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  • May 2025
    • May 15, 2025 Center for Science and Society: Call for Applications: Co-Production of Knowledge Grants May 15, 2025
    • May 14, 2025 Upcoming Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) Event: You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take  May 14, 2025
  • April 2025
    • Apr 17, 2025 Debashree Mukherjee Awarded 2025 ACLS Fellowship Apr 17, 2025
    • Apr 9, 2025 Upcoming Event with the Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW): Missionary Women and the Imperial Roots of White Evangelical Feminism Apr 9, 2025
  • February 2025
    • Feb 26, 2025 CSSD CALL FOR PROPOSALS! Feb 26, 2025
  • November 2024
    • Nov 6, 2024 Afro-Nordic Feminisms Working Group goes to University of Iceland Nov 6, 2024
    • Nov 6, 2024 Truelove Seeds Tour: Seeds of Diaspora Nov 6, 2024
  • September 2024
    • Sep 25, 2024 Columbia Giving Day is Here on October 1,2024! Save The Date. Sep 25, 2024
  • June 2024
    • Jun 24, 2024 The Recent Work of Dr. Nancy Reame from the Motherhood and Technology Working Group Jun 24, 2024
    • Jun 24, 2024 CSSD Welcomes Professor Shana Redmond as our New Faculty Director Jun 24, 2024
    • Jun 3, 2024 Members of the Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Participate in Panel at the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference in Seattle (May 9-12, 2024) Jun 3, 2024
  • May 2024
    • May 30, 2024 Geographies of Injustice WG Organized and Participated in "Iberian Seascapes" Conference at the University of Lisbon: (May 23-4, 2024) May 30, 2024
    • May 22, 2024 READ NOW! Ana Paulina Lee Interviewed for NYT Article on Music Exposing Religious Intolerance in Brazil May 22, 2024
    • May 2, 2024 Seeds of Diaspora Hosts Prof. Eric Verdeil for a Talk Titled "From Earth to Art: Seeing, Acquiescing, and Contesting the Anthropocene" on 4/24/24 May 2, 2024
    • May 2, 2024 Nana Osei-Kofi's New Book: AfroSwedish Places in Belonging (Northwestern University Press 2024) is Expected in June May 2, 2024
    • May 2, 2024 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Members Jasmine Kelekay, Lena Sawyer, and Nana Osei-Kofi Authored Chapters in the Newly Published Anthology Antirasismer och Antirasister May 2, 2024
  • April 2024
    • Apr 26, 2024 Afro-Nordic Feminisms Co-Directors Monica L. Miller and Nana Osei-Kofi co-authored the introduction to I Talk about It All the Time by Camara Lundestad Joof Apr 26, 2024
    • Apr 25, 2024 Nana Osei-Kofi & Lena Sawyer co-authored, “Counter Archiving as a Decolonial Pedagogy of Collective Care,” published in Decolonising Social Work in Finland: Racialisation and Practices of Care Apr 25, 2024
    • Apr 25, 2024 Tess Skadegård Thorsen from Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Co-Authored a Chapter in the New Book: (Farve)blinde vinkler – om racialisering, ulighed og andetgørelse i pædagogisk praksis Apr 25, 2024
    • Apr 23, 2024 Jack Halberstam, Director of Past CSSD WG Queer Aquí & ISSG Faculty Director, Announced as 2024 Guggenheim Fellow Apr 23, 2024
    • Apr 22, 2024 Mana Kia, Director of the New CSSD WG Alternative Modes of Being, Receives Award for Community Building & Engagement at Humanities Faculty Recognition Awards Apr 22, 2024
    • Apr 17, 2024 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Member Tess Skadegård Thorsen Joins Danish Delegation to Brussels in April Apr 17, 2024
    • Apr 17, 2024 Extractive Media to Co-Sponsor Event with the South Asia Institute at Columbia Apr 17, 2024
    • Apr 2, 2024 CSSD Call for Applications for Two Business Office Positions: Communications Coordinator & Events Coordinator Apr 2, 2024
    • Apr 2, 2024 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" Apr 2, 2024
    • Apr 1, 2024 Premilla Nadasen, Co-Director of the Transnational Black Feminisms WG, to Lead Two Events this April on Care Apr 1, 2024
  • March 2024
    • Mar 31, 2024 Read Now! New Blog Post on the Prison Education & Social Justice Working Group: "Tranforming Prison Education from the Inside" Mar 31, 2024
    • Mar 29, 2024 Videos from the the 49th Scholar and Feminist Conference: Anti-Colonialism, Black Radicalism, and Transnational Feminism Mar 29, 2024
    • Mar 19, 2024 Lilian Chee from the Insurgent Domesticities WG Contributes to New Book, Architectures of Care (Routledge, 2023) Mar 19, 2024
    • Mar 6, 2024 Read Now! New Blog Post, titled "Extraction, Waste, and Security," following Extractive Media's Event on March 4 Mar 6, 2024
    • Mar 4, 2024 2024 Call for Proposals Deadline Approaching: Friday, March 8, at 9 AM Mar 4, 2024
    • Mar 4, 2024 A Range of Columbia Courses Being Taught by Participants in the Prison Education Working Group Mar 4, 2024
    • Mar 2, 2024 Recovery WG Member Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot Publishes New Piece in City and Society Mar 2, 2024
    • Mar 1, 2024 The Prison Education Working Group Will Hold an Information Panel on March 4 for GSAS Students Mar 1, 2024
    • Mar 1, 2024 An Update on the Tremendous Work of Motherhood & Tech WG Member George Estreich Mar 1, 2024
    • Mar 1, 2024 Refugee Cities WG Member Kian Tajbakhsh Publishes Piece in The Atlantic: "Iran Is Not a 'Normal' Country" Mar 1, 2024
  • February 2024
    • Feb 29, 2024 Watch Now! The Cunning of Gender Violence Pt. 3-3 (10/11/23) Book Launch Video Recording through BCRW Feb 29, 2024
    • Feb 28, 2024 Listen Today! The Cunning of Gender Violence Book Launch Pt. 2-3 (9/14/23) Audio Recording Available Now Feb 28, 2024
    • Feb 28, 2024 Watch Now! The Cunning of Gender Violence Pt. 1-3 (9/13/23) Book Launch Event Available Here & on Youtube Feb 28, 2024
    • Feb 20, 2024 Matthew Engelke to Become Columbia's New Department of Religion Chair Feb 20, 2024
    • Feb 6, 2024 Lila Abu-Lughod Interviewed by Columbia Journal: "Do Muslim Women Still Need Saving?" Feb 6, 2024
    • Feb 2, 2024 RECAP: Extraction Time with Professor Brian R. Jacobson (1/25/24) Feb 2, 2024
    • Feb 2, 2024 CSSD Call for Proposals 2024 (Deadline: March 8) Feb 2, 2024
  • January 2024
    • Jan 30, 2024 The Institute of Fine Art to Host Discussion on Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi's Architecture of Migration Jan 30, 2024
    • Jan 25, 2024 Forthcoming Memoir by Motherhood & Technology Working Group Fellow Emily Bloom Jan 25, 2024
    • Jan 24, 2024 The Extractive Media WG Releases its Spring 2024 Events Lists Jan 24, 2024
    • Jan 23, 2024 SOF/Heyman Center to Host Discussion on Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi's New Book: Architecture of Migration (2023) Jan 23, 2024
    • Jan 18, 2024 Zip Code Memory Project Website to be Hosted by SOF/Heyman Center Jan 18, 2024
    • Jan 17, 2024 Recovery WG Update: Workshopping the Work of Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot & Chloé Salama Faux Jan 17, 2024
    • Jan 16, 2024 Tami Navarro, Co-Director of Transnational Black Feminisms, to Speak on Panel at the Duke Centennial Jan 16, 2024
