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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
November 7, 2014 Mo Yan lecture: a report
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 […]
Tibetan language related talk and discussion
Tibetan in Digital Communication: Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography Dr. Nathan W. Hill Lecturer in Tibetan and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Thursday, October 30, 2014 ~ 4:00 – 5:30 PM 523 Butler Library, Columbia University DESCRIPTION: Dr. Nathan W. Hill is co-investigator on a three-year research project “Tibetan […]
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. […]
Coming up, Open Access Week!
Open Access Week is a global event now in its 6th year, which promotes open access as a new norm in scholarship and research. Open access (OA) content is online, freely accessible, and has relatively few or no restrictions on reuse. As The Open Access Week website argues, we at Columbia should be advocating for […]
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, […]