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These are the places to make mistakes and to take intellectual risks.Robert L. Belknap
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Every Seminar evening produces a renewal of intellectual curiosity and energy and a surge in the power of thinking.Lisa Keller
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The University Seminar is an independent universe. Its boundaries are limited only by its horizons.Frank Tannenbaum
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I have always been a great admirer of this institution, which to me looks like an authentic republic of letters…Hannah Arendt
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The strength of its structure lies in the very multiplicity of its forms; each a small living world in itself...Margaret Mead
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...Seminars provide a haven for the expression of the partly-baked idea: 'a speculation, a question of some novelty…Robert K. Merton
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We have to some extent learned each other's language... to talk together more profitably.Horace L. Friess
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These seminars let participants combine what they worry about as members of the academy, with what they worry about when they read the morning paper.Sidney Morgenbesser
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The Seminars are one of the few places on campus where faculty, from different disciplines, across the NYC area, can come together for open, honest, and sustained dialogue...Paige West
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...Seminars provide a brilliant system for faculty and graduate students of the greater New York area to discuss topics that fall outside the traditional confines of departments.Herbert Terrace
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Because the idea is still alive…it is still a movement. Because it has assumed a shape, it is a community of scholars.Joseph Maier
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Since their inception in 1944, the Seminars have provided a place to experience the simultaneous loss of innocence and prejudice.Robert Pollack
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The Seminars bring together three generations of scholars and nonacademic members: young professionals, persons in the prime years of their careers, and emeriti.The University Seminars
Upcoming Events
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Dear Seminars Community, I begin this semester hoping that all of you are well and are able to deal with the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic as best as possible. I speak for the office when I say...
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TUESDAY, 10.27, 4-6p. Registration required. Announcing The University Seminars 2020 General Meeting. This is a once-yearly meeting for all University Seminar chairs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 meeting will be held over Zoom on Tuesday, October 27th from 4-6 pm. Chairs must...
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The Columbia University Seminars, founded in 1945, represent a distinctive experiment in academia. Scholars from different disciplines and institutions, as well as practitioners and other experts, meet once a month through the academic year to study and discuss...
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The University Seminars Archive is a valuable compilation of intellectual history spanning nearly 75 years. In the academic year 1944-1945, five seminars began to meet on an ongoing basis; three of those original seminars remain active. Since these WWII-era beginnings,...
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