Seminars

List of Seminars

#NameYear FoundedChair(s)Rapporteur(s)
403The Problem of Peace1945Lee, RoySellors, Francesca
405Studies in Religion1945Carnes, Tony
Greenfield, Sidney
Ugwuja, Alex Amaechi
407The Renaissance1945Pyle, Cynthia M.
Stewart, Alan
Ugwuja, Alex Amaechi

411Content and Methods of the Social Sciences1947Carnes, Tony
Greenfield, Sidney
Ugwuja, Alex Amaechi
417Eighteenth-Century European Culture1962Hershinow, Stephanie Insley
Todd, Lilith
427Studies in Political and Social Thought (ON HIATUS)1968Johnston, David
Mantena, Karuna
Feldman, Nathan
429American Studies1954Detournay, Diane
Monk-Payton, Brandy
Sandler, Matt
Serletti, Tate
431Medieval Studies1954Şenocak, Neslihan
Weaver, Hannah
Pizzi, Jilian
435Studies in Contemporary Africa1956d'Avignon, Robyn
Fair, Laura
Siddiqi, Anooradha
Sundar, Anusha
441Classical Civilization1957Folch, Marcus
Lidov, Joel
Cancino Alfaro, Jose Antonio
443Modern East Asia: China1957Bartlett, Nick
Qian, Ying
Wooldridge, William Charles
Hellmann, Sam
445Modern East Asia: Japan1960Kovner, SarahButters, Jason
451New Testament1959Edwards, John
Wasserman, Emma
Faul, Christiaan
459AThe City1962Keller, LisaRodriguez, Paola Isabel
465Law and Politics1963Danielsson, Sarah
Pearl, Kenneth
Mangelaars, Goedele
473The Study of the Hebrew Bible 1968Carr, David
Feldman, Liane
DeLauro, David
471Ecology and Culture1964Davidov, Veronica
West, Paige
Rhoden, Chazelle
477South Asia 1964Bellamy, CarlaMcAbee, Daniel
479The Ancient Near East1966Gilbert, Allan
Yener, K. Aslihan
Jahani, Jeiran
Şen, Kutay
483Studies in Modern Italy1966Tambor, MollyAbbattista, Luca
491Early American History and Culture1966Blanton, John
Lipman, Andrew


Kleiser, R. Grant
495APollution and Water Resources: Scientific and Institutional Aspects1968Lo Pinto, RichardTBD
497Slavic History and Culture1968Evtuhov, Catherine
Lipovetsky, Mark
Haxhi, Tomi
501Israel and Jewish Studies1968Carlebach, Elisheva
Kobrin, Rebecca
Steinman, Charles
503Economic History1969Dye, Alan
Pak, Susie
Weiman, David
Lerer, David
507Death1971Rothstein, Karla
Staudt, Christina
Shepard, Nikita
509The Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas1970Pellizzi, Francesco
Strother, Zoë
Trever, Lisa
Petit, Yann
511Innovation in Education1970Cohn, Elizabeth
Gross, Ronald
Liu, Yuang Marcus
515Latin America1971Winn, PeterPan Algarra, Sara
521Population Biology1971Cucco, Alison
Nolan, Kathleen

Kimaiyo, Lorna Jepkoech
523Political Economy and Contemporary Social Issues (ON HIATUS)1972Dahbour, Omar
Gould, Carol
TBD
525The Middle East1971Potter, Lawrence G.
Sick, Gary
Aboukhalil, Shireen
529Appetitive Behavior1972Geliebter, Allan
Glendinning, John

Zuraikat, Faris
531Culture, Power, Boundaries1972Achino-Loeb, Maria-Luisa
Antoniello, Patricia
Masood, Kamini
533The History and Philosophy of Science1973Jones, MatthewBranscum, Elizabeth
535Irish Studies1973McGlynn, Mary
O'Malley, Seamus
Reeve, Kate
539Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation1974Lucia, Cynthia
Luhr, William
Long, Bjorn
545Women and Society1974DeLongoria, Maria
Tai, Emily
Habr, Katy
551Ottoman and Turkish Studies (ON HIATUS)1974Amzi-Erdogdular, Leyla
Şen, A. Tunç
TBD
553Drugs and Society1975McCorry, Frank
Rabinowitz, Steve
Kimaiyo, Lorna Jepkoech
557Brazil1976Brown, Diana
Collins, John F.
Greenfield, Sidney
Penha-Lopes, Vânia
Levinsohn Mourad, Nabila
559Arabic Studies1977al-Musawi, MuhsinAlhayek, Ruwa Mohammed
561Human Rights1971Andreopoulos, George
Helmick, Brooke

567Neo-Confucian Studies1979Borrell, Ari
Jiang, Tao
Ng, On-cho
Bensen, Nolan
581Shakespeare1982Sarkar, Debapriya
Robertson, Lauren


