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Return of The Picks! Jan. 26 — Feb. 9

With great neuroscience, journalism, cultural history, and saxophone, the Picks are back, and going bi-weekly! See you every two weeks, and remember to check out the University events calendar.

TOP PICK

January 26
2 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Bordeaux, Forgotten Black Metropolis
Bordeaux may be known for its red wine and its historic architecture but before there was Black Paris there was Black Bordeaux. Beginning in the 18th century, Bordeaux was a site of migration, artisanal labor, and industrial expansion using enslaved and free black labor. A discussion with Lorelle Semley, historian at the College of the Holy Cross. Be sure to check out the accompanying exhibition Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today. Registration is required here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

 

ONGOING

Present – February 10: Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today

PICKS

January 29
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Tow Center for Digital Journalism  | Knight First Amendment Institute
Data Journalism and the Law
Panelists will explore the ways in which the current legal environment may be hampering essential journalistic work. Featuring Victoria Baranetsky, general counsel at The Center for Investigative Reporting and author of the Tow Center’s recent report Data Journalism and the Law; Jason Leopold, senior Investigative Reporter Buzzfeed News; and others. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, The Brown Institute for Media Innovation.  (Data and Society, Just Societies)

February 5
5:30 p.m.
The Italian Academy
Antisemitism, Hate Speech, and Social Media
An annual event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Speakers include Susan McGregor,
assistant director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Michel Rosenfeld, University Professor of Law and Comparative Democracy and Justice; and welcome remarks by
Barbara Faedda, associate director of the Italian Academy. RSVP here. The Italian Academy. (Just Societies)

6 — 7 p.m.
Columbia Global Reports
Book Talk: We Want To Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom
Should governments pay ransom to terrorists? A conversation with Joel Simon, author and executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists; Kyle Pope, editor in chief and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review; Janine di Giovanni, current Edward R. Murrow fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Graduate School of Journalism, The World Room. (Global Solutions, Just Societies)

February 7
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Finding the Bar Codes in Our Brains: Using Genetics to Identify the Brain’s 100 Billion Neurons
Tom Maniatis, the Isidore S. Edelman Professor of Biochemistry and principal investigator at the Zuckerman Institute, will discuss brain wiring. RSVP required here. The Forum, Auditorium. (Future of Neuroscience)

February 9
8 p.m.
Miller Theatre
Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition
JazzTimes’s “Best Alto Saxophonist” and Village Voice’s “Best Jazz Artist” winner Rudresh Mahanthappa returns to Miller with guitarist Rez Abbasi and percussionist Dan Weiss. Purchase tickets here. Miller Theatre. (Arts and Ideas)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links.

The Picks are brought to you by Carolina Castro, content producer, and Jerry Kisslinger ’79CC ’82GSAS, DVP for Strategic Communications, at the Office of Alumni and Development.To submit your events or event stories, please email Carolina at [email protected]. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.  View on the Picks blog here.

Season’s Gleanings! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks December 3 – 17

How might census methods hurt immigrants and the City? With algorithms as artists, Dean Coll on America’s secret wars, and health care from AIDS prevention to wellness genomics — our last Picks of the season are bountiful.  See you in 2019!

In the meantime, feel free to peruse other calendars and pick your own Picks on the University events calendar, our Picks DIY Sources, and on the Engage page.

 

 

 

 

 

December 7
1 – 4 p.m.
The Brown Institute | Center for Science and Society | Data, Media and Society Center
Making Art in the Age of Algorithms
Talks, demos, and performances exploring algorithms that generate art. Keynote with poet and professor of digital media Nick Montfort from MIT. RSVP and event details here. Brown Institute, Pulitzer Hall. (Arts and Ideas, Data and Society)

REMINDERS

December 5: Narrative Medicine Rounds: Border Lines—How Journalists Sorted Out Fact vs. Fiction in Issues about Children and Immigration
December 8: Saturday Science: Let’s Move It
December 17: Carnival of the Animals

