From the exoplanets to justice, the hunt for civilization continues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 8
6 – 7:30 p.m.
The Holder Initiative
American Voter Project: Midterms Debrief – What Happened And What’s Next?
As the final installment of the American Voter Project, a panel discussion examining the 2018 midterm elections, particularly as we look ahead to 2020. Panelists include Eric H. Holder Jr. ’73CC ’76LAW, 82nd attorney general of the United States; Karine Jean-Pierre ’03SIPA, senior advisor and national spokesperson for MoveOn.org; and Nate Silver, founder and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight. RSVP required here. Casa Italiana. (Just Societies)

REMINDER

November 2: The Land of Skype and the Digital Land
November 3: Wallach Gallery Talks: Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
November 7: Steps to Liberty (Les Marches de la liberté)
November 15: Black Letters and the Law

FILM SERIES

November 7 – 16:  Blackness In French And Francophone Film
Organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

November 8
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Maison Français | SOA
Black Girl (La Noire de…)
A film by Ousmane Sembène. Screening followed by a conversation with Souleymane Bachir Diagne, chair of the department of French and Romance Philology; Mamadou Diouf, director of the Institute for African Studies; and Maboula Soumahoro, French scholar. Sembène was one of the world’s greatest and most groundbreaking filmmakers, as well as the most renowned African director of the twentieth century. RSVP here. East Gallery, Buell Hall. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

PICKS

November 6
6 – 7 p.m.
Journalism School
Building Trust in an Era of Rising Doubt and Disinformation
Raney Aronson-Rath, executive producer of FRONTLINE, is this year’s Hearst Digital Media Lecturer. Lecture followed by a reception. Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

November 9
1:30 – 6 p.m.
Humanities and Neuroscience | Italian Academy
Community as Treatment: The Opioid Epidemic and the Therapeutic Community (TC) Model
The conference will explore the evidence supporting different treatment options for opioid use disorder around the world. Speakers include David Freedberg, director of the Italian Academy; Letizia Moratti, co-founder of the San Patrignano Foundation, a self-sustaining community and an example of an alternative rehabilitation system; John Mariani, associate professor of clinical psychiatry athe New York State Psychiatric Institute; and others. RSVP here. The Italian Academy. (Future of Neuroscience)

November 14
6 – 8 p.m.
Knight First Amendment Institute
Free Expression in an Age of Surveillance: Measuring the “Chilling Effect”
Does surveillance chill speech and dissent? How so? And can we measure the chilling effect?
A panel discussion with Alex Abdo, staff attorney at the Knight Institute; Thomas Kadri, Yale Law School Information Society Project; Jon Penney (Dalhousie University); and Elizabeth Stoycheff (Wayne State University). RSVP here. Reception to follow. Pulitzer Hall, Brown Institute. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

November 16
7 – 9 p.m.
Astronomy Department
Public Lecture & Stargazing: The Signatures of Other Civilizations
David Kipping, assistant professor of Astronomy and Cool Worlds Lab lead, will discuss what limits we have for tracing other civilizations and what the future holds in astronomy. Lecture includes a Q&A session, astrophotography slideshows, and stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). Pupin Hall.

November 17
1 – 4 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Saturday Science: Decisions Decisions
Students, families, and community groups explore the workings of the brain through hands-on activities and demonstrations with scientists. RSVP here. 605 West 129th Street, Greene Science Center, Education Lab. (Future of Neuroscience)

November 19
6 – 7:30 p.m.
The Lipman Forum | Columbia Journalism
A Discussion with the Inaugural Lipman Fellows on Criminalization of Black Girls and Voter Disfranchisement
Jelani Cobb, Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism, presents the Lipman Inaugural Fellows in Journalism and Civil and Human Rights and will moderate. Featuring Monica Rhor, senior fellow, narrative writer, and national writer at USA Today, and  Kira Lerner, junior fellow and political reporter for ThinkProgress. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Just Societies)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events. 

The doctors who help us see more clearly, along with data specialists, world leaders, chefs and artists, all aiming for the greater good–take a look!

TOP PICK

November 1
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
School of the Arts | Journalism School | SIPA Urban and Social Policy Concentration
What is Democracy?
Coming at a moment of political and social crisis, the film What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Screening followed by a conversation with the director Astra Taylor; Chenjerai Kumanyika, professor of journalism and media at Rutgers University; and Nicholas Lemann, J-School dean emeritus and director of Columbia Global Reports. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)

November 15
4  – 5:30 p.m.
The Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Black Letters and the Law
Part of the Just Societies Speaker Series, the final talk will be given by Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. RSVP here. Maison Française, Buell Hall. (Just Societies)

REMINDER

October 25: Food and Inequality AND Complex Issues: Gary Shteyngart’s Lake Success
October 26: Art Properties Campus Sculpture Tour
October 29: Evaluating Chronic Pain in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law  AND Person Place Thing Live Taping with ICAP’s Blanche Pitt