    • Jan 11, 2024 An Update on the Wonderful Work of Faith Adiele from the Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Jan 11, 2024
    • Jan 11, 2024 Seeds of Diaspora WG to Host Film Screening of Naeem Mohaiemen's "Jole Dobe Na" in February Jan 11, 2024
    • Jan 10, 2024 Congratulations to Recent PhD Graduates Elizabeth Löwe Hunter & Oda-Kange Midtvåge-Diallo Jan 10, 2024
    • Jan 9, 2024 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Member Jasmine Kelekay to Join Howard University's Department of Sociology and Criminology in Fall 2024 Jan 9, 2024
  • December 2023
    • Dec 15, 2023 Refugee Cities Member Organized Nov. Conference Aimed at Reframing Migrant "Crisis" in NYC Dec 15, 2023
    • Dec 14, 2023 Insurgent Domesticities Member Hollyamber Kennedy To Be Published in The Journal of Architecture Dec 14, 2023
    • Dec 12, 2023 Professor Jack Halberstam to Deliver Public Lectures in Sydney, Australia Dec 12, 2023
    • Dec 7, 2023 CSSD Members Participated in Faculty Roundtable "On Feminism and Palestine" on Dec. 4 Dec 7, 2023
    • Dec 5, 2023 Iulia Stătică Publishes New Text in Routledge Architext Series: Urban Phantasmagorias: Domesticity, Production and the Politics of Modernity in Communist Bucharest (Routledge, 2023) Dec 5, 2023
    • Dec 1, 2023 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Members to be in Conversation at UC Berkeley's Nordic Center Dec 1, 2023
    • Dec 1, 2023 CSSD Interim Director Lila Abu-Lughod receives the 2023 Career Award from the Association for Feminist Anthropology Dec 1, 2023
    • Dec 1, 2023 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Member Temi Odumuso Participated in Weekend of Archival Happenings at SouthNord Artfest Dec 1, 2023
    • Dec 1, 2023 Seeds of Diaspora Co-Director Lynnette Widder Awarded a 2023 Architecture + Design Independent Projects Grant Dec 1, 2023
  • November 2023
    • Nov 30, 2023 Refugee Cities WG member Kian Tajbakhsh in Discussion with Gillian Triggs at "Mobilizing Action Toward the Global Compact on Refugees" Nov 30, 2023
    • Nov 29, 2023 Recap: Extractive Media hosts Dr. Macarena Gómez-Barris on Nov. 15 Nov 29, 2023
    • Nov 29, 2023 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Members Delivery Keynote at Copenhagen Conference Nov 29, 2023
    • Nov 29, 2023 Recap: Afro-Nordic Feminisms Working Group Meeting from Nov. 9-12 Nov 29, 2023
    • Nov 28, 2023 Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Members Contribute to Special Issue of Kvinder, Køn og Forskning Nov 28, 2023
    • Nov 27, 2023 CSSD Member Joins Over 100 University Professors in Criticizing "Principles of Solidarity. A Statement" Signed by Jürgen Habermas and Others Nov 27, 2023
    • Nov 16, 2023 Professor Zeynep Çelik Alexander to Delivery Lecture at e-flux Tonight Entitled "Paper Beats Rock: The Imperial Institute's Media" Nov 16, 2023
    • Nov 13, 2023 CSSD Members Join Feminist Call to Stop Genocide and Occupation in Palestine Nov 13, 2023
    • Nov 13, 2023 Sarover Zaidi from Insurgent Domesticities Participates in Panel at South Asia in Translation Conference Nov 13, 2023
    • Nov 10, 2023 Motherhood & Technology WG Co-Directors to Guest-Edit Special Issue of The Journal of Medical Humanities Nov 10, 2023
    • Nov 10, 2023 Ana Paulina Lee & Geographies of Injustice Share New Collaborative Podcast Project Nov 10, 2023
    • Nov 9, 2023 Paige West & Pacific Climate Circuits Have Published a New Paper in Oryx Journal Nov 9, 2023
    • Nov 9, 2023 On the Spatial Design Research of S. E. Eisterer, Member of the Insurgent Domesticities WG Nov 9, 2023
    • Nov 8, 2023 Upcoming Book Release: Architecture of Migration by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Nov 8, 2023
    • Nov 6, 2023 Motherhood & Tech WG Member Aya Labanieh Publishes "No Fap: A Cultural History of Anti-Masturbation" in LA Review of Books Nov 6, 2023
  • October 2023
    • Oct 30, 2023 Motherhood & Technology WG Fellow to Deliver Public Lecture on the History of Hormones at Sarah Lawrence University Oct 30, 2023
    • Oct 20, 2023 Refugee Cities Member Speaks During Nacera Belaza's US Debut of "L'Onde" Oct 20, 2023
    • Oct 16, 2023 Neferti X. M. Tadiar Discusses "Remaindered Life" (Duke University Press 2022) In Public Books Magazine Oct 16, 2023
    • Oct 9, 2023 Refugee Cities WG Member Achilles Kallergis Participated as a Speaker at Penn State's “(Dis)Place: From Tent Camps to the Future of Urbanism – The Architecture of Migration" Oct 9, 2023
    • Oct 7, 2023 Recovery WG Co-Director Elizabeth Bernstein Publishes Article in Public Books Oct 7, 2023
    • Oct 2, 2023 Refugee Cities Member Mae Ngai Publishes "The Painful Afterlife of a Cruel Policy" in The Atlantic Oct 2, 2023
  • September 2023
    • Sep 25, 2023 Recovery WG Co-Director Rebecca Jordan-Young Participated in “Recovery in Practice” Conference Sep 25, 2023
    • Sep 11, 2023 Paige West and John Aini Awarded Grants to Continue Work With Indigenous Communities Sep 11, 2023
  • June 2023
    • Jun 15, 2023 ZCMP Film Featured in News Coverage of Queens World Film Festival Jun 15, 2023
    • Jun 15, 2023 Kerwin Kaye Publishes Chapter in the Paradoxes of Neoliberalism: Gender, Sex, and Possibilities for Justice Jun 15, 2023
    • Jun 15, 2023 Katherine Bergevin's Op. Ed. on Reproductive Freedom in Washington Post Jun 15, 2023
    • Jun 15, 2023 Gil Z. Hochberg Awarded American Comparative Literature Association's 2022 René Wellek Book Award | Insurgent Domesticities Jun 15, 2023
    • Jun 15, 2023 Lila Abu-Lughod Delivers Keynote Address | Religion and the Global Framing of Gender Violence Jun 15, 2023
  • April 2023
    • Apr 18, 2023 Scarcity Colloquium with Carl Wennerlind Apr 18, 2023
    • Apr 18, 2023 “What do we talk about when we talk about extractivism?” Colloquium with Jennifer Wenzel Apr 18, 2023
    • Apr 4, 2023 Ana Ozaki in Conversation at Princeton | Spatial Storytelling: Boats, Beaches, and Bairros Apr 4, 2023
    • Apr 4, 2023 Ana Ozaki in Conversation at Princeton | Of Milk, Blood, and Bones Apr 4, 2023
  • March 2023
    • Mar 31, 2023 Women Mobilizing Memory Featured on College Walk for Women's History Month Mar 31, 2023
    • Mar 30, 2023 Madiha Tahir | Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University Mar 30, 2023
    • Mar 29, 2023 Mignon Moore Interviewed on Forthcoming Book Mar 29, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Insurgent Domesticities Co-Director Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi’s Book Selected for Theory in Forms Series Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Feminist Architectural Histories of Migration Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Insurgent Domesticities | Concept Histories of Settlement Workshop in Switzerland Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Insurgent Domesticities | Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Keynote Address, “Intersectional Spaces of Care” Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Transnational Black Feminisms | Celia Naylor Publishes New Book “Remembering the Enslaved at Rose Hall Plantation, Jamaica” Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Transnational Black Feminisms | Tami Navarro Publishes New Book “Virgin Capital” Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Motherhood and Technology | Rishi Goyal and Arden Hegele Publication, “Culture and Medicine: Critical Readings in the Health and Medical Humanities” Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 Religion and the Global Framing of Gender Violence | Article in 50th Anniversary Special Issue of Feminist Studies Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 24, 2023 "The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism" Available for Preorder Mar 24, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 Elizabeth Bernstein Wins Prestigious Presidential Research Award | Recovery Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 CSSD Co-Director Ana Paulina Lee in "Literature Around the World" 2022 in Paris Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 Sonia Tolani Attends Sports Cardiology Summit | Women’s Heart Disease Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University Ed Cohen discussed his new book with the Recovery working group in November 2022 Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 17, 2023 Co-Director Elizabeth Bernstein publishes edited volume "Paradoxes of Neoliberalism" (2021) Mar 17, 2023
    • Mar 14, 2023 Call for Papers/ Participants Refugee CitiesSymposium on the Urban Dimensions of Forced Displacement [deadline extended] Mar 14, 2023
    • Mar 14, 2023 Working Group Director Inga Winkler to give talk about Human Rights in Menstrual Movements at Oxford University in May 2023 Mar 14, 2023
    • Mar 12, 2023 Working group member Nancy reame contributes to "Changing Practices in ICS - international commercial surrogacy" for the website Surrogacy360.org Mar 12, 2023
    • Mar 12, 2023 Motherhood and Technology working group member Nancy Reame was appointed an Associate Editor for the new journal, Frontiers in Reproductive Health - Menopause Section, effective January 2023 Mar 12, 2023
    • Mar 12, 2023 CSSD group member Aya Labanieh publishes an article in 'Journal of Postcolonial Writing' Mar 12, 2023
    • Mar 5, 2023 CSSD Working Group Director Tami Navarro in Conversation with Columbia faculty and former CSSD working group member about Navarro's recent book Mar 5, 2023
  • February 2023
    • Feb 20, 2023 Call for Papers/Participants - Refugee Cities Symposium on the Urban Dimensions of Forced Displacement Feb 20, 2023
  • November 2022
    • Nov 4, 2022 S.E. Eisterer in conversation with Stephen Vider on his new book “The Queerness of Home”, 25 October 2022 Nov 4, 2022
  • October 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 Anooradha Siddiqi will be participating in a launch of the essay collection Feminist Architectural Histories of Migration, starting November 17, 2022. Oct 17, 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi to Deliver the Teetzel Lecture at the University of Toronto Oct 17, 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 Neferti X. M. Tadiar Discusses Her Book “Remaindered Life” on New Books in Critical Theory podcast Oct 17, 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 Insurgent Domesticities | Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver Chadwick Lecture Oct 17, 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 Professor Marisa Solomon Explores the Correlation Between Proximity to Waste and Fugitive Gender Articulations in Recent Research Publication Oct 17, 2022
  • January 2022
    • Jan 1, 2022 Lilian Chee releases trailer for upcoming film Objects for Thriving, in collaboration with Ian Mun Jan 1, 2022
  • December 2021
    • Dec 26, 2021 Annapurna Garimella appears on podcast The Seen and the Unseen for an episode entitled “Objects Speak” Dec 26, 2021
  • November 2021
    • Nov 21, 2021 Akira Drake Rodriguez discusses new book Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing at Cornell AAP Nov 21, 2021
    • Nov 15, 2021 Jennifer Hirsch’s Research Cited in USA Today Article Nov 15, 2021
    • Nov 15, 2021 Mae Ngai Launches “Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas” Nov 15, 2021
    • Nov 15, 2021 Zip Code Memory Project Gathering for Covid Nov 15, 2021
  • October 2021
    • Oct 4, 2021 Insurgent Domesticities member, Iulia Statica's exhibition in London titled “Archiving the Home: Gender and Domesticity in Postsocialist Bucharest.” Oct 4, 2021
  • September 2021
    • Sep 23, 2021 Ife Salema Vanable gives Under Construction Lecture entitled “Nothing Even Matters” at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Sep 23, 2021
    • Sep 21, 2021 The Zip Code Memory Project seeks local participants for collaborative art-based project Sep 21, 2021
    • Sep 20, 2021 Insurgent Domesticities members speak at ‘Caregiving as Method’ Sep 20, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Naomi Stead in conversation with artist Sarah Rodigari, “Walking, Talking, and Accountability” Sep 7, 2021
  • July 2021
    • Jul 15, 2021 Announcing the Zip Code Memory Project, supported by the Center for the Study of Social Difference and The Henry Luce Foundation Jul 15, 2021
  • May 2021
    • May 28, 2021 Applications now open: ZIP Code Public Humanities Fellowships May 28, 2021
    • May 19, 2021 A Message from the Staff of CSSD: Solidarity with Palestine May 19, 2021
    • May 18, 2021 Katherine Franke in Vox May 18, 2021
    • May 6, 2021 Kavita Sivaramakrishnan on Radio Open Source May 6, 2021
  • April 2021
    • Apr 29, 2021 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group fellows publish new article Apr 29, 2021
    • Apr 27, 2021 Souleymane Bachir Diagne in Christian Science Monitor Apr 27, 2021
    • Apr 26, 2021 Vanessa Agard-Jones Lectures on Ephemera at Wesleyan University Apr 26, 2021
    • Apr 22, 2021 Meredith Gamer Lectures at Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Apr 22, 2021
    • Apr 22, 2021 Elections to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Apr 22, 2021
    • Apr 21, 2021 Lila Abu-Lughod Delivered A Webinar On Gender Violence Apr 21, 2021
    • Apr 19, 2021 Office of the Provost Mid-Career Faculty Grant Apr 19, 2021
    • Apr 15, 2021 New Social Engagement Projects at the Center for the Study of Social Difference Apr 15, 2021
    • Apr 13, 2021 Saidiya Hartman Receives PEN America Literary Award Apr 13, 2021
    • Apr 13, 2021 Kevin Fellezs in The Guardian Apr 13, 2021
    • Apr 12, 2021 CSSD Faculty Recipients of Guggenheim Fellowship Apr 12, 2021
    • Apr 5, 2021 Building Solidarities: Racial Justice in the Built Environment Web/Podcast Series Apr 5, 2021
  • March 2021
    • Mar 31, 2021 Anupama Rao Participates in Panel Discussion on Historian Sumit Guha’s book Mar 31, 2021
    • Mar 31, 2021 Farah Jasmine Griffin Contributes Essay to the collection Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 Mar 31, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Motherhood and Technology working group fellow publishes book review in Public Books Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Rachel Adams interviewed by the Spectator and Columbia News Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Co-director of the Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women working group interviewed by Columbia News Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Director of the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group interviewed by NPR Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Frances Negron-Muntaner Interviewed by WNYC’s The Takeaway Podcast Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Tey Meadow and L.A. Paul Co-author New Article Published by Texte Zur Kunst Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Columbia University Partners with Howard University to Launch New Collaborative Black Studies Book Series, Diversity Program Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Elizabeth Povinelli in Virtual Dialogue with Frontier Imaginaries Founder Mar 25, 2021
    • Mar 23, 2021 Menstrual Health Blog Written by Working Group Fellow Mar 23, 2021
    • Mar 23, 2021 Virtual Discussion with Fellows from Reframing Gendered Violence Project Mar 23, 2021
    • Mar 22, 2021 Barbara Penner participates in the London Festival of Architecture on “The Fireless Cooker” Mar 22, 2021
    • Mar 19, 2021 Upcoming Webinar Series By Theory from the Margins Mar 19, 2021
    • Mar 18, 2021 A Message from the Staff of CSSD: Solidarity With Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities Mar 18, 2021
    • Mar 12, 2021 CSSD Director Featured in New York Times Article Mar 12, 2021
    • Mar 12, 2021 CSSD Stands in Solidarity With Graduate Workers of Columbia University Mar 12, 2021
    • Mar 4, 2021 Insurgent Domesticities members at the "Gender and Infrastructure: Intersections between Postsocialist and Postcolonial Geographies" Mar 4, 2021
    • Mar 3, 2021 Brent Hayes Edwards Spotlighted for “Quarantine Collages” Mar 3, 2021
  • February 2021
    • Feb 24, 2021 Co-director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity interviewed by US News Feb 24, 2021
    • Feb 24, 2021 Anupama Rao will be moderating a discussion on the Dalit Panthers and Literary Insurgence Feb 24, 2021
    • Feb 24, 2021 Queer Aqui Working group fellow featured in the Hawai’i Contemporary Art Summit Feb 24, 2021
    • Feb 24, 2021 Farah Jasmine Griffin to Deliver Virtual Lecture at Hollins University Feb 24, 2021
    • Feb 10, 2021 Engendering the Archive Working Group Fellow was a guest on The Dean's Table Feb 10, 2021
    • Feb 10, 2021 Mabel O. Wilson interviewed by Washington Post Feb 10, 2021
    • Feb 10, 2021 Maya Sabatello featured in the Research Ethics & Compliance – Film Discussions series Feb 10, 2021
    • Feb 1, 2021 Queer Aqui Co-Director Authors New Book Feb 1, 2021
    • Feb 1, 2021 CSSD Media Fellow Awarded Open City Fellowship by The Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW) Feb 1, 2021
  • January 2021
    • Jan 28, 2021 CSSD Director Honored as One of 50 Explorers Changing the World Jan 28, 2021
    • Jan 27, 2021 Premilla Nadasen Named the Winner of the 2020 Ann Snitow Prize Jan 27, 2021
    • Jan 21, 2021 Pacific Climate Circuits Co-Director Kevin Fellezs Moderates Symposium on Racial Equity Jan 21, 2021
    • Jan 21, 2021 Women Mobilizing Memory Working Group Co-Director Interviewed by the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) Jan 21, 2021
  • December 2020
    • Dec 15, 2020 Call for Proposals Now Open Dec 15, 2020
  • November 2020
    • Nov 29, 2020 The Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Officially Launches the Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies Nov 29, 2020
    • Nov 27, 2020 Geographies of Injustice Media Fellow Publishes Article for VICE Nov 27, 2020
    • Nov 24, 2020 NEW CSSD Podcast - Just Three Nov 24, 2020
    • Nov 23, 2020 Jennifer Dohrn to Speak on Upcoming Panel "Nurses on the COVID-19 Frontlines: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Wuhan, China and NYC" Nov 23, 2020
    • Nov 22, 2020 Fellows of the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Author an Article on Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice for Menstrual Health Nov 22, 2020
    • Nov 18, 2020 Black Atlantic Ecologies Graduate Assistant featured in Columbia News for Co-Creation of New Podcast Nov 18, 2020
    • Nov 5, 2020 Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi to Speak on Insurgent Domesticities at Cooper Union Nov 5, 2020
    • Nov 2, 2020 Engendering the Archive Fellow Has Won the British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize Nov 2, 2020
  • October 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 Co-Director of the Gender & the Global Slum Working Group Has Been Named University Professor Oct 19, 2020
    • Oct 16, 2020 Co-Director of the Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women Working Group Has Been Presented with a Society of Columbia Graduates 2020 Great Teacher Award Oct 16, 2020
    • Oct 13, 2020 Women Mobilizing Memory Collective Solidarity Statement on Artsakh Oct 13, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 Co-Director of the Black Atlantic Ecologies Working Group Interviewed by Wave Hill Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 Co-Director of Geographies of Injustice to Speak at Institute of Latin American Studies Online Event Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 Unpayable Debt Working Group Co-director Profiled by Feminist Films in the Classroom Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 Transnational Black Feminisms Co-Director Featured in New Documentary Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 10, 2020 Co-Director of the Queer Aqui Working Group interview by BBC Worldwide Oct 10, 2020
    • Oct 9, 2020 Former Co-Director of Pacific Climate Circuits Interviewed by El Fénix Oct 9, 2020
    • Oct 9, 2020 Environmental Justice Working Group Co-Director Quoted in the Financial Times Oct 9, 2020
    • Oct 9, 2020 Director of The Future of Disability Studies, Working Group Discusses Teaching in the Age of COVID Oct 9, 2020
    • Oct 5, 2020 Queer Aqui Working Group Fellow was interviewed by major News Outlets About Recent Changes to the Supreme Court Oct 5, 2020
    • Oct 2, 2020 Motherhood and Technology Co-Director Interviewed by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes Oct 2, 2020
  • September 2020
    • Sep 30, 2020 Reframing Gendered Violence Working Group Fellow Published in Griffith Asia Insights Sep 30, 2020
    • Sep 20, 2020 Women Mobilizing Memory Working Group Co-Director Reviewed by the Los Angeles Review of Books Sep 20, 2020
  • August 2020
    • Aug 24, 2020 On the Frontlines: Nursing Leadership in Pandemics Co-Director Recieves 2020 Nurses with Global Impact Award Aug 24, 2020
    • Aug 21, 2020 Motherhood and Technology Co-Director Pens Piece for Columbia News Aug 21, 2020
    • Aug 21, 2020 Updates from the Religion and the Global Reframing of Gender Violence Working Group Aug 21, 2020
    • Aug 18, 2020 Mona Sinha to be Featured Speaker in Democratic National Convention Virtual Event Aug 18, 2020