PICKS

December 3
6  – 8 p.m.
The Census and the City: Why Threats to the Census Could Hurt Immigrants and Cause Millions of Dollars Lost to the City and its Services
Featuring Kenneth Prewitt, former director of the US Census Bureau (keynote); Yvette Stacey Cumberbatch, former Census coordinator for the City; Alex William Finkelstein, New York Attorney General’s Office; John Flateau, professor at CUNY and former Census coordinator for the State; Quinn Rhi, senior associate at the MinKwon Center for Community Action; and Mazin Sidahmed, co-founding editor and senior reporter at Documented. RSVP here. International Affairs Building, Room 1512. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

December 4
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Mailman | ICAP
Knowledge is Power: World AIDS Day at 30
Presentations, a panel discussion, and a video premiere around the theme of Know your Status—the official theme for World AIDS Day 2018. Speakers include Wafaa El-Sadr, global director of ICAP (moderating); Bisrat Abraham, director of clinical operations and technical assistance for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control at NYC DOHMH; Jessica Justman, senior technical director of ICAP; and Isaac Beckford, community advocate. Reception to follow.  RSVP here.  722 West 168th St., Allan Rosenfield Building, Hess Commons. (Global Solutions)

December 4
12:10 – 2 p.m.
SIPA | Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Steve Coll: Directorate S: America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
A book talk and panel discussion with Steve Coll, author and dean of Journalism. Featuring SIPA professors and members of the Saltzman Institute, Dipali Mukhopadhyay and Stephen Biddle. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. (Just Societies)

December 6
6 p.m.
The Heyman Center
An Investigative Cinema: Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film
Fabrizio Cilento (Messiah College) will present his most recent book, An Investigative Cinema: Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film. Including a discussion with Elizabeth Leake, director of undergraduate studies in the Italian Department; Giancarlo Lombardi, professor of comparative literature at CUNY; and Richard Peña, professor of professional practice in film in the Faculty of the Arts. A wine and cheese reception will follow. The Heyman Center, Common Room, Second Floor. (Arts and Ideas)

December 6
6:30 – 9 p.m.    
Maison Française | School of the Arts
Film and Panel Discussion: Rafiki
Rafiki is the last film in the film series Blackness in French and Francophone Film. The film is a story about homosexuality in Kenya and is the first Kenyan feature to ever screen at Cannes. See the trailer here. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-bernstein, Screening Room. (Arts and Ideas)

December 17
12 – 1 p.m.
Center for Research on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic and Behavioral Genetics
Moral Trajectories in Genomic Medicine: From Personalized Medicine to Precision Prevention and Wellness Genomics?
A discussion with Eric T. Juengst, director of the UNC Center for Bioethics and a Professor in the Departments of Social Medicine and Genetics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will discuss. Presbyterian Hospital Building, Room 10-204. (Precision Medicine)

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

Knowledge is Power. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Nov 29 – Dec 17

From Global Solutions on AIDS to ensuring Just Societies with the Census 2020 count ,our Picks share powerful knowledge about our health, our city, and our world. And then, for the holidays, there’s the Carnival of the Animals!

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 4
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Mailman | ICAP
Knowledge is Power: World AIDS Day at 30
Presentations, a panel discussion, and a video premiere around the theme of Know your Status — the official theme for World AIDS Day 2018. Speakers include Wafaa El-Sadr, global director of ICAP (moderating); Bisrat Abraham, director of clinical operations and technical assistance for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control at NYC DOHMH; Jessica Justman, senior technical director of ICAP; and Isaac Beckford, community advocate. Reception to follow.  RSVP here.  722 West 168th St., Allan Rosenfield Building, Hess Commons. (Global Solutions)

REMINDERS

November 28: Suzan-Lori Parks: On Social Justice, Race, and Health
November 29: A Conversation About The Library Book
November 30: Smart, Secure, and Sustainable… Repowering The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be AND Growing up in Science: Rui Costa’s Unofficial Story AND 2018 Social Enterprise Conference: Capital for Good

PICKS

November 29
12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Urban Technologies and Refugee “Integration” in The City: Reinforcing Inequality?
As part of the Human Rights and Technology Speaker Series, a talk by Matt Mahmoudi, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cambridge and visiting scholar. International Affairs Building, Room 1302. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

