Our Public Programs
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing runs an active public events program featuring Columbia faculty and local experts on diverse topics ranging from international economics to environmental engineering to film studies. Most of our events are free and open to the general public in the local and regional areas.
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Slide 1: Haojiang Tian Playing the Piano
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Slide 2: V. K. Wellington Koo’s Archive of Personal Papers' Exhibition
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Slide 3: First TC Alumni Gathering Event
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Slide 4: Public Talk and Panel Discussion about Creative Labor and Economies of Trash
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Slide 5: Audience of Public Talk and Panel Discussion about Creative Labor and Economies of Trash
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Slide 6: Lydia Liu and the Audience
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Slide 7: No Boundaries Exhibition
ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT
The Beijing Global Center works with Columbia Alumni Association in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities to support social gatherings and academic exchange activities among alumni.
SIPA Alumni Event
Beijing Center initiates Columbia Global Centers | Beijing Salon Series, which aims to bring together everyone to see the light of wisdom. The Salon Series takes a wide range of topics and themes to engage with local and regional Columbia community. Invited guest speakers are mainly from the Columbia community, including professors, scholars and visiting scholars, alumni, and current students.
In 2017, two sessions were held, over 5 alumni joined as speakers and over 30 alumni joined as audience.
CAA Event
Beijing Center supports CAA Beijing to hold holiday gatherings to bring alumni together. More than 138 alumni participated into 2016 Christmas gathering at the Center.
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China-Africa-US Exchange Forum Encountering Africa in the Globalization Era
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Film Screening and Panel: "China's Van Gogh" and "Plastic China"
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The Earth Cannot be Silenced: Columbia Climate Research and the Fate of the Planet
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Professor Howard W. French on "Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power"
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Snapshot, A Discussion on Chinese Contemporary Private Art Museums
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Parents Sharing: To Provide Kids International Education
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Landscape of China's Non-Profit Sector Remuneration 2017
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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Columbia Engineering Asia Roadshow @ Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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Panel Discussion: Opportunities for Women Leadership in the Digital Era
Beijing Hong Kong Jockey Clubhouse
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Public Lecture with Jennifer Crewe, Associate Provost and Director of Columbia University Press
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Alumni Event for Department of Statistics and MS Actuarial Science
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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Inventing Independent Cinema: A Celebration of Maya Deren, 1917-1961.
Beijing American Center, the U.S. Embassy, No. 55 An Jia Lou Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Professor Richard Peña: a Master Class on the Short Film
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Film Screening and Dialogue: Above the Drowning Sea
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Art Exhibition and Public Talk with Mr. Jian Wang, Ms. Jin Li, and Abigale Wang
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Public Lecture on Planning for Urban Disaster Resilience
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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The Fourth Women Leadership Panel: Women in Finance
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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On Campus Talk by Mr. Bing Wu: My Four Years with Shimo Docs
Artosino, 265 West 37th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10018
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Book Talk: Birds of Fire: Jazz, Rock, Funk, and the Creation of Fusion
Maitian University, Building 4, Ocean Crown, Wangjing, Chaoyang District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Recital and Master Class with Dr. Magdalena Stern-Baczewska
Beijing Keystone Academy
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Alumni Gathering Event for Columbia University's Department Of Music
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Information Session for Columbia Business School and Public Lecture on Behavioral Economics
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Public Lecture on Architecture, Urban Planning, and Sustainability
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
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Conference: China and the West -- The Role of th State in Economic Growth
The St. Regis Beijing, No. 21 Jianguomenwai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
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Dialogue: The Status Quo and Prospects of China's Natural Gas Market
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Beijing Welcome Reception for Sian Leah Beilock
Westin Beijing Chaoyang, 7 North Dongsanhuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
On Campus: 2018 Columbia Future China Education Forum
Cowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Columbia University
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Beijing Discussion: The Role of Art Education in Child Development
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
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Beijing Dialogue with Mr. Zhengyu Huang and Professor Yuhuang Zheng
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
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Beijing Dialogue with Mr. Wijnand Jongen and Professor Yuhuang Zheng
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Shanghai Social Policy Public Forum of Columbia School of Social Work
Jin Jiang Hotel, 59 Mao Ming Road(S), Shanghai
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
2018 Beijing Energy Week
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Hong Kong Panel: The Future of Finance & Technology
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Hong Kong
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Shanghai Panel: How is A.I. Shaping our World?