PICKS

October 24
6 – 8 p.m.
College of Physicians and Colleges
DocTalks: Vision 20/20
A discussion on the recent developments and avenues of investigation, ranging from our clinics to our laboratories, as we seek better diagnoses and therapies – and ultimately cures and preventions – for a wide spectrum of eye diseases and disorders. RSVP here. Harold Pratt House, 58 East 68th Street at Park Avenue. (Precision Medicine)

October 25
4 – 5:30 p.m.
The Brown Institute
Opening Up Research for the Greater Good? Ethics, Privacy, and Data
Panelist will discuss the social and ethical responsibilities of gathering, curating, and sharing data from very different perspectives. Includes Manan Ahmed, associate professor in the department of history; Laurie Allen, director for Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries; and Mary Marshall Clark, director of the Columbia University Center for Oral History Research. Followed by a reception. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, The Brown Institute. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

October 29
6 – 7 p.m.
World Leaders Forum
Glass Ceilings and Dirt Floors
Paula-Mae Weekes, president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, will give a talk followed by a Q&A with the audience. RSVP here. Casa Italiana, Teatro. (Global Solutions, Just Societies)

October 29
11:30 am
Zuckerman Institute
We, Chefs: A Conversation About Haute Cuisine, Entrepreneurship, and Science
João Wengorovius, chef, entrepreneur and food writer, will be in discussion about his book We, Chefs with Rui Costa, Zuckerman Institute associate director. Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Lecture Hall, 9th Floor. (Future of Neuroscience)
  

November 2
12 – 1 p.m.
World Leaders Forum | The Harriman Institute
Estonia, the Land of Skype, the Digital Land
President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid will discuss how Estonia has successfully made a wide-scale digital transformation of both its public and private sectors. Estonia has been recognized as a model for other nations looking to modernize their government services and governance. RSVP here. Casa Italiana,Teatro. (Data and Society, Global Solutions)

November 3
1 – 2 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Wallach Gallery Talks with Denise Murrell, curator of Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today and Ford Foundation postdoctoral research scholar at the Wallach. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Wallach Art Gallery, 6th Floor. (Art and Ideas, Just Societies)
               

November 7
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Maison Française | School of the Arts
Steps to Liberty (Les Marches de la liberté)
Opening night of the film series Blackness in French and Francophone Film. A screening of the film by French filmmaker and activist Rokhaya Diallo,  followed by a discussion with Fredrick Harris, dean of Social Science; filmmaker Nora Philippe, and Maboula Soumahoro, French scholar. Diallo follows a group of young Americans who come to France to examine the issues of race, diversity, and human rights through meetings with political personalities, expat African Americans, and local community activists. RSVP here. Maison Française, East Gallery, Buell Hall. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events. View on the Picks blog here.

From HIV prevention to food justice, Gary Shteyngart’s tangled characters to voter suppression, Columbia simply takes them on the complex. Remember–invite a prospect or an alum!  

(Please note: the Steve Miller Medical Education Day talk with Paul Farmer has been cancelled)

 

 

 

 

 

November 1
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
School of the Arts | Journalism School | SIPA Urban and Social Policy Concentration
What is Democracy?
Coming at a moment of political and social crisis, the film What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Screening followed by a conversation with the director Astra Taylor; Chenjerai Kumanyika, professor of journalism and media at Rutgers University; and Nicholas Lemann, J-School dean emeritus and director of Columbia Global Reports. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)

REMINDER

October 17: Why Policy Matters: Access, Equity, and Voting in the U.S. AND The Steven Z. Miller Lecture On Humanism In Medicine
October 18: Duke Ellington’s Portraits and Self-Portraits
October 20: Saturday Science: Come to Your Senses
October 23: Crazy Rich Asians: Race, Representation, and Resistance?

PICKS

October 17
6 – 8 p.m.
Office of the Provost | SIPA Diversity Committee
Why Policy Matters: Access, Equity, and Voting in the US
Panelists will share four varying perspectives on why policy matters in the enhancement or suppression of voter engagement within their area of work, community, and constituents.
Speakers include Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia and David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Affairs; Jonathan Brater, counsel for Brennan Center’s Democracy Program; and others. Reception to follow. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. (Just Societies)

October 23
6 – 8 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Opening Exhibition Reception: Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
An exhibition exploring the changing modes of representation of the black figure as central to the development of modern art. The models’ interactions with and influences on painters, sculptors and photographers are highlighted through archival photographs, correspondence and films. The exhibition will run from October 23 through February 10, 2019. Curated by Denise Murrell ’14GSAS, postdoctoral research scholar at the Wallach, and based on her 2013 dissertation. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Wallach Art Gallery, 6th Floor. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

October 25
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Mailman
Food and Inequality
To connect the dots between the food system, public health, and health policy, Mark Bittman, former New York Times columnist and lecturer, hosts a weekly lecture series on the food justice movement. Featuring Tunde Wey, chef and writer.  (Just Societies)