December 3
6:15 p.m.
The Heyman Center
Staging War: Theatrical Ventures, Quandaries, and Prospects
A roundtable with playwrights whose work stimulates  “war plays.” Features Judith Thompson (Palace of the End), George Brant (Grounded), and Maurice Decaul (Dijla Wal Furat, Between the Tigris and the Euphrates). They will explore the enduring power of live dramatic performance for thinking through contemporary culture’s relationship to war, and consider what new forms and strategies are needed to face war’s new realities. The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room. (Arts and Ideas, Global Solutions)

December 3
6  – 8 p.m.
See sponsors here
The Census and the City: Why Threats to the Census Could Hurt Immigrants and Cause Millions of Dollars Lost to the City and its Services
Discussion features Kenneth Prewitt, former director of the US Census Bureau (keynote); Yvette Stacey Cumberbatch, former Census coordinator for the City; Alex William Finkelstein, New York Attorney General’s Office; John Flateau, professor at CUNY and former Census coordinator for the State; Quinn Rhi, senior associate at the MinKwon Center for Community Action; and Mazin Sidahmed, co-founding editor and senior reporter at Documented. RSVP here. International Affairs Building, Room 1512. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

December 5
5 – 7 p.m.
School of Professional Studies
Narrative Medicine Rounds: Border Lines—How Journalists Sorted Out Fact vs. Fiction in Issues about Children and Immigration
With Michael Grabell, an investigative reporter for ProPublica, covering economic issues, labor, immigration and trade. Grabell will speak about the process reporters and journalists go through to delve into the truth of a breaking news story, specifically discussing how a reporting team at ProPublica approached the news about the treatment of children at the border. ICUMC, Alumni Auditorium. (Just Societies)

December 8
1 – 4 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Saturday Science: Let’s Move It
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)

December 17
2 p.m.
Miller Theatre
Carnival of the Animals
Miller Theatre’s annual holiday tradition – a playful production that brings to life the 19th century French composer Camille Saint-Saëns’ musical The Carnival of the Animals with poetry by the late Ogden Nash. With Lake Simons, designer and director, and music by Camille Saint-Saëns. Purchase tickets here. Miller Theatre.

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.

What makes a scientist? Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Nov 19 – 30

Seasonal bounty, as we hear Rui Costa’s informal story, Suzan-Lori Parks’ take on race and health, and a whole range of deep and broad views, from K-pop to the roles of libraries. How do we make the world better? From the role of capital to how to power a sustainable future to protecting civilians in wartime, it’s Columbia for good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov 28
6 8 p.m.
Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons | Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics
Suzan-Lori Parks: On Social Justice, Race, and Health
The inaugural event of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics with a talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Parks is a a MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient and was the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, which was awarded for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog. Followed by a dramatization of scenes from her recent work and a talkback with the audience. P&S, Alumni Auditorium. (Just Societies)

REMINDERS

November 27: Palaces for the People AND Reporting the World: Lindsey Hilsum in Conversation with Dean Steve Coll AND Leonid Volkov, Russian politician of the Russia’s Future Party
November 28: Du Bois Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America

PICKS

November 26
2:30 6:30 p.m.
SIPA | Mailman
License to Kill?: Can Civilians Targeted in Conflict be Protected?
Today, civilians are the targets of vicious campaigns combining murder, sexual violence, starvation, and forced displacement. What can be done? A panel featuring Elazar Barkan, director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration at SIPA; Richard Dicker, director of International Justice Program at the Human Rights Watch; Dirk Salomons, director of the SIPA Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration; Fabien Dubuet, representative to the UN; and others. International Affairs Building, Room 1512. (Global Solutions, Just Societies)

6 – 8 p.m.
SPS
From Motown to K-Pop: Decoding the Cultural Secrets of Pop Music with Data
Can the music industry help answer compelling cultural questions? Zach Pentel, Global Director of Brand Strategy at Spotify, will show how one can use data to dissect the connection between pop music and the world around it. Reception to follow. RSVP here. Faculty House, Presidential Ballroom. (Arts and Ideas, Data and Society)

November 29
6 – 9 p.m.
Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library
A Conversation About The Library Book
New Yorker staff writer and author Susan Orlean’s latest work, The Library Book, is both an investigation of the 1986 Los Angeles Public Library fire and a meditation on the role of libraries in American public life. Orlean will be in conversation with Jim Neal, former president of the American Library Association and Columbia University librarian emeritus. RSVP required here. Butler Library, Room 203. (Arts and Ideas)

