For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. Registering will generate an email with a QR code which must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either 116 Street & Broadway or 116 Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using an unique email address (one email address per registrant) by Mar. 3 at 4:00 pm for campus access.
Speakers:
David Rong, Publisher of Bouden House
Chung To, Chairperson, Chi Heng Foundation, a Chinese-American AIDS activist who worked closely with Dr. Gao in China
Shiyu Lin, journalist and author of an oral history of Dr. Gao; director of a documentary of Gao
Andrew Nathan, who took care of Dr. Gao’s practical affairs while she lived in exile in NYC
Wenchi Yu, Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia
Moderator:
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
The event marks the publication of The Illustrated Biography of Gao Yaojie. Dr. Gao was a celebrated AIDS activist who lived the last 13 years of her life in exile in New York City. During part of that time she was a visiting scholar at Columbia. Speakers will talk about various phases of her life; the practical and symbolic importance of her work; and her legacy.
This event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Registration:
- To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
- To attend this event online, please register HERE.
