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The endowment, with initial principal funding of $500,000 was established by Chinese entrepreneur Jin Xu and his wife, Mengjun Song. The fund will support collection development, administration, public programming, and research at the Starr Library.
Richard Peña, Professor of Film at Columbia University's School of the Arts, Former Program Director of the Film Society at Lincoln Center and Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival visited China and brought us a series of themed events named “On the Margins of American Cinema” hosted by Columbia Global Centers | East Asia (Beijing) from January 6th to January 14th.
On the afternoon of January 6, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met with Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, a professor of law, in Zhongnanhai in Beijing.
On Jan. 8, 2016, University President Lee C. Bollinger met with Mr. Jining Chen, the Minister of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing and they exchanged their views towards the mutual collaborations on environmental protection.
In a time when questions of national identity and citizenship have taken on extreme importance, Atossa Abrahamian's discussion of her book, The Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen was inevitably going to lead a lively evening at the Paris Center.
On Dec. 7th, Professor Joseph Stiglitz was invited by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to the China’s “13th 5-year-plan” planning experts symposium, which sparked worldwide concern.
The Columbia Global Centers | Middle East, Columbia Law School, and the American Society of International Law are holding a conference on the theme “International Legal Dialogue—Middle East North Africa” on December 14 - 15, 2015.
Thomas Trebat to deliver keynote speech at Oil and Gas Conference taking place at FGV.
Middle East and North African religious leaders have developed a regional strategy to counter incitement to violence and agreed on steps for its implementation, according to a UN official.
The U.S. presidential primaries are currently in full swing, and one of the debate issues that attract observers from all over the world is the future of America’s foreign policy. As Professor Stephen Sestanovich explains in his book Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama, the diplomatic direction of the U.S. will be undoubtedly influential for the future of the world.
Nov. 5th 2015, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing hosted a speech by Dr. Clay Shirky, associate professor at NYU Shanghai and author of several books including the newly released Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream from publisher Columbia Global Report, on the topic of Xiaomi and the shift from products to services. The speech was followed by a discussion facilitated by Kaiser Kuo, Baidu’s Director of International Communications. The event was highly successful and well-attended.
Chinese companies like Xiaomi are living proof that "China's design culture is kicking off," American Internet expert Clay Shirky told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.
Founded in 2010 and now the world's third largest smartphone company, Xiaomi shows China's shift from a global manufacturer to a global innovater, Shirky said.
An icon of postmodern dance, choreographer Lucinda Childs spoke to a packed crowd at Reid Hall on Oct. 28. Her third appearance here as a guest of The Arts Arena, Childs reflected on her early career, her artistic partnerships with composers like Philipp Glass and John Adams, and discussed the revival of her work, Available Light, which will be performed in Paris this week as part of the Festival d’Automne.