November 30
10:30 11:30 a.m.
The Earth Institute | Engineering
Smart, Secure, and Sustainable… Repowering The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be
This seminar features Terry Boston, former CEO and President of PJM, an electric utility serving nearly one-fifth of the US population. Boston’s presentation will compare predictions about the year 2000 to what has occurred, and will highlight some of the cyber and physical threats we face today. RSVP here. Schapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium, Room 412. (Climate Response)
        
4 p.m.
The Zuckerman Institute
Growing up in Science: Rui Costa’s Unofficial Story
Rui Costa, associate director and chief executive officer of the Zuckerman Institute, is an expert in movement and behavior in health and in disease. Costa will give a talk as part of the Growing Up in Science seminar series where speakers discuss the human side of becoming and being a scientist and share their successes, struggles, weaknesses, detours, and failures. Jerome L. Greene Science Center, L7-119. (Future of Neuroscience)

8 a.m. –  5:30 p.m.
Columbia Business School
2018 Social Enterprise Conference: Capital for Good
The business community once questioned whether it could afford to prioritize social impact. Today, the consensus is clear—how can it afford not to? This conference brings together industry leaders, professionals, academics, students, and alumni to share best practices and engender new ideas surrounding the intersection of business and society. See program here and purchase tickets here. 490 Riverside Drive, Riverside Church. (Just Societies)

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

Pick your Pick. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Nov 14 – 30

Discover war’s hidden casualties and untold reporting challenges. Explore the future of energy, public spaces, and Russian society.  Learn of W.E. B. Du Bois’s visualizations of African American life, and scan the public health’s horizon in other words, pick your Pick!

 

 

 

 

 

November 27
5:30 p.m.
See sponsors here
Palaces for the People
In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving, connections are formed. A talk by Klinenberg and Bruce Robbins, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities; Shamus Khan, professor of Sociology; and Kate Orff, associate professor and director of the Urban Design Program. The Heyman Center, Second Floor, Common Room. (Just Societies)

SNEAK PEAK

November 30
8 a.m. 5:30 p.m.
Columbia Business School
2018 Social Enterprise Conference: Capital for Good
The business community once questioned whether it could afford to prioritize social impact. Today, the consensus is clear—how can it afford not to? The conference brings together industry leaders, professionals, academics, students, and alumni to share best practices and engender new ideas surrounding the intersection of business and society. See program here and purchase tickets here. 490 Riverside Drive, Riverside Church. (Just Societies)

REMINDERS

November 13: Tim Wu: The Curse of Bigness
November 14: How Cities Spur Entrepreneurship and Innovation
November 15: The New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones in Conversation with NBC’s Lester Holt AND  A talk by Carrie Mae Weems

PICKS

November 14
4 – 7 p.m.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center | Mailman School of Public Health
2018 Calderone Prize in Public Health Lecture
This year’s prize will be awarded to Julio Frenk, president of the University of Miami and former Minister of Health of Mexico, who will also give a lecture on his work. RSVP here. The event will be live-streamed here. CUIMC, Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Auditorium. (Just Societies)

November 15
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
American Geographical Society | Earth Institute’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Powering Our Future Planet
Energy will be one of the most important factors influencing geopolitics, environmental quality, transportation routes, military conflicts, standards of living, world economies, food production, technical innovation, and the mass movement of people. A discussion with Oscar Ankunda, energy specialist at USAID-Uganda; John Hofmeister, founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy; and others. Moderated by Robert Chen, director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network. RSVP here. Lerner Hall, Broadway Room. (Climate Response)      

6 7:30 p.m.
Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics
The Uncounted: Inside America’s War Against ISIS
Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and sociologist Anand Gopal, will present on the moral and legal implications of the war on terror. A discussion between Gopal and investigative reporter Azmat Khan, facilitated by sociologist and INCITE director Peter Bearman, will follow.
Registration is required here. Journalism School, Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Just Societies)

November 27
6 7 p.m.
Columbia Journalism School Global |  Thought Leader Series
Reporting the World: Lindsey Hilsum in Conversation with Dean Steve Coll
Lindsey Hilsum, international editor for UK’s Channel 4 News and the first CJS Global Visiting Fellow, will give a talk on war correspondence with Dean Steve Coll. Hilsum has reported from hot spots around the globe such as Syria, Ukraine, Mali, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Rwanda and more. Pulitzer Hall, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)

