The University Seminars Archive

Conferences & Symposia

For detailed descriptions, please refer to our Annual Directories.

2021-2022 

09.24.2021 | 797 | Korean Studies

POST VERITÉ TURNS: KOREAN CINEMA IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Korean Studies and the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University


12.3.2021 | 771 | Indigenous Studies; 515 | Latin America

INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND THE NEW CONSTITUTION IN CHILE
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminars on Indigenous Studies and Latin America, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia, Centro de Estudios Interculturales y Indígenas (Chile), and Instituto de Estudios Indígenas y Interculturales de la Universidad de la Frontera (Chile)


12.14–17.2021 | 559 | Arabic Studies

TRANS/FORMATIONS OF ARABIC LITERARY THEORY: PROSPECTS AND LIMITS
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Arabic Studies, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, and Brill Academic Publishers


04.13–14.2021 | 427 | Political and Social Thought

ANATOMIES OF POWER: PRAXIS, VIOLENCE, RULE
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Political and Social Thought and the Department of Political Science at Columbia University


04.29.2021 | 717 | Cultural Memory

REMEMBERING POSSIBILITY: A SYMPOSIUM HONORING MARIANNE HIRSCH
Sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Cultural Memory


2020-2021 

10.12.2020 | 771 | Indigenous Studies; 515 | Latin America

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Organized by the Columbia University Seminar on Indigenous Studies, the Columbia University Seminar on Latin America, and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Native American Council of Columbia University, the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University, the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the New York University Native Studies Forum, and the Latinx Project at New York University.


02.10.2021 | 535 | Irish Studies

DISABILITY IN THE ARCHIVE: TERESA DEEVY IN CONTEXT
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar in Irish Studies, Maynooth University Library and Department of English at Maynooth University (Ireland), the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University, the Society of Fellows at Columbia University, Explorations in the Medical Humanities at Columbia University, New York City Irish Studies Colloquium, Waterford Institute of Technology, and New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House.


04.15–05.25.2021 | 583 | Southeast Asia in World Affairs

SOUTHEAST ASIA VIEWS AMERICA: PERCEPTIONS, POLICIES & PROSPECTS
Sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, and the New York Southeast Asia Network.


2019-2020

09.12–13.2019 | 701 | Modern British History

NEW DIRECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS IN BRITISH URBAN HISTORY
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Modern British History and the Global Research Initiative at New York University. Supported by British Studies at Columbia University, Glucksman Ireland House, the Department of History at New York University, the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at New York University, and the Institute for French Studies at New York University


10.11.2019 | 787 | Material Texts

BOOK PARTS
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Material Texts, the Heyman Center for the Humanities and Society of Fellows in Humanities at Columbia University, the Department of English at Columbia University, the Department of Classics at Columbia University, and the Columbia University Dean of the Humanities


11.8.2019 | 717 | Cultural Memory

WOMEN MOBILIZING MEMORY BOOK LAUNCH
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Cultural Memory, the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia, the Columbia University Dean of Humanities, Columbia University Press, the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and the Heyman Center for the Humanities and Society of Fellows at Columbia University.


11.11–12.2019 | 771 | Indigenous Studies

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND BORDERS: DECOLONIZATION, CONTESTATION, TRANS-BORDER PRACTICES
Columbia University (Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program), (UiT) – the Arctic University of Norway and the University of British Columbia (First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Department of Political Science) The Symposium is co-sponsored by Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program); UiT – the Arctic University of Norway; the University of British Columbia (First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Department of Political Science); University of Guelph (Political Science Department), Canada; University of Lapland, Finland (Sámi and Arctic Indigenous Studies); New York University (Center for Latin American Studies); MADRE; and the International Indian Treaty Council. Within Columbia the Symposium is also co-sponsored by the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS); the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and The University Seminar on Indigenous Studies.


11.14–15.2019 | 459A | The City

URBAN WORLD: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF SUBURBS AND CITIES
Sponsored by The University Seminar on The City.


02.06.2020 | 515 | Latin America

ELECTION 2020: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES’ POSITIONS ON LATIN AMERICA
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Latin America and the Cuba Program of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.


02.28.2020 | 763 | Beyond France

Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Beyond France, the Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy at Columbia University, the Heyman Center for the Humanities and Society of Fellows at Columbia University, Columbia University’s Maison Française, and the Department of History at Columbia University.


02.28 – 29.2020 | 551 | Ottoman and Turkish Studies

IRAQI STUDIES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Ottoman and Turkish Studies, the Department of History at Columbia University, the Center for International History at Columbia University, the Center for the Study of Muslim Societies at Columbia University, the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies at Columbia University, and the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy


2018-2019 

10.23.2018 | 483 | Studies in Modern Italy

JEWS IN ITALY AND NAZI AND FASCIST PERSECUTION: THEMES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Studies in Modern Italy, Centro Primo Levi, and the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University


10.26.2018 | 739 | Linguistics

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBIA SCHOOL LINGUISTICS SEMINAR: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Columbia School Linguistics and the Columbia School Linguistic Society


10.27.2018 | 581 | Shakespeare

2018 ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE COLLOQUIUM SHAKESPEARE AND HIS SOURCES
Sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Shakespeare


11.15.2018 | 711 | Literary Theory

KEYWORDS FOR TODAY AND POLITICAL CONCEPTS: A DIALOGUE ON THE TERMS WE USE
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Literary Theory, the Heyman Center for Humanities at Columbia University, the Columbia University Department of English and Comparative Literature, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University, the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University, and the Office of the Dean of Humanities at Columbia University


11.30–12.1.2018 | 427 | Studies in Political and Social Thought

CONSTELLATIONS CONFERENCE: DEMOCRACY IN A WORLD OF CRISIS
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Studies in Political and Social Thought, the Columbia University Department of Political Science, Center for Critical Theory at Columbia Law School, The New School for Social Research Departments of Political Science and Sociology, and Constellations: A Journal of Radical Democracy


2.22.2019 | 613 | Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity

CONSULTATION TO DESIGN WINNABLE FEDERAL JOB GUARANTEE LEGISLATION
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity, PolicyLink, and the National Jobs for All Network


02.28–03.01.2019 | 483 |Modern Italian Studies

THE NEW ITALY AND THE JEWS: FROM MASSIMO D’AZEGLIO
Sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Modern Italian Studies


2.28–3.2.2019  | 735 | Sites of Cinema

LEGACIES OF LEFTISM IN FILM AND MEDIA THEORY: EAST ASIA AND BEYOND
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Sites of Cinema, the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University, the Dragon Summit Foundation, C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University, Donald Keene Center for Japanese Studies at Columbia University, the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, Academy of Korean Studies, the Department of Film and Media Studies at Columbia University School of the Arts, Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, Center for Chinese Literature and Culture, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University, the Division of the Humanities in Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, the Center for Comparative Media at Columbia University, the Columbia University School of the Arts Dean’s Global Programs, the Permanent Seminar on the Histories of Film Theories, Columbia University Press, the Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, and the Columbia Global Center in Beijing


3.7–3.8.2019 | 497 | Slavic History and Culture

DISPLACEMENT AND DISPLAY: ILIAZD AS A TRANSNATIONAL ARTIST
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Slavic History and Culture, the Office of the Dean of Humanities at Columbia University, Bakhmeteff Archive of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, and the Global Studies Unit of the Columbia University Libraries.


03.08.2019 | 771 |Indigenous Studies

RESISTING, RECLAIMING, REFRAMING: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND ART MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Indigenous Studies, the Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology, and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University.


3.29 – 3.30.2019 | 441 | Classical Civilization

OVIDIVS PHILOSOPHVS: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY IN OVID AND OVID AS A PHILOSOPHER
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Classical Civilization, the Department of Classics at Columbia University, the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean at Columbia University, and the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.


04.05.2019 | 717 | Cultural Memory

ART, THEFT, AND RESTITUTION
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Cultural Memory, the Columbia University Center for the Study of Social Difference, and the Columbia University Maison Françiase


4.15.2019 | 749 | Studies in Dance

RECONSTRUCTING PETIPA: A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXEI RATMANSKY
Sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Studies in Dance


4.18 – 4.20.2019 | 559 | Arabic Studies

THE CULTURAL TURN IN ARABIC LITERARY PRODUCTION
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Seminar on Arabic Studies, the Middle East Institute, the Columbia University Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University, the Columbia University Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University, the Columbia University Center for Chinese Literature and Culture, the Division of Humanities in the Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Brill Academic Publishers, Dr. Aziz Shaibani/Arab-American Educational Foundation, and the Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University


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