    • Aug 18, 2020 Unpayable Debt Co-Director Featured in The Takeaway Podcast Aug 18, 2020
  • July 2020
    • Jul 20, 2020 Menstrual Health Working Group Fellow Awarded for New Book Jul 20, 2020
  • June 2020
    • Jun 27, 2020 Mona Sinha Directs Documentary on Trans Representation in Hollywood Jun 27, 2020
    • Jun 23, 2020 Three New Working Groups at CSSD Launching Fall 2020 Jun 23, 2020
    • Jun 22, 2020 Upcoming Event Cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Social Difference Jun 22, 2020
    • Jun 15, 2020 Mona Sinha Joins Forces with Gloria Steinem in Letter Responding to Trump’s New Rule on Transgender Rights Jun 15, 2020
    • Jun 12, 2020 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Fellow Marni Sommer Co-Authors Article for Devex Jun 12, 2020
    • Jun 5, 2020 On the Frontlines Coordinator Receives Award from the School of General Studies Jun 5, 2020
    • Jun 4, 2020 Jennifer Dohrn Leads Discussion on the Public Health Crisis of Police Violence Against Black Americans Jun 4, 2020
    • Jun 4, 2020 Vicky Murillo Interviewed on CNN en Español Jun 4, 2020
    • Jun 1, 2020 On the Frontlines Co-Director to Teach New Week-long ISERP Course Jun 1, 2020
    • Jun 1, 2020 Farah Griffin Pens Piece for the Boston Review Jun 1, 2020
  • May 2020
    • May 29, 2020 Menstrual Health & Gender Justice Working Group Recognizes Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020 May 29, 2020
    • May 20, 2020 Jean Howard Receives the 2020 Presidential Teaching Award May 20, 2020
    • May 15, 2020 Frontline Nurses: Leaders in Pandemic Response Video Now Available May 15, 2020
    • May 13, 2020 Geographies of Injustice: Gender and the City Co-director Interviewed by MSNBC May 13, 2020
    • May 11, 2020 Queer Aqui Working Group Fellow Wins Prestigious Award May 11, 2020
    • May 11, 2020 CSSD Project Directors featured in the Notes on Feminism Series May 11, 2020
    • May 11, 2020 Former CSSD Director receives 2020 Faculty Mentoring Award May 11, 2020
  • April 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Lila Abu-Lughod cited by the New York Times Book Review Apr 13, 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Christia Mercer is interviewed in The Harvard Crimson Apr 13, 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Geographies of Injustice co-director pens piece in The Conversation. Apr 13, 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Farah Jasmine Griffin, Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women co-director, interviewed for Ms Magazine Apr 13, 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Pedagogies of Dignity Director Featured in The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing in the World Apr 13, 2020
  • March 2020
    • Mar 25, 2020 Racial Capitalism Media Fellow Honored by the World Economic Forum Mar 25, 2020
    • Mar 25, 2020 New Netflix Docu-series Inspired by the book 'On Her Own Ground' Reaches Number 1 Mar 25, 2020
    • Mar 8, 2020 New Post from Women Mobilizing Memory Working Group Member for International Women's Day Mar 8, 2020
    • Mar 5, 2020 Ana Paulina Lee Participates in Workshop Discussing Restitution of Plundered Objects Mar 5, 2020
    • Mar 3, 2020 Geographies of Injustice Fellows Featured in Rio On Watch Mar 3, 2020
  • February 2020
    • Feb 26, 2020 Join Geographies of Injustice Co-Director for a Book Talk Feb 26, 2020
    • Feb 24, 2020 Unpayable Debt Co-director Featured in Podcasts The Takeaway and Hilando Fino Feb 24, 2020
    • Feb 19, 2020 Former CSSD Director Marianne Hirsch’s New Book Featured in Columbia News Feb 19, 2020
    • Feb 19, 2020 Environmental Justice Working Group Event Featured in Spectator Article Feb 19, 2020
    • Feb 18, 2020 New Blog Post from CSSD Precision Medicine Graduate Fellow Feb 18, 2020
    • Feb 13, 2020 Environmental Justice Working Group Takes Part in Year of Water Exhibition Feb 13, 2020
    • Feb 12, 2020 CSSD Director Paige West’s Essay Published in Anthropocene Unseen: A Lexicon Feb 12, 2020
    • Feb 12, 2020 Judith Butler Featured in Fragments, Lists, & Lacunae from February 13th to the 15th at New York Live Arts Feb 12, 2020
    • Feb 11, 2020 CSSD Anniversary Symposium Speakers featured in The New Yorker Feb 11, 2020
    • Feb 6, 2020 Racial Capitalism Co-Director Publishes New Article Feb 6, 2020
    • Feb 6, 2020 Sexual Citizens Featured in Bwog Feb 6, 2020
    • Feb 4, 2020 Christina Heatherton to Deliver Lecture at The People’s Forum Feb 4, 2020
    • Feb 4, 2020 Racial Capitalism Co-Director Launches New Show Titled “The New Intellectuals” Feb 4, 2020
    • Feb 4, 2020 Co-Authors of "Sexual Citizens" Interviewed by NPR Feb 4, 2020
    • Feb 4, 2020 New Blog Post on Menstrual Health Working Group Conference in Switzerland Feb 4, 2020
    • Feb 4, 2020 Frances Negrón-Muntaner Interviewed by Columbia Magazine Feb 4, 2020
    • Feb 3, 2020 Frances Negrón-Muntaner Interviewed on CUNY TV Feb 3, 2020
    • Feb 3, 2020 CSSD Call For Proposals 2020 Feb 3, 2020
  • January 2020
    • Jan 29, 2020 Safwan Masri Publishes Piece on Tunsanian Democracy in The Financial Times Jan 29, 2020
    • Jan 28, 2020 CSSD Welcomes 2019-2020 Media Fellows from Columbia Journalism School Jan 28, 2020
    • Jan 28, 2020 Frances Negrón-Muntaner interviewed for “Public Thinker” Series Jan 28, 2020
    • Jan 28, 2020 New book by Reframing Gendered Violence Co-Director featured in Teen Vogue and WNYC Jan 28, 2020
    • Jan 27, 2020 “Sexual Citizens” Named One of Esquire Magazine’s “Best Books this Winter” Jan 27, 2020
    • Jan 27, 2020 Vicky Murillo’s Op-ed Featured in The New York Times Jan 27, 2020
  • December 2019
    • Dec 12, 2019 CSSD Director Writes Afterword for Ethnos’s Journal of Anthropology Dec 12, 2019
    • Dec 12, 2019 Women Mobilizing Memory Working Group Fellow Pens Article Dec 12, 2019
    • Dec 10, 2019 Vicky Murillo Interviews Historian Nara Milanich for Unpacking Latin America Podcast Dec 10, 2019
    • Dec 10, 2019 Vicky Murillo Interviews Journalist Daniel Alarcon for Unpacking Latin America Podcast Dec 10, 2019
    • Dec 10, 2019 On the Frontlines Working Group Coordinator Highlighted by the School of General Studies Dec 10, 2019
    • Dec 4, 2019 CSSD Collaboration with Columbia Global Center in Istanbul 2018-2019 Dec 4, 2019
    • Dec 3, 2019 New Course in Spring 2020: “Menstruation, Gender, and Rights: Interdisciplinary Approaches” Dec 3, 2019
    • Dec 2, 2019 LIVESTREAM: Policy and Practice in Interdisciplinary Menstrual Health Dec 2, 2019
  • November 2019
    • Nov 27, 2019 Jean Howard and Ana Paulina Lee to be Featured on Panel “A Celebration of Soft Power” Nov 27, 2019
    • Nov 27, 2019 Marighella Film Screening Followed by Director Q&A Nov 27, 2019
    • Nov 27, 2019 Ana Paulina Lee Designated Antonio Candido Prize Winner for Best Book in the Humanities Nov 27, 2019
    • Nov 27, 2019 Unpayable Debt’s “Valor y Cambio” Project Wins NALIP Media Trailblazer Award Nov 27, 2019
    • Nov 27, 2019 Vicky Murillo Featured in the New York Times Nov 27, 2019