Morgan Stanley Tech, Kerry Parkside, 1155 Fang Dian Road, Shanghai
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Beijing Panel on Playwriting ft. ZHU Yi SOA '11
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Beijing Workshop: Environment, Design Arts, and Wood
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
CBS Information Sessions in Beijing and Shanghai
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Sixth Women Leadership Panel
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Beijing Information Session for the Dual BA Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Beijing Information Session for the Dual BA Program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Google is here!
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Performing Under Stress: Discussion and Reception with President Beilock
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Columbia’s Approach to Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age: Recent Past, Present, and Future
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
No-Boundaries Exhibition - One Tree, One City
Macy Art Gallery, 444 Macy Hall (Teachers College - Columbia University)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Towards Chinese Calligraphy
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2018 Columbia Alumni Beijing Holiday Gathering
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2019 SIPA China Delegation x Alumni Night
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Are you ready to study abroad?
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
New Frontiers in Documentary with Richard Peña
Today Art Museum, Tower 4, 32 Baiziwan Road (Apple Community), Chaoyang District, Beijing
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
One hundred years of John Dewey’s Education in China
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Better Angels: Documentary Screening and Panel
Barnard College, The Diana Center Event Oval, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Public talk with Professor Yuzhen Gong
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Beijing Information Session: Columbia Business School Deferred Enrollment Program
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cartographies of Distance and Difference with Leah Meisterlin
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
U.S. and Global Economy and Trade Relations
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
China and the West: The Role of the State in Economic Growth
Peking University Overseas Exchange Center, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
China’s Energy Transformation in the Era of Deglobalization
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
What's Up, A-Pop?: Re-thinking the Relationships between/among Asian and Asian American Popular Music Cultures
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Introduction to S.I. Newhouse's Collection
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
One Hundred Years of John Dewey's Education in China III
Yingdong Xueshu Auditorium, Beijing Normal University
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Experimental Digital Methods in the Humanities: from Epistemic Design to Literary Visualizations
Today Art Museum, Tower 4, 32 Baiziwan Road (Apple Community), Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
China EV Charging Infrastructure: Business Models and Challenges
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
International Scholar Panel Discussion
3rd Floor, Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY 10027
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Roman Seaside Villas: between Leisure and Production
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Making Sense of Disorder: Shifting dynamics in the Middle East
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Nansong Huang's Piano Recital in Beijing
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
2019 Summer Film Panel for Returnees
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Reporting Asia Panel Discussion and WEAI Alumni Reception
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Supportive Social Environment for Older Adults in China with Professor Jinyu LIU
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
A Discussion on Chinese Classics with Professor Wei SHANG, Professor Lihua YANG, and Professor Chunying LI
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Power of Music Education -- Beijing Education Panel Series IX
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
What do you gain and learn from studying abroad? -- Beijing Education Panel Series X
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Beijing Entrepreneurship Panel Series VI: Technology changes the world and wins the future
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Beijing Women Leadership Panel Series VIII
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Beijing Entrepreneurship Panel Series VII: Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
What is behavioral economics?
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
SBTi Chinese Handbook Release and Training Workshop
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The Fourth No-Boundaries International Art Exhibition Opening Ceremony in Beijing and Arts Education Panel Discussion
Today Art Museum, 32 Baiziwan Rd, Shuang Jing, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
2019 Columbia China and the World Forum
Columbia University Lerner Auditorium, New York, NY 10027
8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Urbanization and China: Understanding Impacts, Projecting Future
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Information Session: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Beijing Entrepreneurship Panel Series VIII: The future of immersive entertainment
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Columbia Engineering Asia Roadshow 2019 in Beijing
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Information Session: Columbia Business School
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Beijing Environmental Sustainability: ESG Information Disclosure and Business Climate Action
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Screening and Discussion: Maineland
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Columbia-China Musculoskeletal Genetics Conference
Southern University of Science and Technology Library, Shenzhen
5:30 PM - 4:00 PM
After COP25: The best practices you need to know about the carbon footprint management in China
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Applications of AR in K-12 Education in China
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Global Youth Leadership on Environmental Sustainability with 2020 Columbia SIPA China Delegation
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Columbia-CCMU Medical Technology Innovation and Application in Pediatrics International Conference
2nd Floor, Academic Exchange Center, Capital Medical University, Xitoutiao No. 10, Youan Menwai Street, Fengtai, Beijing
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Screening and Discussion: "A Journey to United Nations Climate Change Conference: Origin"
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
China's communications strategy, practice, and experience in climate change
Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, No. 26, 1F Core Plaza, 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2020 Athena Film Festival at Barnard College
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
US-China Economic Relations & COVID-19: What's Next?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Beijing Webinar: What is the key to happiness?
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM