Barnard Professor of Anthropology Nadia Abu El-Haj’s recently released book Combat Trauma elucidates the ways in which a rising focus on the psychological consequences…
Featuring Rabab Abdulhadi, Dylan Rodríguez, Nandita Sharma, and Dean Spade, moderated by Craig Willse, at the 43rd Annual Scholar & Feminist Conference, "Subverting Surveillance:…
Rajkamal Kahlon, Artist-In-Residence at the American Civil Liberties Union, speaks about her ongoing project Did You Kiss the Dead Body? Kahlon works with U.S.…
Before the outbreak of World War II, Barnard’s Committee on Instruction met monthly to discuss practical academic concerns, and to debate the essential components…
This year’s McIntyre lecturer, Wendy S. Hesford, integrates critical legal studies and feminist rhetorical criticism to examine the figure of the child as a…
The overlap between bio-diverse and indigenous geographical areas of the world has led to a new wave of territorial dispossession. This conference will explore…
Yvette Christiansë, Ynestra King, Nancy Kricorian, Amy Swerdlow, and a member of the Center for Immigrant Families Collective
December 11, 2009
On Grace Paley's birthday, we present a conversation exploring how imagination, truthtelling, and courageous action flow out of Paley's life and work. A prolific…
This conversation, which took place on Grace Paley's birthday, December 11, 2009, explores how imagination, truthtelling, and courageous action flow out of Paley's life…
In the fall of 2002, the Center hosted Responding to Violence, a conference that brought together over twenty activists and academics whose work focused…
Megan Callaghan, Abosede George, Jessaca Leinaweaver, and Nara Milanich
April 13, 2009
Long after formal peace treaties have been signed, war continues to shape social institutions and interactions. Young people who have grown up amid violent…
Fahima Vorgetts, Manizha Naderi and Esther Hyneman discuss their involvement with Women for Afghan Women (WAW), a grassroots civil society organization founded in April…
Contributors include Malik Ahmed, Natalia Almada, Paola Bacchetta, Mary Pat Brady, Maria Hinojosa, Kayhan Irani, Lisa Lowe, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Ruth Marshall, Bharati…
1968 was a pivotal year in the history of Columbia University, American politics, and youth movements internationally. Estelle Freedman, American historian and a student…
Contributors include Ida Applebroog, Karen Beckman, Elizabeth A. Castelli, Gaye Chan, Sue Coe, Neta Crawford, Lisa Duggan, Cheri Honkala, Lisa Kahane, Suzanne Lacy, Winona…
Contributors include Nieves Ayress, Jean Carlomusto, Mary Marshall Clark, Anne Cubilié, Ann Cvetkovich, Judith Halberstam, Roger Hallas, Alyssa Harad, Marianne Hirsch, Sharon Holland, Jonathan…
