Upcoming Events

Title: “Master, State and Patron: Three Models of Literati Engagement During the Warring States Period (481 B.C.E.-221 B.C.E.)” Speaker: Andrew Meyer, Brooklyn College CUNY Time: October 17, 2025 (4:30-6:30 PM EST) Venue: Faculty House Among the many contests evinced by the written record of the Warring States Period, one has received relatively little attention among modern scholars: the debate over the normative social forms that should structure literati’s life and work. In this essay I will unpack three different models…

Speaker: Michael Pettid, Professor of Korean Studies, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Binghamton University Moderator: Jungwon Kim, the King Sejong Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, Columbia University This talk examines the life of an upper-status woman, Lady Yi (1759–1824), and her household in the late Chosŏn period. Through her writings, we see a world shaped by resourcefulness and autonomy within the constraints of her time. Her guidebook, an encyclopedia of domestic practice compiled for her daughters and daughters-in-law, offers a…

Speakers:  Samuele Collu, Assistant Professor, Medical and Psychological Anthropologist, McGill University Nick Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Chinse Culture and Society, AMEC/EALAC, Columbia University Moderator:  Ying Qian, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Columbia University Samuele Collu will discuss his ongoing research on the phenomenology of scrolling through TikTok, which reveals algorithmic feeds functioning as externalized dream sequences that modulate the user’s unconscious life. Nick Bartlett will then speak about his work in…

CTLgrads Learning Community - Into the Unknown: Teaching Futures and Uncertainty (Session 2) - for graduate students As teachers, we can sometimes feel pressure to present the world as certain, conclusive, and neatly structured. But global challenges like climate change, political divisiveness, and technological disruption remind us that the future is inherently uncertain—and that normative debates about what should be done are unavoidable. This two-part Learning Community explores how we can recognize and harness uncertainty in ways that are productive rather than…

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…

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business are pleased to announce the Sixteenth Annual N. T. Wang Distinguished Lecture: “Slow Tech Dragon: A Balanced Assessment of China's Economic Trajectory,” featuring Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and moderated by Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations; Director, China and the World Program, Columbia University. China is increasingly viewed as an emerging high-tech superpower…

How is “care” conceptualized (or ignored) in your field? What practices, ethics, or traditions shape how care is enacted in your discipline’s pedagogical and research spaces? Where do you see room for supporting these? Is there any need to disrupt, expand, or reimagine these? If so, how might that be done?  This session invites teaching fellows to explore how their discipline has historically conceptualized, embodied, or excluded care—whether through its methodologies, ethical commitments, or relational practices—to inform their own pedagogical…