Area Studies Library News, Events, Interns, Visitors

News

• 2007-04-16: Pamela Graham Elected President of SALALM
• 2007-04-04: Columbia Libraries Acquires Robert College Archives

Events

• "Persian Sufi Allegories: from Philosophy to Mysticism" (Presentation by Prof. Nasrollah Pourjavady, Tehran University) January 31, 2007.
• "Digital Tools for Research & Critical Pedagogy: a South Asian Case Study" (Digital Library Panel Presentation) November 29, 2005.
• "Remembering Folklorist Komal Kothari: A Conference on Intellectual Contributions to Scholarship on Rajasthan", June 2004
• "A Celebration of African Studies", December 2003
• Barbara Stoler Miller Memorial Conference, February 2003
  
  
• Human Rights @ Columbia University: Events Calendar
  
  

Internships Hosted at Area Studies

• Mr. Mame Ngor Faye (2008) (Archives du Sénégal, Dakar, Senegal)
• Mr. Abdoulaye Niang (2001) (West African Research Centre, Dakar, Senegal)
• Ms. Hoang Tuyet Anh (Center for Foreign Affairs & Language Training, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
  
  

Important Visitors

• Chilean Librarians Visit Area Studies - 16 May 2002.
• Dr. Aksoltan T. Ataeva, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN - 5 April 2002
• Dr. B. L. Mungekar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai - 1 December 2000