Seminars

List of Seminars

#NameYear FoundedChair(s)Rapporteur(s)
403The Problem of Peace1945Lee, RoyTBD
405Studies in Religion1945Carnes, Tony
Greenfield, Sidney
Suresh, Shreyaa

407The Renaissance1945Pyle, Cynthia M.
Stewart, Alan
Fox, Mackenzie

411Content and Methods of the Social Sciences1947Carnes, Tony
Greenfield, Sidney
Suresh, Shreyaa
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
Niiya, May
431Medieval Studies1954Şenocak, Neslihan
Weaver, Hannah
Pizzi, Jilian
435Studies in Contemporary Africa1956Fair, Laura
Siddiqi, Anooradha
Sundar, Anusha
441Classical Civilization1957Folch, Marcus
Lidov, Joel
Cancino Alfaro, Jose Antonio
443Modern East Asia: China1957Bartlett, Nick
Qian, Ying
Wooldridge, William Charles
Hao, Tenggeer
445Modern East Asia: Japan1960Kovner, SarahWang, Zhanying
451New Testament1959Edwards, John
Conway, Colleen
Taps, Karl
459AThe City1962Rocco, Mary Alvarez, Elizabeth Milagros

465Law and Politics1963Danielsson, Sarah
Pearl, Kenneth
TBD
471Ecology and Culture1964Davidov, Veronica
West, Paige
Ratte, Stephanie
473The Study of the Hebrew Bible 1968Carr, David
Hogan, Karina
Faul, Christiaan
477South Asia 1964Bellamy, CarlaMasood, Kamini
479The Ancient Near East1966Gilbert, Allan
Yener, K. Aslihan
Şen, Kutay
483Studies in Modern Italy1966Tambor, MollyRicca, Giulia
491Early American History and Culture1966Dixon, John
Farber, Hannah
Kleiser, R. Grant
495APollution and Water Resources: Scientific and Institutional Aspects1968Lo Pinto, RichardTBD
497Slavic History and Culture1968Merrill, Jessica
Knight, Nathaniel
Nadel, Jamie
501Israel and Jewish Studies1968Carlebach, Elisheva
Kobrin, Rebecca
Steinman, Charles
503Economic History1969Dye, Alan
Pak, Susie
Weiman, David
Shah, Rohan Niraj
507Death1971Rothstein, Karla
Staudt, Christina
Shepard, Nikita
509The Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas1970Strother, Zoë
Trever, Lisa
Agosto, Brandon
511Innovation in Education1970Cohn, Elizabeth
Gross, Ronald
Kimaiyo, Lorna Jepkoech
515Latin America1971Winn, PeterPan Algarra, Sara
521Population Biology1971Cucco, Alison
Nolan, Kathleen

Kimaiyo, Lorna Jepkoech
523Political Economy and Contemporary Social Issues1972Dahbour, Omar
Gould, Carol
Jensen, Christian Alexander
525The Middle East1971Potter, Lawrence G.
Sick, Gary
Gillah, Roland
529Appetitive Behavior1972Geliebter, Allan
Glendinning, John

Zuraikat, Faris
531Culture, Power, Boundaries1972Antoniello, PatriciaSuresh, Shreyaa
533The History and Philosophy of Science (ON HIATUS)1973Elshakry, Marwa
Steingart, Alma
Branscum, Elizabeth


535Irish Studies1973McGlynn, Mary
O'Malley, Seamus
Reeve, Kate
539Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation1974Lucia, Cynthia
Luhr, William
Chen, Bojun
545Women and Society1974DeLongoria, Maria
Tai, Emily
Habr, Katy
551Ottoman and Turkish Studies 1974Amzi-Erdogdular, Leyla
Şen, A. Tunç
Louis Fishman
Yasemin Akçagüner
553Drugs and Society1975McCorry, Frank
Rabinowitz, Steve
Kimaiyo, Lorna Jepkoech
557Brazil1976Brown, Diana
Collins, John F.
Greenfield, Sidney
Penha-Lopes, Vânia
Cunha, Tales Cardeal da Costa
559Arabic Studies1977al-Musawi, MuhsinAlhayek, Ruwa Mohammed
561Human Rights1971Andreopoulos, George
Cordero-Romero, Tatiana


