 2023), awarded the…
Find out more »Generation Xi: Youth Attitudes Toward Civic Engagement in China
Speaker: Jessica Teets, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College Moderator: Qin Gao, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Director of China Center for Social Policy, Columbia School of Social Work Jessica Teets presents findings on how China’s “COVID generation,” youth who came of age during lockdowns, are reshaping civic engagement norms. Drawing on original survey data from the Civic Participation in China Surveys (2018-2024), she explores shifting attitudes toward volunteering,…
Find out more »CTLgrads Office Hours (for Graduate Students)
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. Learn more about what you can…
Find out more »China’s Military Options in the Taiwan Strait
November 17, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Event time is displayed in your time zone. School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street, Room 918, New York, NY 10027 For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street &…
Find out more »Vietnamerica: A Simulcast Film Screening & Discussion
November 18, 2025 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Event time is displayed in your time zone. Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, Room 569 Speaker: Nancy Bui, Executive Producer Following the wars in Vietnam, over two million people fled the country with the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. That exodus, referred to by many as “the boat people,” resulted in nearly half dying while in flight, the result of battling the elements, starvation, and pirates. Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen…
Find out more »CTLgrads Office Hours (for Graduate Students)
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. Learn more about what you can…
Find out more »CTLgrads Office Hours (for Graduate Students)
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. Learn more about what you can…
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