7 – 9 p.m.
School of the Arts
Complex Issues: Gary Shteyngart’s Lake Success
Author Gary Shteyngart (writing) will be in conversation with Bruce Robbins (english and comparative literature) about Shteyngart’s latest book Lake Success. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern. (Arts and Ideas)

October 26
10 – 11:30 a.m.
CAA Arts Access
Art Properties Campus Sculpture Tour
Roberto C. Ferrari, curator of Art Properties, will lead a walking tour of the public outdoor sculptures at Columbia, discussing the history of these works, their materiality and fabrication, and ongoing conservation efforts for current and future generations. Space is limited and free to staff; RSVP required here. (Arts and Ideas)

October 29
4:15 – 6:15 p.m.
Center for Science and Society
Evaluating Chronic Pain in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law
This seminar in Society and Neuroscience will bring together experts from different domains to discuss scientific, ethical, philosophical, and legal issues that relate to pain neuroimaging research. Speakers include Murat Aydede (philosophy, University of British Columbia), Amanda Pustilnik (law, University of Maryland), Tor Wager (psychology and neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder), Federica Coppola (presidential scholar), and Lan Li (presidential scholar). RSVP required here.  Faculty House. (Future of Neuroscience)

6 – 9 p.m.
Mailman
Person Place Thing Live Taping with ICAP’s Blanche Pitt
A live recording of Randy Cohen’s acclaimed podcast with special guest
Blanche Pitt, country director for ICAP in South Africa and regional director for the ICAP-led Population-based HIV Impact Assessment project. The event is part of ICAP’s year-long celebration of 15 years of empowering health around the world. RSVP here. Allan Rosenfield Building, Hess Commons. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.

From slavery’s legacy to American exceptionalism, climate science to humanistic medicine to reimagined borders, these Picks take on the urgent unfinished issues of our time.

TOP PICKS

October 13
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
LDEO Open House
Tour a lab, participate in hands-on earth science demonstrations, and learn from world-renowned researchers about their latest discoveries. This event is free (suggested donation here) and open to the public. Register here. 61 Route 9W, Palisades. (Climate Response)

October 17
8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Steven Z. Miller Lecture On Humanism In Medicine
Lecture by Paul Edward Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. CUIMC, William Black Medical Research Building, Alumni Auditorium.

REMINDER

October 3: Panel and Book Launch: Climate, Food Systems, and Nutrition
October 4: Distinguished Lecture in Precision Medicine: Alondra Nelson
October 5: Data for Good
October 6: What Does Justice Look Like? A Celebration of the Arts and Social Justice

PICKS

October 3
6  –  8 p.m.
The Earth Institute
Book Launch – A New Foreign Policy
University Professor Jeffrey Sachs will discuss his newest book, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism. Followed by a Q&A. Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr., 2nd Floor. (Global Solutions, Just Societies, Climate Response)

October 4
4  –  5:30 p.m.
The Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Repair: Slavery’s Unfinished Business
Part of the Just Societies Speaker Series, a talk by Katherine Franke, Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Just Societies)

October 15
4 p.m.
Center for Science and Society | Society of Fellows | Heyman Center for the Humanities
Embodied Cognition and Prosthetics: Are Our Tools Part of Our Bodies and Minds?
Tools can be understood as extensions of the body, and in some cases as becoming part of the body. Does our mind extend to our tools? How does this change our world? How should we understand this relationship? A talk by Andrew Goldman, presidential scholar in Society and Neuroscience. (Future of Neuroscience, Data and Society)

October 15
6 – 9:30 p.m.
School of Social Work
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream
A Dangerous Idea brings to light how false scientific claims have rolled back long-fought-for gains in equality, and how powerful interests are poised once again to use the gene myth to unravel the American Dream. Panel includes Mary Morgan ’91SW, psychotherapist and executive producer; Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety; Robert E. Pollack, professor of biological sciences; and Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law. RSVP here. Social Work Building, Room 311/312. (Just Societies, Precision Medicine)

October 18
12 – 2 p.m.
Committee on Global Thought
Image and Counter-Image: Dreaming Borders, Unthinking Migration
Anthropologist Stefania Pandolfo and film director Leila Kilani reflect on borders, sovereignty, and dreams. They will be in conversation with Rosalind Morris, professor of anthropology and member of the Committee on Global Thought. RSVP here. Knox Hall, Room 208. (Global Solutions, Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

October 18 – 19  
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Inaugural Ambedkar Lectures
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is known worldwide as the architect of the Indian Constitution and as a lifelong champion of civil rights for the “untouchable” dalit caste as well as women and workers. He received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 1927 and an honorary degree in 1952. The Ambedkar Lectures recognize Ambedkar’s continuing relevance for social justice activism and democratic thought in a global frame: October 18 Global Ambedkar and October 19 Ambedkar Now. See speakers, event details, and locations here. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.