Kim, Shanelle
583Southeast Asia in World Affairs1982Murphy, Ann Marie
Patrick, Hugh T.
TBD
585Ethics, Moral Education, and Society1983Cohn, Elizabeth
Gross, Ronald
Liu, Yuang Marcus
603Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience1986Baldassano, Christopher
Terrace, Herbert
Gasser, Camille
613Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity1987Collins, Sheila
Goldberg. Gertrude S.
Long, Bjorn
615Iranian Studies1987Moazami, MahnazTBD
629Buddhist Studies (ON HIATUS)1990Kim, Seong Uk
Yang, Zhaohua
TBD
661Religion in America1997Kenny, GaleHedgecock, Sarah
667The History of Columbia University1998Hammack, FloydTBD
681Language and Cognition2000Remez, RobertGreen, Elizabeth K.
689Memory and Slavery: Social and Human Consequences2001 Anderson, Emily
Delfs, John
TBD
691Early China2002Chao, Glenda
Harkness, Ethan
Lewis, Crismon
701Modern British History2004Stafford, James Porter Burke, Julia
703Modern Greek2005Antoniou, Dimitrios
Van Dyck, Karen
Loumiotis, Dimitra
711Literary Theory2005Robbins, BruceSpencer, Conner
717Cultural Memory2007Hirsch, Marianne
Huyssen, Andreas
Thakkar, Sonali
Tseng, Annabelle
721Comparative Philosophy2007Aitken, Allison
Gold, Jonathan
Sarkissian, Hagop
Martorana, Lucilla Ines
727Theory and History of Media2009Elcott, Noam
de Abreu, Maria José
Santos, Cecilia
735Sites of Cinema2010Baumbach, Nico
Gaines, Jane
DeFreitas, Kaylee
737Narrative, Health, and Social Justice2010de la Cruz, Mario
Khan, Zahra
TBD
739Columbia School Linguistics2011Ho-Fernández, Eduardo
Stern, Nancy
Shahaf, Nataly
741Global and Interdisciplinary Core Curricula2011Chung, Rachel E.

Chainani, Priya
743Complexity Science, Modeling, and Sustainability2011Fisher, Joshua
Klopp, Jacqueline
Meinrenken, Christoph
Lee, Christina
745Catholicism, Culture, and Modernity2011Force, Pierre
Polvani, Lorenzo
TBD
749Studies in Dance2011 Garafola, Lynn Hawk, Emily
751Religion and Writing2011Boynton, Susan
Riedel, Dagmar
Wilkening, Anya
757Global Mental Health2012Greene, Claire
Lovero, Kathryn L.
Arusilor, Isabelle-Maria
759Defense and Security Studies2013Collins, Nancy W.
Irving, Michael
763Beyond France2014Ghoche, Ralph
Henni, Samia
Mohammed, Nadrah
765Logic, Probability, and Games (ON HIATUS)2014Gaifman, Haim
Liu, Yang
Parikh, Rohit
TBD
769Human-Animal Studies2014Boyd, Brian
Harel, Naama
Thompsett, Fern

771Indigenous Studies2014Calla, Pamela
Hutchinson, Elizabeth
Algarra, Sara Pan
773The Integrative Study of Animal Behavior2014Rubenstein, DustinTBD
775The Future of Aging Research2014Manly, Jennifer
Pearson, Brandon
Sivaramakrishnan, Kavita
Farber, Rachel
777Affect Studies2015Dailey, Patricia
Dodman, Thomas
Mancia, Lauren
Joyner, Alec
779Disability, Culture, and Society (ON HIATUS)2015Miele Rodas, Julia
Silber, Irina Carlota
Krauthamer, Anna
783Sustainable Finance2016Cox, Mark
Potent, Jeffrey
TBD
787Material Texts2017Hagadorn, Alexis
Howley, Joseph
Sinvany, Benjamin
791Science and Subjectivity2018Gruenberger, Peter
Pollack, Robert
Shahaf, Nataly
793Collaborative of Community Programs for Youth & Families2018Keys, Shaba
Mayers, Alissa
TBD
797Korean Studies2019Chizhova, Ksenia
Chung, Jae Won
Wang Medina, Jenny
Stewart-Liberty, Ruby
799Menstruation and Society2021Somner, Marni
Winkler, Inga
Bergen, Sadie
801WNew Directions in African Diaspora Studies2021Lightfoot, Natasha
Malcolm, Rochelle
Levy, Batel
803WPrison Education and Social Justice Curricula2021Howard, JeanAnson, Patrick
805WPublic Humanities: Expanding Scholarship and Pedagogy2021Chazkel, Amy E.
Chang, Chris
Gillooly, Eileen
González Pendás, María
Dillon, Claire
807WUniversity and Society2021Gonzalez Seligman, Katerina
Good Abbas, Chelsea
Negrón-Muntaner, Frances
Rispoli, Mateo
809International Relations and Contemporary Foreign Policy2021Carnegie, Allison
Clement, Peter
Gerstamann, Ingrid E.
Ryan, Eric
811Drama, Theatre, and Performance2023Enelow, Shonni
Kastleman, Rebecca
Miller, Derek

Silver, Adrian Guo