6 p.m.
The Harriman Institute
Leonid Volkov, Russian politician of the Russia’s Future Party
A conversation with Leonid Volkov, Russian politician, member of the Russia’s Future Party,  and co-founder of the Internet Protection Society, an NGO focused on internet freedom and digital rights in Russia. Moderated by Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy and chair of the department of political science. International Affairs Building, Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room, 1219. (Data and Society, Global Solutions, Just Societies)

November 28
6 8 p.m.
Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Du Bois Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
The colorful charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition’s American Negro Exhibit by famed sociologist and black rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois offered a view into the lives of black Americans, conveying a literal and figurative representation of “the color line.” Du Bois Data Graphics: Visualizing Black America co-editors Britt Rusert and Whitney Battle-Baptiste and contributor Mabel O. Wilson (GSAPP) will be in conversation with Saidiya Hartman (English and comparative literature) and Robert Gooding-Williams (Philosophy). Graduate School of Journalism, Jamail Green Lecture hall, 3rd floor. (Data and Society)

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

What’s Next? Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Nov 8 – 27

From the midterm aftermath to food justice, innovative cities to our big tech Gilded Age, the Picks look deep into the past and far into the future.

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)

SNEAK PEAK

November 27
6 7:30 p.m.
Mailman | Food Justice + Public Health
Farming While Black
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 Leah Penniman, co-director of Soul Fire Farm. 104 Haven Avenue, Vagelos Education Center, Room 201. (Just Societies)

REMINDERS

November 7 16:  Blackness In French And Francophone Film Series  
November 9: Community as Treatment: The Opioid Epidemic and the Therapeutic Community (TC) Model
November 14: Free Expression in an Age of Surveillance: Measuring the “Chilling Effect”

PICKS

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)

November 12
6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies
Imagining and Narrating Plague in the Ottoman World
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk and award-winning plague historian Nükhet Varlık will have a conversation with historian A. Tunç Şen about how a novelist and a historian can imagine and recount past plagues. RSVP here. School of Journalism, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall. (Arts and Ideas, Global Solutions)

November 13
12:10 – 1 p.m.
Columbia Law School | Columbia Global Reports
Tim Wu: The Curse of Bigness
Tim Wu, Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology, discusses his new book The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age. Followed by a Q&A and book signing. Lunch will be provided. RSVP here. Columbia Law School, Room JG 104. (Data and Society)

November 14
12 – 2 p.m.
SIPA Entrepreneurship & Policy Initiative
How Cities Spur Entrepreneurship and Innovation
John Dearie, founder of the Center for American Entrepreneurship and Euan Robertson, director of planning and special projects at Columbia Technology Ventures, will discuss the role of city government in cultivating and sustaining an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Moderated by Hollie Russon, Gilman Postdoctoral Research Scholar at SIPA. Lunch will be provided. RSVP here. SIPA, Room 1512. (Data and Society)

November 15
12:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Journalism School
The New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones in Conversation with NBC’s Lester Holt
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Lester Holt

NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC anchor Lester Holt talks to Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times Magazine staff writer, about her career reporting on civil rights and racial injustice especially around education. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. (Just Societies)

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
School of the Arts
A talk by Carrie Mae Weems, considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists. Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

November 16
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
GSAPP
The Current State of Housing in North America
A day-long conference assesses the current state of housing in North America through a combination of case-studies and expanded thematic discussions among architects, academics, and advocates. See speakers here. RSVP here. GSAPP, Avery Hall. (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.

Signatures of Civilizations. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Nov 8 – 19

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 Greater Good. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks October 24 – November 7

The doctors who help us see more clearly, along with data specialists, world leaders, chefs and artists, all aiming for the greater goodtake 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.

Complex Issues (and Paul Farmer Event Cancelled). Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Oct. 17 – 29

From HIV prevention to food justice, Gary Shteyngart’s tangled characters to voter suppression, Columbia simply takes them on the complex. Rememberinvite 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.

Unfinished Business. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks October 3 – 19

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.