• “Mindfulness and Life-Skill Training for Migrant Children in China”

    School of Social Work Event Please join us for a lecture with: Chien-Chung Huang, Professor of Social Work and Director of Huamin Research Center Rutgers University   Moderated by: Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Director, China Center for Social Policy Columbia University   With China's urbanization and its development in market […]

  • Thinking the Ecological in Media Studies

    Schermerhorn Hall 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, United States

    Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Event Please join us for a workshop with:   Stefan Andriopoulos, Columbia University Weihong Bao, UC Berkley Zeynep Celik Alexander, Columbia University Nadine Chan, Claremont Graduate University Yuriko Furuhata, McGill University Jennifer Gabrys, University of Cambridge Bishnupriya Ghosh, UC Santa Barbara Brian R. Jacobson, University of […]

  • Trembling Mountain (2016) Film Screening

    Modern Tibetan Studies Event Please join us for a film screening of Trembling Mountain and discussion with: Kesang Tseten, filmmaker   Among the worst hit in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake was paradise-like Langtang, a prime trekking destination. A glacial collapse caused an avalanche of rock, ice and mud, resulting in an airblast, equal to half the […]

  • Himalayan New York: Stories of Migration, Language, Belonging, and Social Change

    Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Nawang Tsering Gurung, Independent Researcher and Community Activist Dan Kaufman, Founder and Co-Director, Endangered Language Alliance; Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Queens College - CUNY Kesang Tseten, Filmmaker, Shunyata Fillms Moderated by: Sienna Craig, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Dartmouth College   Over the past two decades, the presence of people […]