The Columbia University Libraries held the “Welcome the Class of ’89” exhibit in Butler Library Main Reading Room in the afternoon of Saturday, June 1, celebrating the 35th reunion of the Class of ’89 in the Columbia Reunion 2024. The Starr Library participated in the CUL concerted effort by contributing a group of items carefully […]
Category: Exhibitions
New York International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition
The Second New York International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition (2017) will be hosted from October 27th 2017 to November 27th 2017 in the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University. The exhibition is organized by a group of organizations including North American Chinese Calligraphers Association; Calligraphy Research and Innovation Center of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing University of […]
Tharchin Babu talk, reception, and exhibition
Professor Tsering Shakya (University of British Columbia) will be speaking on Tuesday, February 28, at 4:15pm in the EALAC Lounge (Kent Hall, 4th floor). His talk is entitled “Tharchin Babu: A Mirror of the World from the Frontier.” Professor Gray Tuttle (EALAC) will serve as respondent, and facilitate discussion. The talk will be followed by […]
Cultural Revolution, Propaganda Art, and Historical Memories
The C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University, in partnership with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute will host “Cultural Revolution: Propaganda Art and Historical Memories” exhibition from September to November, 2016. The exhibition will be inaugurated with a film screening, a lecture and a reception on […]
Introductions to our Library
With a new semester just around the corner, we are offering a variety of events to help you get acquainted (or re-acquainted) with the Starr Library: Orientations and Tours Every weekday (except Labor Day) starting Monday, August 29 through Friday, September 9 we offer one-hour orientation sessions, including a tour of the library, led by […]
A Body in Fukushima, exhibition
Starting today, March 11, 2016, we have a new exhibition up in our reading room. The title is A Body in Fukushima, and it is made up of photographs by historian/photographer William Johnston of dancer/choreographer Eiko Otake. Johnston and Eiko traveled to Fukushima, Japan in January and July 2014, where Johnston photographed Eiko as she […]
Upcoming event in Starr
This Friday, September 25, 6:00-8:00 PM, we will have a special event in honor of the recent restoration of an important Korean painting in our collection, Cascading Waterfall in Mountains, by Ko Hui-dong. The event will take place in our reading room, and will include a number of brief lectures in addition to the unveiling […]
Tibetan Special Collections Exhibition
From March 23 – April 15 we offer an exhibit of selected Tibetan Special Collections items . The following select items are now on display in the main reading room on the 300-level of the Starr Library: 1678 Notice by the regent Lobsang Jinpa during the reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama 1723 Scroll with […]
New exhibitions in Starr
We currently have selections from two donated collections on exhibit in our library. One collection was received relatively recently, and is on display for the very first time. The other collection was received longer ago, and was on display once before. We hope you will enjoy viewing them both. On view in our reading […]
Seisai’s Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji on View
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