Columbia Global Centers I Mumbai recently reported on this summer's successful Global Scholars Program "Media Practices in India and China," which was organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Office of Global Programs, and Columbia Global Centers. During the program, which ran from May 22 to June 30, WEAI faculty member Ying Qian, Assistant Professor of East … [Read more...]
Lydia H. Liu to Take Part in July 14 Exhibition & Symposium on V. K. Wellington Koo at Columbia Global Centers I Beijing
On July 14, 2017, WEAI faculty member Lydia H. Liu, the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Director of Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, will take part in Columbia Global Centers I East Asia - Beijing's special symposium and exhibition surrounding the first public release of V.K. Wellington Koo's archive of personal papers. V. … [Read more...]
WEAI Announces Global Scholars Program 2017: “Media Practices in India and China – A Summer Program in Mumbai & Beijing”
MEDIA PRACTICES IN INDIA AND CHINA A Summer Program in Mumbai and Beijing Led by Columbia film scholars Debashree Mukherjee and Ying Qian, this summer 2017 program will take students to Mumbai and Beijing to investigate contemporary media practices in India and China. Through visits to sites of media production, exhibition, and consumption, and meetings with a wide array of … [Read more...]
February 23 Event: “Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution”
Photographs and audio are now available from the February 23, 2015 event "Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution." The event featured a lecture by Margaret Ng, who is a noted politician, barrister, writer, and columnist in Hong Kong. Dr. Ng's lecture was moderated by Benjamin L. Liebman, Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, and … [Read more...]
Columbia professor Lydia H. Liu on Phoenix and the art of Xu Bing
Now is the ideal time for those in New York to experience the work of Xu Bing (1955-), the world-renowned contemporary Chinese artist. Through January 2015, his monumental installation Phoenix, featuring two giant birds fabricated from construction debris, will be displayed inside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. Book from the Sky, the work that … [Read more...]
