Seminars

List of Seminars

Seminar #TitleYear FoundedChair(s)Rapporteur(s)
403The Problem of Peace1945Roy Lee
royslee@optonline.net
405Studies in Religion1945Tony Carnes
editor@nycreligion.info
Sidney Greenfield
sidneygreenfield@gmail.com
Shreyaa Suresh
ss6957@columbia.edu
407The Renaissance1945Cynthia M. Pyle
c.m.pyle@nyu.edu
Alan Stewart
ags2105@columbia.edu
Mackenzie Fox
maf2292@columbia.edu
411Content and Methods of the Social Sciences1947Tony Carnes
editor@nycreligion.info
Sidney Greenfield
sidneygreenfield@gmail.com
Shreyaa Suresh
ss6957@columbia.edu
417Eighteenth-Century European Culture1962Carrie Shanafelt
carrie.shanafelt@yu.edu
Lilith Todd
ldt2120@columbia.edu
427Studies in Political and Social Thought1968David Johnston
dcj1@columbia.edu
Karuna Mantena
km3510@columbia.edu
Kaarish Shah Maniar
kkm2152@columbia.edu
429American Studies1954Diane Detournay
ddetournay@fordham.edu
Brandy Monk-Payton
bmonkpayton@fordham.edu
Miriam Vonnahme
miriamvonnahme@gmail.com
431Medieval Studies1954Hannah Weaver
hmw2147@columbia.edu
Jeffrey Wayno
jeffrey.wayno@columbia.edu
Jilian Pizzi
jap2247@columbia.edu
435Studies in Contemporary Africa1956Laura Fair
lf2694@columbia.edu
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
asiddiqi@barnard.edu
Saumya Dadoo
sd3409@columbia.edu
441Classical Civilization1957Marcus Folch
mf2664@columbia.edu
Joel Lidov
jlidov@caa.columbia.edu
Jazmín Novoa Lara
jan2191@columbia.edu
443Modern East Asia: China1957Nick Bartlett
nbartlet@barnard.edu
Ying Qian
yq2189@columbia.edu
William Charles Wooldridge
william.wooldridge@lehman.cuny.edu
Xuexin Cai
xc2546@columbia.edu
445Modern East Asia: Japan1960Sarah Kovner
sck25@columbia.edu
Samantha Laurel Ward
slw2189@columbia.edu
451The Study of the New Testament1959Colleen Conway
colleen.conway@shu.edu
Jeremy F. Hultin
jhultin@uts.columbia.edu
Karl M. Taps
kt2893@utsnyc.edu
459AThe City1962Mary Rocco
mrocco@barnard.edu
Elizabeth Milagros Alvarez
ema2200@columbia.edu
465Law and Politics1963Simon Baatz
sbaatz@jjay.cuny.edu
Jacob William LeMaster
jwl2196@columbia.edu
471Ecology and Culture1964Veronica Davidov
veronica.davidov@gmail.com
Paige West
cw2031@columbia.edu
Antara Chakrabarti
antara.c@columbia.edu
473The Study of the Hebrew Bible1968David Carr
dcarr@utsnyc.edu
Karina Hogan
kahogan@fordham.edu
Larry Figueroa
lfiguer@gmail.com
477South Asia1964Carla Bellamy
carla.bellamy@baruch.cuny.edu
Saila Sri Kambhatla
sk5125@columbia.edu
479The Ancient Near East1966Allan S. Gilbert
gilbert@fordham.edu
K. Aslihan Yener
akyener12@gmail.com
Shannon Oliver White
sw3857@columbia.edu
483Studies in Modern Italy1966Molly Tambor
molly.tambor@liu.edu
Giulia Ricca
gr2592@columbia.edu
491Early American History and Culture1966John Blanton
jblanton@ccny.cuny.edu
Hannah Farber
haf2126@columbia.edu
Richard Monastra
rm4083@columbia.edu
495APollution and Water Resources: Scientific and Institutional Aspects1968Richard Lo Pinto
lopintor@fdu.edu
Joanne Lo Pinto
jlp623@aol.com
497Slavic History and Culture1968Jessica Merrill
jem2159@columbia.edu
Nathaniel Knight
nathaniel.knight@shu.edu
Zachary Deming
zjd2106@columbia.edu
501Israel and Jewish Studies1968Elisheva Carlebach
ecarlebach@columbia.edu
Rebecca Kobrin
rk2351@columbia.edu
Nesya Batsheva Lebeau Nelkin
nbn2112@columbia.edu
503Economic History1969Alan Dye
adye@barnard.edu
Susie Pak
paks1@stjohns.edu
David Weiman
dweiman@barnard.edu
Whitney McIntosh
wam2134@columbia.edu
507Death1971Karla Rothstein
kmsr16@columbia.edu
Christina Staudt
christinastaudt@gmail.com
Nikita Shepard
ns3307@columbia.edu
509The Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas1971Zoë Strother
zss1@columbia.edu
Lisa Trever
lt2731@columbia.edu
Brandon Agosto
ba2647@columbia.edu
515Latin America1971Peter Winn
pwinn2@gmail.com
Sara Pan Algarra
smp2253@tc.columbia.edu
521Population Biology1971Alison Cucco
alisoncuc@gmail.com
Kathleen A. Nolan
knolan@sfc.edu
Lorna Jepkoech Kimaiyo
ljk2158@columbia.edu
523Political Economy of Society and Nature1971Omar Dahbour
odahbour@hunter.cuny.edu
Carol Gould
carolcgould@gmail.com
Sara Wexler
sara.wexler@columbia.edu
525The Middle East1971Gary Sick
ggs2@columbia.edu
Lawrence Potter
lgp5@columbia.edu
Sara Godfrey
sjg2223@columbia.edu
529Appetitive Behavior1972Allan Geliebter
allan.geliebter@mountsinai.org
John Glendinning
jg263@columbia.edu
Faris Zuraikat
fmz2105@columbia.edu
531Culture, Power, Boundaries1972Patricia Antoniello
pata@brooklyn.cuny.edu
533The History and Philosophy of Science1973Marwa Elshakry
me2335@columbia.edu
Alma Steingart
as2475@columbia.edu
Elizabeth Branscum
eb3285@columbia.edu
535Irish Studies1973Mary McGlynn
mary.mcglynn@baruch.cuny.edu
Seamus O’Malley
seamusomalley@gmail.com
Audrey Siraud
ads2277@columbia.edu
539Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation1974Cynthia Lucia
cindylucia@aol.com
William Luhr
luhrwg@aol.com
Bojun Chen
bc3089@columbia.edu
545Women and Society1974Maria DeLongoria
historydoc@icloud.com
Emily Sohmer Tai
etai@qcc.cuny.edu
Katy Habr
kjh2172@columbia.edu
551Ottoman and Turkish Studies1974Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular
la2142@columbia.edu
A. Tunç Şen
ats2171@columbia.edu
Louis Fishman
lfishman@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Yasemin Akçagüner
ya2300@columbia.edu
553Drugs and Society1975Frank McCorry
famcc127@gmail.com
Steve Rabinowitz
steverabinowitz55@gmail.com
Lynder Atieno Ogembo
lao2133@columbia.edu
557Brazil1976Diana Brown
dbrown@bard.edu
John F. Collins
zemilideias@yahoo.com
Sidney M. Greenfield
sidneygreenfield@gmail.com
Vania Penha-Lopes
vania_penha-lopes@bloomfield.edu
Tales Cardeal da Costa Cunha
talescardeal@gmail.com
559Arabic Studies1977Muhsin al-Musawi
ma2188@columbia.edu
Ruwa Mohammed Alhayek
rma2152@columbia.edu
561Human Rights1978George J. Andreopoulos
chrights@jjay.cuny.edu
Mariam Sousou
ms6877@columbia.edu
567Neo-Confucian Studies1979Ari Borrell
arinborrell@gmail.com
Tao Jiang
tjiang999@gmail.com
On-cho Ng
oxn1@psu.edu
Sapphire Tang
qt2154@columbia.edu
581Shakespeare1982Jenny C. Mann
jenny.mann@nyu.edu
Allison Deutermann
allison.deutermann@baruch.cuny.edu
Shanelle Kim
sek2212@columbia.edu
583Southeast Asia in World Affairs1982Ann Marie Murphy
amm31@columbia.edu
Lauren Elizabeth Stricker
585Ethics, Moral Education, and Society1983Elizabeth Cohn
ec2341@columbia.edu
Ronald Gross
grossassoc@aol.com
Lorna Jepkoech Kimaiyo
ljk2158@columbia.edu
603Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience1986Christopher Baldassano
cab2304@columbia.edu
Herbert S. Terrace
terrace@columbia.edu
Craig Poskanzer
crp2170@columbia.edu
613Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity1987Gertrude S. Goldberg
trudygoldberg@njfac.org
Vignesh Ramesh Gaikwad
vrg2120@columbia.edu
615Iranian Studies1987Mahnaz Moazami
mm1754@columbia.edu
Marisa McCrone
m.mccrone@yahoo.com
Angie Tao Henon
ath2149@columbia.edu
629Buddhist Studies1990Seong Uk Kim
sk4236@columbia.edu
Zhaohua Yang
zy2200@columbia.edu
661Religion in America1997Gale Kenny
gkenny@barnard.edu
Courtney Bender
cb337@columbia.edu
Cella Masso Rivetti
c.masso-rivetti@columbia.edu
667The History of Columbia University1998
681Language and Cognition2000Robert Remez
remez@columbia.edu
Esther Kim
ek3436@tc.columbia.edu
689Memory and Slavery: Social and Human Consequences2001John Delfs
john@goodwolf.org
Chazelle Rhoden
c.rhoden@columbia.edu
691Early China2002Glenda Chao
gchao@ursinus.edu
Ethan Harkness
harkness@nyu.edu
Yong-ha Kim
yk2727@columbia.edu
701Modern British History2004James Stafford
jms2533@columbia.edu
Ren Pepitone
ren.pepitone@nyu.edu
Audrey Siraud
ads2277@columbia.edu
703Modern Greek2005Dimitrios Antoniou
da2500@columbia.edu
Nikolas P. Kakkoufa
nikolas.kakkoufa@columbia.edu
Chloe Tsolakoglou
ct3118@columbia.edu
711Literary Theory2005Emily Apter
emily.apter@gmail.com
Bruno G. Bosteels
bb438@columbia.edu
Connor Spencer
connor.spencer@columbia.edu
717Cultural Memory2007Marianne Hirsch
mh2349@columbia.edu
Andreas Huyssen
ah26@columbia.edu
Sonali Thakkar
st4617@nyu.edu
Isabel Blankfield
imb2142@columbia.edu
721Comparative Philosophy2007Allison Aitken
allison.aitken@columbia.edu
Jonathan C. Gold
jcgold@princeton.edu
Hagop Sarkissian
hagop.sarkissian@baruch.cuny.edu
Helen Han Wei Luo
hl3631@columbia.edu
727Theory and History of Media2009Stefan Andriopoulos
sa610@columbia.edu
Dennis Tenen
dt2406@columbia.edu
Cecilia Resende Santos
crs2217@columbia.edu
735Sites of Cinema2010Racquel Gates
rjg2184@columbia.edu
Jane Gaines
jmg2196@columbia.edu
Matthew Huh
mmh2269@columbia.edu
737Narrative, Health, and Social Justice2010Mario de la Cruz
md2998@columbia.edu
Zahra Khan
zhk2107@columbia.edu
739Columbia School Linguistics2011Soeren
van
D.P.
dpvansoeren@gmail.com
Joss Sackler
josscsling@gmail.com
Andrew McCormick
A.mccormick081@gmail.com
Chazelle Rhoden
c.rhoden@columbia.edu
743Complexity Science, Modeling, and Sustainability2011Joshua Fisher
jf2788@columbia.edu
Jacqueline Klopp
jk2002@columbia.edu
Christoph Meinrenken
cjm2177@columbia.edu
Christina Lee
sl5211@columbia.edu
741Global and Interdisciplinary Core Curricula2011Rachel E. Chung
ec61@columbia.edu
Gareth D. Williams
gdw5@columbia.edu
Priya Chainani
prc2126@columbia.edu
745Catholicism, Culture, and Modernity2011Pierre Force
pf3@columbia.edu
Lorenzo Polvani
lmp@columbia.edu
749Studies in Dance2011Lynn Garafola
lg97@columbia.edu
Juliana Ariel DeVaan
jad2265@columbia.edu
751Religion and Writing2011Dagmar Riedel
dar2111@columbia.edu
Heidi Elizabeth Hansen
heh2135@columbia.edu
757Global Mental Health2012Claire Greene
mg4069@cumc.columbia.edu
Kathryn L. Lovero
kll2153@columbia.edu
Sinmi Adeyemo
ma4359@columbia.edu
759Defense and Security Studies2013N.W. Collins
nwcollins@columbia.edu
Ana Zuniga
az2719@columbia.edu
General Inquiries
defensesecurity@columbia.edu
763Beyond France2014Ralph Ghoche
rghoche@barnard.edu
Samia Henni
samia.henni@mcgill.ca
Eponine Senay
es4032@columbia.edu
765Logic, Probability, and Games2014Haim Gaifman
hg17@columbia.edu
Yang Liu
yl587@cam.ac.uk
Rohit Parikh
rparikh@gc.cuny.edu
769Human-Animal Studies2014Brian Boyd
bb2305@columbia.edu
Naama Harel
nh2508@columbia.edu
Fern Thompsett
ft2502@columbia.edu
771Indigenous Studies2014Pamela Calla
pc1210@nyu.edu
Elizabeth Hutchinson
eh499@columbia.edu
Sara Pan Algarra
smp2253@tc.columbia.edu
