Cuba, Russia, Istanbul, museums, and Puerto Rican baseball—plus a conversation with Columbia’s women deans—and the Neiman Center for Print Studies. What’s in the Columbia world? What isn’t?
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SPECIAL CONCERT SERIES
Miller Theatre celebrates the music of Romania with a series of two Pop-Up Concerts on March 1 and March 3, with a Composer Portrait featuring Iancu Dumitrescu on March 5.
REMINDERS
February 23: One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York, Free Expression in the Age of Security Threats: A View from the Catbird Seat, and Income Inequality, the Media, and the 2016 Presidential Election
February 26: Real Women, Real Voices and Opening Reception of New Prints with Kiki Smith
March 1: Countdown to the Election: Health Policy 2016
March 3: Tony Tripodi Lecture Series on International Social Work: Social Service in a Pluralistic World
PICKS
February 23
6 p.m.
Columbia University Club Foundation
A Conversation: Cuban Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez and Provost John H. Coatsworth
Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez is the ambassador and permanent representative of Cuba to the United Nations. A reception will follow. Purchase tickets here. Columbia University Club, 15 West 43rd Street. (Global)
February 24
4 – 7:30 p.m.
Harriman Institute | Overseas Press Club of America
Russia Hands Reunion: Covering Moscow Under Communism, Yeltsin, and Putin
A conference featuring journalists who covered Russia and the USSR. Welcoming remarks by Charles Wallace, governor of Overseas Press Club of America, and Alexander Cooley, director of the Harriman Institute. Moderated by Robert Kaiser, former managing editor of the Washington Post and Moscow correspondent. Full list of speakers and schedule here. Register here. International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center, Room 1501. (Global, Public Square)
February 24
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Columbia Global Centers
Open Museums: Thelma Golden, Paulo Herkenhoff, and Vasif Kortun
How is the role of the museum changing in today’s global art capitals? How are curators around the world reimagining the relationship between museums and the public? Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Paulo Herkenhoff, former director of Museu de Arte in Rio de Janeiro; and Vasif Kortun, director of research and programs at SALT in Istanbul/Ankara, will be in discussion. Anne Higonnet, professor of art history, will moderate. Simone Douglas, associate professor of photography at Parsons, and Sharon Marcus, dean of humanities at Columbia, will introduce the event. RSVP here. Parsons School of Design and the New School, 63 Fifth Avenue, University Center, Starr Foundation Hall, Room UL102. (Global, Public Square)
February 26
12:30 p.m.
GSAPP | Institute for Research in African-American Studies | Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture
Critical Dialogues on Race and Modern Architecture
Race has been integral in shaping architectural discourse. Panelists will explore how race has been deployed to organize and conceptualize the spaces of modernity, from the building, to the city, to the nation, to the planet. Discussion includes Mabel O. Wilson, associate professor of architecture, planning, and preservation, and Saidiya Hartman, professor of English and comparative literature. GSAPP, Wood Auditorium. (Just Societies)
February 27
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
Leap into Contemporary Art: the Wallach Art Gallery’s Community Day
Tours of the exhibition Open This End – with the artwork of Andy Warhol, Paul McCarthy, Kehinde Wiley, and many more contemporary artists – and workshops on sculpture and other art-making activities. RSVP required here. Schermerhorn Hall, Wallach Art Gallery, 8th floor.
March 1
6 p.m.
Barnard College | Barnard Forum on Migration
Pirates of the Caribbean: Roberto Clemente and the Black Sporting Diaspora
What can the study of sport offer migration and diaspora studies? Frank Guridy, visiting associate professor in history, examines the career of Roberto Clemente, the legendary Afro-Puerto Rican baseball player of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente’s migratory experiences illustrate the links between the vibrant sporting cultures of the Caribbean and the racialized political economy of professional baseball in the United States. Barnard Hall, Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor. (Just Societies, Global)
March 7
4:30 – 6 p.m.
Virginia Kneeland Frantz Society for Women Faculty
Women and Leadership in the 21st Century University
A colloquium of women deans at Columbia University, includes Amale Andraos (GSAPP), Bobbie Berkowitz (Nursing), Mary C. Boyce (Engineering), Linda Fried (Mailman), Merit E. Janow (SIPA), Alondra Nelson (Social Science), Jeanette Takamura (Social Work). Moderated by Lee Goldman, executive vice president and dean of the faculties of health sciences and medicine chief executive of CUMC. Reception to follow. RSVP here. Alumni Auditorium, P&S, 630 West 168th St. (Public Square)
March 9
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
Open This End: Art, Ethics and Philanthropy Roundtable
A discussion featuring art collector Blake Byrne ’61MBA and moderated by Bruce Kogut, Sanford C. Bernstein & and Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. Registration required here. Special exhibition viewing from 5 to 6 p.m. RSVP here. Uris Hall, Room 301. (Public Square)
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