More East Asian Library Orientation Workshops for Spring 2025

More East Asian Library Workshops for Spring 2025 Join us for area-specific library workshops conducted by Chinese and Japanese Studies Librarians from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Registration for workshops is required. All sessions take place in Butler Library, Room 306, unless otherwise noted. Chinese Studies Getting Your Bearings: Chinese Studies Wednesday, February 26, 10:00 AM–11:00 […]

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East Asian Library Orientation Workshops for Spring 2025

East Asian Library Workshops for Spring 2025 Join us for area-specific library workshops conducted by Korean and Japanese Studies Librarians from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Registration for workshops is required. All sessions take place in Butler Library, Room 306, unless otherwise noted. Korean Studies Getting Your Bearings: Korean Studies Friday, February 7, 2:00 PM […]

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East Asian Library Orientation Workshops for Fall 2024

East Asian Library Workshops for Fall 2024 Join us for area-specific library workshops conducted by librarians and archivists from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Registration for workshops is required. All sessions take place in Butler Library, Room 306, unless otherwise noted.   East Asian Studies Getting Your Bearings: East Asian Studies Thursday, September 19, 2:00 […]

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Upcoming talk on Tibetan-language AI

  C.V. Starr East Asian Library and the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University present: Artificial Intelligence for Tibetan Knowledge Systems: a talk by Geshe Lobsang Monlam, PhD Friday, January 19, 2024, 2 pm – 3:30 pm International Affairs Buildings (IAB) Room 918, Columbia University This event is in-person and online. Please see below […]

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Film Series Tribute for Tibetan Director Pema Tseden

C.V. Starr East Asian Library is pleased to announce: LEGACIES: PEMA TSEDEN & NEW TIBETAN CINEMA A tribute to the late Pema Tseden, with screenings and discussions of his films, and those of young filmmakers he has inspired.   Join us for the opening screening: The Silent Holy Stones ལྷིང་འཇགས་ཀྱི་མ་ཎི་རྡོ་འབུམ། Friday, December 1, 6-8 pm […]

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WEAI + C.V. Starr East Asian Library 2024 Calendar Project

WEAI + C.V. Starr East Asian Library 2024 Calendar Project What:  Who:  When (tentative schedule): The C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University has its origins in 1902, when the University Trustees approved the establishment of a Department of Chinese, based on a donation made specifically for that purpose. Frederick Hirth was appointed the first […]

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Starr Duplicate Book Sale/Giveaway, April 6–7

The C.V. Starr East Asian Library Duplicates Sale is returning April 6–7, 2023. Every year, the library accumulates duplicate books and journals which we make available to the public through an annual book sale, raising funds for the library in the process.  This year, because of a large surplus due to a Covid-related hiatus of […]

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The Event of “Affirming Queer Intimacies in Sinophone Cinema” Successfully Held

As part of Columbia University Libraries ADEI (Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) awarded programs, the event of “Affirming Queer Intimacies in Sinophone Cinema” was held successfully during February 15-17, 2023. It featured representative films of such critically acclaimed sinophone filmmakers of queer cinema as Zi’en Cui, Popo Fan (China), Zero Chou and Yunhou Liu (Taiwan). […]

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Starr Library co-sponsors film series

As part of Columbia University Libraries ADEI (Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) awarded programs, “Affirming Queer Intimacies in Sinophone Cinema” features the screening of critically acclaimed films of such leading independent filmmakers as Zi’en Cui, Popo Fan and Zero Chou, panel discussions, and roundtable dialogues with the directors. Click here for more details and to […]

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A Newly-Discovered Catalogue by Desi Sanggye Gyatso (1653-1705)

                    The Ethnic Library of China at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing holds some 4,000 rare Tibetan manuscript and print books. Mr. Jampa, a graduate of the Northwest Nationalities University (Lanzhou), spent several years cataloging these materials and as Associate Research Librarian is now […]

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