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 […]
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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 […]
Tann Donation of Chinese Books Received
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library has recently received a collection of Chinese books from Ms. Tania Tann Palmer via Ms. Linda P. Chen. This gift includes 54 titles in over 200 volumes. The books mainly cover Chinese classics, art, and literature, and come for the most part in traditional thread binding. The books […]