Statement is signed by Columbia faculty including CSSD Director Marianne Hirsch and published on osmankavala.org
Women Mobilizing Memory Fellow Alisa Solomon publishes "What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?"
The day before World AIDS Day 2017, Women Mobilizing Memory Fellow Alisa Solomon publishes an article in The Nation reflecting on how we remember AIDS and its impact.
Video now available for "Gender and the Technologies of State Violence" panel
CSSD Project on Religion and the Global Framing of Gender Violence Convenes Workshop in Amman
A project of Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Social Difference, “Religion and the Global Framing of Gender Violence” (RGFGV), held a two-day workshop in September to explore and debate critical developments in the global framing of gender-based violence.
Professor Ed Morales publishes articles on The New York Times and The Nation
Professor Ed Morales, faculty fellow of CSSD project Unpayable Debt, published several articles on the humanitarian crises facing Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. His articles illustrate the catastrophic effects of the storm and the resilience of its battered, yet defiant, residents.
Paige West wins Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award
Support WOMEN CREATING CHANGE: Columbia Giving Day is October 18, 2017
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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
Former CSSD Director Rachel Adams working toward Masters in Genetic Counseling
CSSD Director Marianne Hirsch writes about her experience as a "stateless" child
Lila Abu-Lughod joins amicus brief against the Executive Order on the "Muslim Ban"
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, CSSD Project Director, interviewed about Rohingya refugee disaster
CSSD 2017 Call for Proposals
CSSD’S deadline for proposal submissions for 2017 projects has been extended to Monday, March 20th.
Proposals may be submitted for consideration by any Columbia or Barnard faculty member(s) whose project aligns with the mission of CSSD, although preference will be given to faculty affiliated with one or more of CSSD's member centers and institutes.
New submission deadline is March 15, 2017. Read the full CFP here.
Anupama Rao publishes in New York Times on Indian Supreme Court Ruling
Anupama Rao, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College, and director of the recently completed CSSD project on Gender and the Global Slum, published an opinion piece in the New York Times on an Indian Supreme Court
China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms
The CSSD working group Bandung Humanisms hosted the conference “China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms.” Read the full blog entry on the conference here and see photos from the day.
David Scott receives Distinguished Editor Prize for "Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism"
David Scott, Professor of Anthropology at the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University, and former co-director of CSSD’s Digital Black Atlantic Project, received the Distinguished Editor prize from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals for his work on Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism.