My journey to the Oral History program and Columbia was almost accidental. I had been doing some social advocacy work in my home country, Vietnam. The organization that I founded, Human Library Vietnam, sought to bring in people of marginalized identities and engage with the public as human “books.” My work there bore many resemblances to the practice of oral history, and when … [Read more...]
“Chinese Oral Histories at Columbia and Beyond: Lessons and Legacies for Now and Future”
Panel Discussion Featuring: Guangyao Jin, Professor of History Department and Director of International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization, Fudan University, China Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University Jim Cheng, Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Columbia Center for … [Read more...]