    • Nov 25, 2019 Laura Charney Reports on Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Film Screening Nov 25, 2019
    • Nov 21, 2019 WCCLC Welcomes Jewelle Bickford Nov 21, 2019
    • Nov 20, 2019 Paige West Leads Essay Series Ruminating the Future of Anthropology Nov 20, 2019
    • Nov 20, 2019 Anupama Rao Participates in the Columbia University Seminar on South Asia Nov 20, 2019
    • Nov 18, 2019 Paige West Delivers the Annual Contested Development Lecture at King's College London Nov 18, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 Lila Abu-Lughod Gives B.N. Ganguli Memorial Lecture Nov 11, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 Macarena Gómez-Barris Featured on Democracy Now Nov 11, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 Street Named After Madam C. J. Walker and A’Lelia Walker in Harlem Nov 11, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 A’Lelia Bundles Featured in Essence Magazine Nov 11, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 Janice Ellig and Melissa Fisher Speak on ‘Corporate Feminisms’ Panel Nov 11, 2019
    • Nov 11, 2019 Watch the Video for the ‘#MeToo: One Year After Christine Blasey Ford’ Panel Nov 11, 2019
    • Nov 7, 2019 Marianne Hirsch and Ayşe Gül Altınay Discuss Women Mobilizing Memory Book Launch Nov 7, 2019
  • October 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 Call for Menstrual Health Project Staff Associate Applications Oct 24, 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 Call for Geographies of Injustice Internship Applications Oct 24, 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 Frances Negrón-Muntaner Participates in 2019 Conference of Ford Fellows Oct 24, 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 “Valor y Cambio” Wins Borimix 2019 Award and Features in Medium and Nexos Oct 24, 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 Columbia Spectator Covers “Ushui” Film Screening Oct 24, 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 Saidiya Hartman Receives MacArthur “Genius Grant” Oct 24, 2019
    • Oct 20, 2019 Save the Date for Columbia Giving Day! October 23, 2019 Oct 20, 2019
    • Oct 7, 2019 CalArts MA Aesthetics and Politics Program Announces Saidiya Hartman as 2021 Theorist in Residence Oct 7, 2019
    • Oct 7, 2019 Film and TV Rights Picked up for Karl Jacoby’s Book About Slave-Turned-Millionaire in Turn-of-the-Century America Oct 7, 2019
    • Oct 7, 2019 'Valor y Cambio’ Art Installation and Alternative Currency Project Featured in Multiple Publications and TV Interview Oct 7, 2019
  • September 2019
    • Sep 27, 2019 Vicky Murillo Interviews Ana Ochoa for Latin America @ Columbia Podcast Sep 27, 2019
    • Sep 25, 2019 Dr. Sonia Tolani Gives Heart Health Tips on ABC Sep 25, 2019
    • Sep 25, 2019 Love My Heart App Featured in Article About Heart Disease in Women Sep 25, 2019
    • Sep 25, 2019 Chris Bobel Quoted on the Topic of Menstrual Activism Sep 25, 2019
    • Sep 23, 2019 Frances Negrón-Muntaner’s Art Installation and Alternative Currency Comes to East Harlem Sep 23, 2019
    • Sep 20, 2019 Anupama Rao Organizes Second Annual Ambedkar Lectures Sep 20, 2019
    • Sep 16, 2019 New Blog Post on Working Group Research Trip to West Africa Sep 16, 2019
    • Sep 13, 2019 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Receives Teaching Award Sep 13, 2019
    • Sep 13, 2019 Frances Negrón-Muntaner Gives Interviews and Writes Article on Political Dissent in Puerto Rico Sep 13, 2019
    • Sep 6, 2019 Call for Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics, and Culture 2019-2020 Graduate Fellowship Applications Sep 6, 2019
    • Sep 6, 2019 Listen to Chris Bobel on The Takeaway Podcast Sep 6, 2019
    • Sep 6, 2019 Tey Meadow Named Finalist for the 2018 C. Wright Mills Award Sep 6, 2019
  • August 2019
    • Aug 22, 2019 Geographies of Injustice Working Group Co-directors Awarded Funding by the Social Science Research Council Aug 22, 2019
    • Aug 8, 2019 Professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner Pens Article for Dissent Magazine Aug 8, 2019
    • Aug 2, 2019 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Call For Submissions Aug 2, 2019
  • July 2019
    • Jul 20, 2019 Unpayable Debt Co-director Appears on Latino Rebels Podcast Jul 20, 2019
    • Jul 9, 2019 NYTimes article on the importance of the work of academics in Turkey Jul 9, 2019
    • Jul 1, 2019 CSSD Welcomes Paige West as Director Jul 1, 2019
  • June 2019
    • Jun 10, 2019 Susan Meiselas’s Photography Reviewed by The New York Review of books Jun 10, 2019
  • May 2019
    • May 31, 2019 CSSD Working Group to Launch Course in Spring 2020 May 31, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Susan Meiselas wins 2019 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize May 31, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Valor y Cambio Project Featured in Brooklyn Public Library Podcast May 31, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Frances Negron-Muntaner Wins Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award May 31, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Puerto Rican Community Currency Project on Display in Manhattan May 31, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Dr. Sonia Tolani Discusses Women’s Heart Health and Risk Factors May 31, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Women’s Heart Disease Awareness Working Group Launches App May 31, 2019
    • May 23, 2019 Statement of Support for Ayse Gül Altinay from CSSD & WCC May 23, 2019
    • May 10, 2019 “Reframing Gender Violence Globally” Students Complete Course with Presentations May 10, 2019
    • May 6, 2019 Farrah Jasmine Griffin featured in Kennedy Center program on the Great Migration May 6, 2019
    • May 6, 2019 Racial Capitalism Co-Directors Awarded HWPI grant May 6, 2019
    • May 6, 2019 CSSD working group director featured on the Dean’s Table podcast May 6, 2019
    • May 3, 2019 Religion and the Global Reframing of Gender Violence (RGFGV) convene major international workshop May 3, 2019
  • April 2019
    • Apr 29, 2019 Menstrual Health Working Group Publishes Report on Developments at the UN Apr 29, 2019
    • Apr 25, 2019 Menstrual Health Working Group Fellow Participates in the UN 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Apr 25, 2019
    • Apr 25, 2019 Anupama Rao Delivers Franke Lecture at Yale Apr 25, 2019
    • Apr 24, 2019 Unpayable Debt working group co-director Delivers Keynote Lecture Apr 24, 2019
    • Apr 17, 2019 J.C. Salyer Honored by Arab-American Family Support Center Apr 17, 2019
    • Apr 11, 2019 Rachel Adams named as 2019 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow Apr 11, 2019
    • Apr 3, 2019 Chris Bobel Discusses Menstruation with The Washington Post Apr 3, 2019
    • Apr 3, 2019 Menstrual Health Working Group Fellow Debunks Menstruation Myths in NPR Apr 3, 2019
    • Apr 1, 2019 RGFGV Co-director Delivers Lecture at the University of Alberta Apr 1, 2019
  • March 2019
    • Mar 29, 2019 CSSD Director presents keynote address at Norwalk Community College Mar 29, 2019
