An interdisciplinary research center supporting collaborative projects that address gender, race, sexuality, and other intersecting forms of global inequality

Call for Applications

for ABD Graduate Students

The Center for the Study of Social Difference [CSSD] is looking for two ABD graduate students to join the CSSD Business Office for at least one academic year. We are searching for applicants interested in a cross-disciplinary approach to issues of social difference locally and globally. CSSD works across the University to support faculty Working Groups and social engagement projects that foster ethical and progressive social change.

Click here for more on the application process.

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Extractive Media to Co-Sponsor Event with the South Asia Institute at Columbia
CSSD Call for Applications for Two Business Office Positions: Communications Coordinator & Events Coordinator
Seeds of Diaspora WG Director Lynnette Widder to Co-Sponsor April 10 Event, Titled "The Great Padma: The Epic River that Made the Bengal Delta"
Premilla Nadasen, Co-Director of the Transnational Black Feminisms WG, to Lead Two Events this April on Care
Read Now! New Blog Post on the Prison Education & Social Justice Working Group: "Tranforming Prison Education from the Inside"
Videos from the the 49th Scholar and Feminist Conference: Anti-Colonialism, Black Radicalism, and Transnational Feminism
Lilian Chee from the Insurgent Domesticities WG Contributes to New Book, Architectures of Care (Routledge, 2023)
Read Now! New Blog Post, titled "Extraction, Waste, and Security," following Extractive Media's Event on March 4
2024 Call for Proposals Deadline Approaching: Friday, March 8, at 9 AM
A Range of Columbia Courses Being Taught by Participants in the Prison Education Working Group
Recovery WG Member Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot Publishes New Piece in City and Society
The Prison Education Working Group Will Hold an Information Panel on March 4 for GSAS Students
An Update on the Tremendous Work of Motherhood & Tech WG Member George Estreich
Refugee Cities WG Member Kian Tajbakhsh Publishes Piece in The Atlantic: "Iran Is Not a 'Normal' Country"
Watch Now! The Cunning of Gender Violence Pt. 3-3 (10/11/23) Book Launch Video Recording through BCRW
Listen Today! The Cunning of Gender Violence Book Launch Pt. 2-3 (9/14/23) Audio Recording Available Now

Warm congratulations to CSSD Interim Director Co-Founder Lila Abu-Lughod, who was elected a 2023 member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

The Academy is both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence of its members and an independent research center convening leaders from across disciplines, professions, and perspectives to address significant challenges.

For more information about the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and to learn more about Professor Abu-Lughod and the other members of the 2023 cohort, visit: New Members Elected in 2023: American Academy of Arts & Sciences.