773The Integrative Study of Animal Behavior2014Dustin Rubenstein
dr2497@columbia.edu
775The Future of Aging Research2014Jennifer Manly
jjm71@cumc.columbia.edu
Elizabeth Bradshaw
emb2280@cumc.columbia.edu
Kavita Sivaramakrishnan
ks2890@cumc.columbia.edu
Matthew Coulson
mjc2287@cumc.columbia.edu
777Affect Studies2015Patricia Dailey
pd2132@columbia.edu
Thomas Dodman
td2551@columbia.edu
Lauren Mancia
laurenmancia@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Jianna Rose Walker
jrw2233@columbia.edu
779Disability, Culture, and Society2015Julia Miele Rodas
julia.rodas@bcc.cuny.edu
Irina Carlota Silber
isilber@ccny.cuny.edu
Anna Krauthamer
ak4035@columbia.edu
783Sustainable Finance2016Caroline Flammer
caroline.flammer@sipa.columbia.edu
787Material Texts2017Alexis Hagadorn
ah333@columbia.edu
Joseph Howley
jah2220@columbia.edu
Joseph Romano
jr3850@columbia.edu
791Science and Subjectivity2018Robert Pollack
pollack@columbia.edu
Peter Gruenberger
peter.gruenberger@gmail.com
Tara Anne Hillman
tah2168@columbia.edu
793Columbia University Collaborative of Community Programs for Youth and Families2018Shaba Keys
sk3785@columbia.edu
Alissa Mayers
am4459@columbia.edu
Leopoldo Moncada
ldm2160@columbia.edu
797Korean Studies2019Jae Won Chung
jchung@alc.rutgers.edu
Dong-Sei Kim
dongsei.kim@nyit.edu
Sohl Lee
sohl.lee@stonybrook.edu
Hetty Lee
yl2693@columbia.edu
Ye Lim Oh
yo2294@columbia.edu
799Menstruation and Society2021Marni Somner
ms2778@cumc.columbia.edu
Inga Winkler
winkleri@ceu.edu
Isabella Brocato
ib2550@cumc.columbia.edu
801WNew Directions in African Diaspora Studies2021Natasha Lightfoot
njl2106@columbia.edu
Rochelle Malcolm
rochelle.malcolm@columbia.edu
Batel Levy
bl2945@columbia.edu
805Public Humanities: Expanding Scholarship and Pedagogy2021JM Chris Chang
jcc2174@columbia.edu
Amy Chazkel
ac2227@columbia.edu
Eileen Gillooly
eg48@columbia.edu
Maria Gonzalez Pendas
mg2594@columbia.edu
Amy Starecheski
aas39@columbia.edu
809International Relations and Contemporary Foreign Policy2021Page Fortna
vpf4@columbia.edu
Ingrid E. Gerstmann
ig79@columbia.edu
Olivia Jenelle Grinberg-Phillips
ojg2112@columbia.edu
Randall Schmollinger
rs4543@columbia.edu
811Drama, Theatre, and Performance2023Shonni Enelow
senelow@fordham.edu
Rebecca Kastleman
rrk2157@columbia.edu
Derek Miller
dmiller@fas.harvard.edu
Adrian Guo Silver
aas2250@columbia.edu
813Cuba2023Margaret E. Crahan
mec55@columbia.edu
Antonio A. Mendez
antoniomendezruiz@gmail.com
Gabriel Vignoli
gabrielvignoli@gmail.com
Sara Pan Algarra
smp2253@tc.columbia.edu
815Current Research in Applied Microeconomics2023Elizabeth Ananat
eananat@barnard.edu
Judith Scott-Clayton
scott-clayton@tc.columbia.edu
Sandra Black
sblack@columbia.edu
Anja Tolonen
atolonen@barnard.edu
Hannah Amy Farkas
haf2130@columbia.edu
817World Philology2024Mana Kia
mk3586@columbia.edu
David Lurie
dbl11@columbia.edu
Jacob William LeMaster
jwl2196@columbia.edu
819Comics and Graphic Albums2024Aubrey Gabel
aag2188@columbia.edu

Annual Reports

Directories of Seminars, Speakers & Topics

Each fall, The University Seminars office publishes a Directory of Seminars, Speakers, & Topics cataloging the activity of the previous academic year.

The University Seminars office maintains a collection of paper & print directories from 1962 to the present. PDF versions from 2007 to the present are linked in the sidebar of this page.

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