    • Mar 26, 2019 Frances Negrón-Muntaner presents keynote lecture at 2019 GRACE Conference Mar 26, 2019
    • Mar 25, 2019 CSSD Director Gives Talk at Columbia Global Center Mar 25, 2019
    • Mar 11, 2019 Farrah Jasmine Griffin featured in the Columbia Daily Spectator Mar 11, 2019
    • Mar 8, 2019 Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History published on IWD Mar 8, 2019
    • Mar 1, 2019 Frances Negron-Muntaner’s Community Currency Project featured in The Manhattan Times Mar 1, 2019
  • February 2019
    • Feb 27, 2019 CSSD Executive Committee Member Featured on The Dean’s Table Podcast Feb 27, 2019
    • Feb 26, 2019 RGFGV Media Fellow Published on Elle.com Feb 26, 2019
    • Feb 26, 2019 RGFGV Media Fellow Pens article for The Intercept Feb 26, 2019
    • Feb 25, 2019 RGFGV Faculty Fellow Published on The Express Tribune Feb 25, 2019
    • Feb 25, 2019 CSSD project director shares thoughts on "Period. End of Sentence." winning an Oscar Feb 25, 2019
    • Feb 20, 2019 Jack Halberstam Featured in Politics/Letters Feb 20, 2019
    • Feb 20, 2019 Frances Negron-Muntaner Interviewed about Hometown San Juan Feb 20, 2019
    • Feb 18, 2019 CSSD Executive Committee Member Featured in NBC New York Article Feb 18, 2019
    • Feb 15, 2019 The New Yorker Publishes Book Excerpt from Professor Saidiya Hartman Feb 15, 2019
    • Feb 11, 2019 Frances Negrón-Muntaner Publishes Article with the Hemispheric Institute Feb 11, 2019
    • Feb 11, 2019 CSSD Welcomes Ayah Eldosougi, Program Coordinator Feb 11, 2019
    • Feb 7, 2019 Farah Jasmine Griffin Leads the New African American and African Diaspora Studies Department Feb 7, 2019
    • Feb 6, 2019 Frances Negron Muntaner Launches Social Currency Project in Puerto Rico Feb 6, 2019
    • Feb 6, 2019 Reframing Gendered Violence Working Group Hosts Public Workshop on Transgender Violence Feb 6, 2019
    • Feb 4, 2019 Tey Meadow Interviewed in a Recent Piece for The Atlantic Feb 4, 2019
    • Feb 1, 2019 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice faculty fellow interviewed by public health podcast Feb 1, 2019
  • January 2019
    • Jan 22, 2019 The Nation features piece from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Jan 22, 2019
    • Jan 22, 2019 Rebecca Traister pens “Don’t Give Up on the Women’s March” in The Cut Jan 22, 2019
  • December 2018
    • Dec 13, 2018 Introducing Inga Winkler, Director of Menstrual Health Working Group Dec 13, 2018
  • November 2018
    • Nov 20, 2018 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group launches new blog, Periodsatcolumbia.com Nov 20, 2018
    • Nov 20, 2018 Pedagogies of Dignity Working Group Hosts Workshop at Lenfest Nov 20, 2018
    • Nov 15, 2018 Professor Lydia Liu Writes Review in Artform Nov 15, 2018
    • Nov 13, 2018 Student Reflects on Max Haiven’s New Book and the Updated Caribbean Syllabus Nov 13, 2018
  • October 2018
    • Oct 30, 2018 Inga Winkler Speaks about Menstrual Health with Devex Oct 30, 2018
    • Oct 30, 2018 Professor Ed Morales Writes a Follow-up on Hurricane Maria in the New York Times Oct 30, 2018
    • Oct 26, 2018 Center for the Study of Social Difference Featured In The Record Oct 26, 2018
    • Oct 19, 2018 Professor Jack Halberstam featured in Places Journal Oct 19, 2018
    • Oct 19, 2018 CEO and CSSD Leadership Council Member, Davia Temin, highlighted by Bloomberg Oct 19, 2018
    • Oct 16, 2018 Dean Carol Becker's "The Gesture" on the CSSD blog Oct 16, 2018
    • Oct 16, 2018 Women Creating Change Celebrates 5th Anniversary Oct 16, 2018
    • Oct 12, 2018 Professor Mae Ngai featured in The Washington Post Oct 12, 2018
    • Oct 12, 2018 Professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner speaks with NPR Oct 12, 2018
    • Oct 12, 2018 A Student Response to What We CAN Do When There’s Nothing To Be Done Oct 12, 2018
    • Oct 8, 2018 Professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner publishes an article called "Our Fellow Americans" in Dissent Magazine Oct 8, 2018
    • Oct 4, 2018 CSSD Recognizes the 61st Birthday of Imprisoned Activist Osman Kavala Oct 4, 2018
    • Oct 4, 2018 Professor Bernard Harcourt Co-Signs Letter to the US Senate Oct 4, 2018
  • September 2018
    • Sep 30, 2018 Rebecca Traister featured in New York Times Sunday Review Sep 30, 2018
    • Sep 29, 2018 Statement released by participants and attendees of the CSSD anniversary symposium Sep 29, 2018
    • Sep 25, 2018 Premilla Nadasen elected next President of the NWSA Sep 25, 2018
    • Sep 25, 2018 Jennifer Hirsch Featured in Teen Vogue Sep 25, 2018
    • Sep 20, 2018 LIVESTREAM: MENSTRUATION IS HAVING ITS MOMENT – HOW CAN SCHOLARS ENGAGE? Sep 20, 2018
    • Sep 20, 2018 Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Launches with Expert Panel Sep 20, 2018
    • Sep 5, 2018 Rachel Adams Reviews Three New Memoirs Sep 5, 2018
  • August 2018
    • Aug 22, 2018 Andreas Huyssen Interviewed in Politika Aug 22, 2018
    • Aug 20, 2018 Gayatri Spivak Featured in the New York Times Aug 20, 2018
    • Aug 17, 2018 Farah Jasmine Griffin Speaks about Aretha Franklin’s Legacy Aug 17, 2018
    • Aug 16, 2018 A’Lelia Bundles Featured in book Journeys: An American Story Aug 16, 2018
    • Aug 16, 2018 Andreas Huyssen Interviewed on Memory Studies in Politika Aug 16, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Jul 18, 2018 Lila Abu-Lughod Reviews New Books on Palestinian Diaspora Jul 18, 2018
    • Jul 12, 2018 Professor Inga Winkler Speaks at UN Event on Menstrual Health Jul 12, 2018
    • Jul 3, 2018 Inga Winkler to speak at UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Jul 3, 2018
  • June 2018
    • Jun 28, 2018 Frances Negron-Muntaner Speaks with El Diario Jun 28, 2018
    • Jun 18, 2018 CSSD Director Marianne Hirsch Speaks in Chile Jun 18, 2018
    • Jun 14, 2018 Kevin Fellezs speaks about Ethnomusicology with Columbia College Today Jun 14, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 CSSD Fellow Yasmin El-Rifae discusses how the #MeToo movement can learn from the Egyptian revolution Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 1, 2018 Christia Mercer Delivers Keynote Address Jun 1, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 25, 2018 Professor Jack Halberstam receives honorary doctorate May 25, 2018
    • May 24, 2018 CSSD Director Marianne Hirsch to speak at Columbia Global Center in Chile May 24, 2018
    • May 22, 2018 New Caribbean Syllabus from Unpayable Debt working group May 22, 2018
    • May 22, 2018 Pedagogies of Dignity working group director awarded fellowship May 22, 2018
    • May 20, 2018 Kellie Jones Receives Honorary Degree from Amherst College May 20, 2018
    • May 15, 2018 Congratulations to CSSD graduate fellows and assistants on defending their dissertations May 15, 2018
    • May 11, 2018 New working groups at CSSD launching AY2018-19 May 11, 2018
    • May 11, 2018 Women Creating Change Leadership Council meets for the second time May 11, 2018
    • May 9, 2018 Democracy and The Welfare State: The Two Wests In The Age of Austerity will be presented at the Columbia Global Centers - Paris May 9, 2018
