Dec. 18, 2014 Jim Cheng Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Almost two years ago, on Dec. 11, 2012, immediately after the New York Times reported that Mo Yan received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, asked me if we could invite Mo Yan […]
Category: East Asian Events
General information about things going on at Starr.
Library Open House today
C.V. Starr East Asian Library Open House Thursday, September 4, 2014 3:00-5:00 PM 300 Kent Hall Get to know the library staff, take a tour, see our new Tibetan Pecha & Graduate Study Area Refreshments will be served. […]
Documentary Views of Taiwan
Columbia University Libraries, School of the Arts, Film Studies M.A. Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Asia-Pacific Development Society, in partnership with Ministry of Culture, Republic of China, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office present: "Documentary Views of Taiwan": A Taiwan Documentary Film Festival and Symposium at Columbia, […]
Taiwan’s Digital Resources and the Study of Chinese Religious Culture
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Xu Bing event was great success!
On Tuesday April 30 a dual event entitled "Meeting with Xu Bing and His Work at Columbia" took place in the Starr Library and the EALAC lounge. Guest of honor was the famous Chinese artist Xu Bing, who recently donated one of his artworks Reflections While Reading to the Library. The program started off with […]
Seisai’s Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji on View
Starting November 9, we will be hosting a special exhibit of twelve prints by Seisai (the artist name of Peter MacMillan), from his series Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji. This exhibition will take place in our rare book reading room (access via the 200 level of the stacks), and will be on view through […]
Check Out The “Memory Project” On Monday, October 22
The M.A. Film Studies Program and C.V Starr East Asian Library presents, "Memory Project: Chinese Independent Documentaries" on Monday, October, 22 at 8pm. Chinese documentary filmmakers of the only-child generation explore their identities by engaging with the past. In 2011, these directors returned to their ancestral villages to uncover oral histories from their grandparents. Found […]
More Library Tours
Back by popular demand. We have added two more library tours. These will take place on: Thursday September 13 @ 10:00 AM, and Friday September 14 @ 10:00 AM If you missed out on our previous tours, here is your chance to catch up and find out what's what and what's where. Tours start at […]
Starr’s Bibliographic Orientation Fall Schedule
During the week of September 10 we will be offering bibliographic orientation sessions to introduce you to the most important resources in all our languages. The schedule is as follows: Monday, September 10 @ 3:00 PM Western-language resources, with Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn Tuesday, September 11 @ 10:00 AM Western-language resources, with Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn […]
Tour our Library
Come and familiarize yourself with all the nooks and crannies of our Library by attending one of our scheduled tours. No sign up is needed. All tours start at the Library service desk and last approximately one hour. Tuesday, September 4 @ 3:00 PM Wednesday, September 5 @ 10:30 AM and @ 2:30 PM Thursday, […]