April 2018
Nicholas Scott Baker – Columbia University Seminar on Medieval Studies
Nicholas Scott Baker will present "Separating Time from Eternity in the Early Renaissance." Italians articulated the concepts of time and future in terms of Providence and fortune. These made sense of the unknowability of the future. These ideas saw Fortuna as subordinate to, and an agent of, Providence.
Find out more »Urban Floods: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference
This conference will address major urban floods, past, present and future. The goal is to understand these events in as holistic a way as possible, considering scientific and humanist questions together, and informed by historical context. Our focus will be on weather events in the United States and South Asia.
Find out more »Vence L. Bonham – Social Justice and Genome Editing: Voices of the Sickle Cell Disease Community
Genome-editing technologies are reported to have the promise to cure, ease, and possibly prevent the burden of numerous genetic diseases. One of the first uses of genome editing could involve treatment of sickle cell disease. In this talk, Dr. Bonham will present findings from a recent study that investigates the knowledge, values and opinions of the U.S. sickle cell disease community about participation in genome-editing clinical trials and the future use of the technology in clinical care.
Find out more »CANCELED: Kristien Hens – Epigenetics, Precision Medicine and Responsibility Towards Children
Kristien Hens discusses epigenetics, precision medicine and responsibility towards children.
Find out more »The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine
Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai and the American Center, invite you to the exhibition ‘The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine,’ researched and designed by Dr. Anthony Acciavatti from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University. By combining techniques from the arts and sciences, Acciavatti has created the first comprehensive visual profile of the Ganga River Basin in 50 years.
Find out more »Cons and Scams: Their Place in American Culture Conference
Cons and con men have long been present in American culture and are often represented as romantic figures. This symposium will explore cons and scams in their many guises and what makes us vulnerable to them, with particular attention to the current political scene in the US.
Find out more »Roger Matthew Grant – The Musical Origins of Contemporary Affect Theory
This lecture series will explore the enigma of how what we write relates back to the experience of bodies in different stages of health and disease. Our speakers will explore how the medical humanities build on and revise earlier notions of the “medical arts.” At stake are the problems of representation and the interpretation of cultural products from the past and present through medical models.
Find out more »Christine Goettler – Mount Potosí in Antwerp, 1635: Colonial Imagination and the Power of the Ephemeral
Join the Making and Knowing Project as they welcome Christine Goettler on April 24 for a lecture on colonial imagination and the power of the ephemeral in 17th century Antwerp. On April 25, she will discuss her Materialized Identities project, and answer any student research questions and problems.
Find out more »Neuroscience in Action: A Conversation About Early Life Trauma and the Brain
In collaboration with Trauma-Free NYC, this talk takes a closer look at how exposure to psychosocial adversity relates to children's behavioral and neurobiological development. This is the second event in the 2018 Speaker Series.
Find out more »Presidential Scholars Research Symposium: 3rd-Year Presentations and Reception
This event will include final presentations from 3rd-year Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, who will be completing the program this June. Please join us to learn more about their projects, accomplishments, and their experiences engaging in interdisciplinary research at Columbia and beyond.
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