    • May 8, 2018 CSSD project director Inga Winkler receives grant to support her work on menstrual health May 8, 2018
    • May 1, 2018 Professor Saidiya Hartman Awarded a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship May 1, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 27, 2018 Professor Anupama Rao comments on the stereotype of South Asians as "good immigrants" on NPR Apr 27, 2018
    • Apr 24, 2018 Lisa Carnoy elected to serve as co-chair of the Columbia University Board of Trustees Apr 24, 2018
    • Apr 20, 2018 Diana Taylor elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Apr 20, 2018
    • Apr 20, 2018 Puerto Rico Underwater exhibition featured on NY1 Apr 20, 2018
    • Apr 20, 2018 CSSD Project Co-Director Lydia Liu Collaborates on Global Justice for Indigenous Languages Symposium Apr 20, 2018
    • Apr 19, 2018 Farah Griffin interviewed for NPR's The Record about Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize win Apr 19, 2018
    • Apr 12, 2018 CSSD project director Paige West discussed the UN Sustainable Development goals at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York Apr 12, 2018
    • Apr 9, 2018 CSSD Project Co-Director Farah Griffin Lectures at Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series Apr 9, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Mar 30, 2018 Professor Cinnamon Bloss Speaks with Precision Medicine Working Group Mar 30, 2018
    • Mar 23, 2018 Los Angeles Central Library hosts exhibits inspired by the work of Marianne Hirsch Mar 23, 2018
    • Mar 21, 2018 CSSD Project Director Jack Halberstam Co-Curates Conference at Stedelijk Museum Mar 21, 2018
    • Mar 20, 2018 Jean Howard Delivers the Dean Family Lecture at Wake Forest University Mar 20, 2018
    • Mar 15, 2018 Jack Halberstam Receives a Columbia-PSL Global Humanities Grant Mar 15, 2018
    • Mar 6, 2018 Lila Abu-Lughod Delivers Geertz Commemorative Lecture at Princeton University Mar 6, 2018
    • Mar 1, 2018 CSSD Project Co-Director Frances Negrón-Muntaner Publishes “Blackout: What Darkness Illuminated in Puerto Rico” Mar 1, 2018
    • Mar 1, 2018 CSSD Project Co-Director Kevin Fellezs to Give Two Lectures in China Mar 1, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 27, 2018 RGFGV announces second Media Fellowship Competition Feb 27, 2018
    • Feb 20, 2018 Co-Director of CSSD project Social Justice After the Welfare State, Alice Kessler-Harris, is featured in a NYTimes article Feb 20, 2018
    • Feb 16, 2018 Blog Post Now Available for CSSD Precision Medicine Event The Genomic Revolution, Genetics Counselors, and “Doing Ethics” Feb 16, 2018
    • Feb 16, 2018 Essay Conceived in IRWGS seminar inspired by CSSD Project is Published in the New York Times Modern Love Column Feb 16, 2018
    • Feb 15, 2018 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Delivers Keynote Lecture at Dhaka Art Summit Feb 15, 2018
    • Feb 13, 2018 CSSD project Gender & The Global Slum featured at the inaugural “She Opened The Door” Conference Feb 13, 2018
    • Feb 13, 2018 Alice Kessler-Harris named to the Board of Governors of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize Feb 13, 2018
    • Feb 13, 2018 Jack Halberstam comments on RuPaul’s Drag Race in The New York Times Magazine Feb 13, 2018
    • Feb 7, 2018 New Yorker article about the work of Jennifer Hirsch on the SHIFT project at Columbia Feb 7, 2018
    • Feb 1, 2018 RGFGV Media Fellows Yasmin El-Rifae and Samira Shackle Publish Articles on TheNation.com and ProspectMagazine.co.uk Feb 1, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 30, 2018 Video Available from RGV Event “Beyond Prevalence: The Next Generation of Research on Campus Sexual Assault” Jan 30, 2018
    • Jan 23, 2018 Anupama Rao publishes Gender, Caste and the Imagination of Equality Jan 23, 2018
    • Jan 3, 2018 New blog post from Precision Medicine working group about research of Dr. Kadija Ferryman Jan 3, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 20, 2017 RGFGV Media Fellow Nafeesa Syeed Publishes Article on Bloomberg.com Dec 20, 2017
    • Dec 19, 2017 Marianne Hirsch delivers keynote address at Memory Studies Association Conference Dec 19, 2017
    • Dec 18, 2017 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak delivers inaugural lecture for International Colloquium on Creative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Dec 18, 2017
    • Dec 15, 2017 RGFGV Media Fellow Samira Shackle Publishes Three Articles Dec 15, 2017
    • Dec 13, 2017 Frances Negrón-Muntaner Interviewed by EuropeNow Dec 13, 2017
    • Dec 12, 2017 Judith Butler and Başak Ertür write for The Guardian about situation in Turkey Dec 12, 2017
    • Dec 8, 2017 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Receives Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award from MLA Dec 8, 2017
    • Dec 7, 2017 Columbia University faculty sign a statement to the Turkish government to free Osman Kavala Dec 7, 2017
  • November 2017
    • Nov 30, 2017 Women Mobilizing Memory Fellow Alisa Solomon publishes "What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?" Nov 30, 2017
    • Nov 22, 2017 Video now available for "Gender and the Technologies of State Violence" panel Nov 22, 2017
    • Nov 10, 2017 CSSD Project on Religion and the Global Framing of Gender Violence Convenes Workshop in Amman Nov 10, 2017
    • Nov 1, 2017 Professor Ed Morales publishes articles on The New York Times and The Nation Nov 1, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 25, 2017 Paige West wins Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award Oct 25, 2017
    • Oct 13, 2017 Support WOMEN CREATING CHANGE: Columbia Giving Day is October 18, 2017 Oct 13, 2017
    • Oct 10, 2017 Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Director of CSSD "Unpayable Debt" Project, speaks out on the racism and injustice underlying the crisis in Puerto Rico and the failure of the administration's response Oct 10, 2017
    • Oct 10, 2017 Former CSSD Director Rachel Adams working toward Masters in Genetic Counseling Oct 10, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 30, 2017 CSSD Director Marianne Hirsch writes about her experience as a "stateless" child Sep 30, 2017
    • Sep 19, 2017 Lila Abu-Lughod joins amicus brief against the Executive Order on the "Muslim Ban" Sep 19, 2017
    • Sep 19, 2017 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, CSSD Project Director, interviewed about Rohingya refugee disaster Sep 19, 2017
  • March 2017
    • Mar 20, 2017 CSSD 2017 Call for Proposals Mar 20, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Feb 1, 2017 Anupama Rao publishes in New York Times on Indian Supreme Court Ruling Feb 1, 2017
    • Feb 1, 2017 China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms Feb 1, 2017
    • Feb 1, 2017 David Scott receives Distinguished Editor Prize for "Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism" Feb 1, 2017

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