About the Center
Launch of Beijing Center
Pre-launch Events
    Designing Development Forum 1 + Guided Tour
    Studio-X Beijing Launch Event
    Kang Tongbi Symposium: Women Changing China

About the Center

The first in a network of planned global centers, the Columbia Global Center I Beijing and the Columbia Global Center | Amman are bases for scholarly projects and teaching programs addressing regional and global challenges.

Visit us at the office at Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing!

Columbia Global Centers I Beijing
Tower A, Room 607
Tsinghua Science Park, Chengfu Rd.
Haidian, 100084
Tel: 010-8215-1107

Launch of Beijing Center

On Friday, March 20, Columbia University will celebrate the launch Columbia Global Center | Beijing. Alumni and friends of Columbia University are invited to join President Lee C. Bollinger, Provost Alan Brinkley, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, President of Barnard College Debora L. Spar, President Susan H. Fuhrman of Teachers College, and other distinguished faculty and guests for a day of academic discussions followed by an alumni reception.

The program will include:

1:30 p.m.	Introduction Xiaobo Lü, Director, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
1:35 p.m.	Welcome Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University in the City of New York
1:45 p.m.	The Economic Crisis and the Global Economy Moderated by Debora L. Spar, President, Barnard College and professor at Columbia Business School Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics and University Professor, Columbia University
2:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Perspectives on the Obama Presidency Moderated by Susan H. Fuhrman, President, Teachers College Alan Brinkley, Provost and Allan Nevins Professor of American History, Columbia University Jeanette C. Takamura, Dean, School of Social Work, Columbia University and former member of President Barack Obama's transition team Wu Jianmin, Former Ambassador to France and former President of Foreign Affairs University
3:30 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	Conversation: Universities in the 21st Century Moderated by President Lee C. Bollinger Zhang Jie, President, Shanghai Jiaotong University Zhong Binglin, President, Beijing Normal University
4:45 p.m.	Break
5:00 p.m.	Alumni Reception

To register for the events, RSVP online.

Pre-Launch Events

Designing Development Forum 1 + Guided Tour
Date: March 19, 2009
Time: 1– 5 pm
Location: Broadway Theater at MOMA—Linked Hybrid
Dongcheng District, Beijing

Join Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at a forum that will bring together a lively group of experimental architects and progressive developers to discuss the new roles of development and design in China. This forum—the first in an international series—will explore how each field has influenced the other through a time of unprecedented urban expansion. Attendees will also enjoy a guided tour of the Linked Hybrid project. DDF1 will be moderated by Mark Wigley, Dean of GSAPP, Jeffrey Johnson, Director of China Lab and Li Hu, Director of Studio-X Beijing.

RSVP online today.

Questions? Contact Jeffrey Johnson at jj2235@columbia.edu.

Studio-X Beijing Launch Event   (Please note new address.)
Date: March 19, 2009
Time: 7– 10 p.m.
Location: Studio-X Beijing
Beijing East City
Fang Jia Hutong No. 46
Building 2, A103
Dongcheng District, Beijing

In collaboration with Urban China magazine, GSAPP presents an evening of traditional Chinese music and beverage punctuated by lively discussion, on the occasion of the opening of GSAPP’s the new Studio-X Beijing space in a traditional Hutong neighborhood and an exhibition of current student work on the theme of Megablock Urbanism in China.

RSVP online today.

Questions? Contact Jeffrey Johnson at jj2235@columbia.edu.

The Kang Tongbi Commemorative Symposium: Women Changing China
Date: March 19, 2009
Time: 3 - 4:30 p.m,
Location: Park Hyatt Beijing
2 Jianguomenwai Street
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022

Barnard College hosts a symposium in honor of Kang Tongbi, one of China's earliest feminists and daughter of political reformer Kang Youwei. Come hear how a distinguished panel of some of the most prominent women in China today—a media mogul, an acclaimed author, an award-winning filmmaker, and a renowned advocate for women’s rights—are building upon Kang’s accomplishments to develop and shape a changing China.

Debora Spar, President of Barnard College and Professor at Columbia Business School, will moderate the discussion. Reception follows at the Beijing office of Paul Hastings. Visit www.barnard.edu/womenchangingchina for more information and registration.

Attendance is limited; please RSVP at your earliest convenience. Questions? Contact events@barnard.edu.

For all other inquiries, contact CAAInternational@columbia.edu.