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, reception
Last month we announced the special photograph exhibition A Body in Fukushima. Coming up next Monday we will have a reception in conjunction with the exhibition. The reception will take place in our reading room on Monday April 11 between 6:00-8:00 PM. Speakers/presenters will include interim Associate University Librarian for Collections Barbara Rockenbach; Vice President […]
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 […]
The Makino Collection archive completed
After 7.5 years of hard work, the archive portion of the Makino Collection is now fully processed, and a complete online finding aid has been published to assist interested scholars in identifying what part(s) of this enormous collection might be of use to their research. The Collection has, from the start, been in high demand. […]
Reading Room closing at 4pm on Friday January 22
Please note that, because an event will take place in the library today, Friday, January 22, 2016, the main reading room will be closing at 4:00 PM. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The library is expected to be open on the usual schedule tomorrow, Saturday, January 23, 2016. […]
Upcoming event: Li Ang and her lost garden
On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 our library will present a literary discussion between the author Li Ang, and the translators of her novel The Lost Garden, Sylvia Lin and Howard Goldblatt. Other speakers will include Susan Yu, Director of the Taiwan Cultural Center (TECO) and Jennifer Crewe, Director of Columbia University Press. The discussion will take […]
Upcoming event
This Friday, October 16, 2015, we will have a reception in conjunction with our latest exhibition “Toho Company: An Archival History In Japanese Cinema” organized in honor of Mr. Brant Reiter, who kindly donated the Toho Collection to our library. The reception will include remarks by several faculty members, as well as University Librarian Ann […]
Friday schedule adjustment
Please note that, in connection with an event, our reading room will close at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 25, 2015. The stacks will remain open as usual until 6:45 PM, and doors will close to non-participants at 7:00 PM. Also note that, in connection with preparations for the same event, the south-east alcove and […]
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 […]