567Neo-Confucian Studies1979Borrell, Ari
Jiang, Tao
Ng, On-cho
Kong, Weling
581Shakespeare1982Sarkar, Debapriya
Mann, Jenny
Kim, Shanelle
583Southeast Asia in World Affairs1982Murphy, Ann MarieStricker, Lauren Elizabeth
585Ethics, Moral Education, and Society1983Cohn, Elizabeth
Gross, Ronald
Kimaiyo, Lorna Jepkoech
603Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience1986Baldassano, Christopher
Terrace, Herbert
Gasser, Camille
613Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity1987Goldberg. Gertrude S.
Raúl Carrillo
Gaikwad, Vignesh


615Iranian Studies1987Moazami, Mahnaz
McCrone, Marisa
Henon, Angie Tao
629Buddhist Studies (ON HIATUS)1990Kim, Seong Uk
Yang, Zhaohua
TBD
661Religion in America1997Kenny, GaleMasso-Rivetti, Cella
667The History of Columbia University (ON HIATUS)1998Hammack, FloydTBD
681Language and Cognition2000Remez, RobertZhou, Xinming
689Memory and Slavery: Social and Human Consequences2001 Anderson, Emily
Delfs, John
Xu, Eleanor
691Early China2002Chao, Glenda
Harkness, Ethan
Kim, Yong-ha
701Modern British History2004Stafford, James
Ren Pepitone
Reeve, Kate
703Modern Greek2005Antoniou, Dimitrios
Kakkoufa, Nikolas
Loumiotis, Dimitra
711Literary Theory2005Apter, Emily
Bosteels, Bruno G.
Spencer, Conner
717Cultural Memory2007Hirsch, Marianne
Huyssen, Andreas
Thakkar, Sonali
Tseng, Annabelle
721Comparative Philosophy2007Aitken, Allison
Gold, Jonathan
Sarkissian, Hagop
Fishman, Cole
727Theory and History of Media2009Elcott, Noam
Tenen, Dennis
Santos, Cecilia
735Sites of Cinema2010Gates, Racquel
Gaines, Jane
Gaan, Max
737Narrative, Health, and Social Justice2010de la Cruz, Mario
Khan, Zahra
TBD
739Columbia School Linguistics2011Ho-Fernández, EduardoChen, Deborah
743Complexity Science, Modeling, and Sustainability2011Fisher, Joshua
Klopp, Jacqueline
Meinrenken, Christoph
Lee, Christina
741Global and Interdisciplinary Core Curricula2011Chung, Rachel E.
Williams, Gareth
Chainani, Priya
745Catholicism, Culture, and Modernity (ON HIATUS)2011Force, Pierre
Polvani, Lorenzo
TBD
749Studies in Dance2011 Garafola, Lynn DeVaan, Juliana
Hawk, Emily
751Religion and Writing2011Riedel, DagmarHansen, Heidi
757Global Mental Health2012Greene, Claire
Lovero, Kathryn L.
Zhu, Acree
759Defense and Security Studies2013Collins, Nancy W.
Zuniga, Ana
763Beyond France2014Ghoche, Ralph
Henni, Samia
Aubrey Gabel
Senay, Eponine
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
Coulson, Matthew
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
Batkhuyag, Khulan
787Material Texts2017Hagadorn, Alexis
Siegel, Jane
Wilkening, Anya
791Science and Subjectivity2018Hagadorn, Alexis
Howley, Joseph
Hillman, Tara
793Collaborative of Community Programs for Youth & Families2018Keys, Shaba
Mayers, Alissa
Moncada, Leopoldo
797Korean Studies2019Chung, Jae Won
Kim, Dong-Sei
Wang Medina, Jenny
Oh, Ye Lim
Lee, Hetty
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
805Public Humanities: Expanding Scholarship and Pedagogy2021Chazkel, Amy E.
Chang, Chris
Gillooly, Eileen
González Pendás, María
Starecheski, Amy
Dillon, Claire
807WUniversity and Society2021Gonzalez Seligman, Katerina
Good Abbas, Chelsea
Negrón-Muntaner, Frances
Rispoli, Mateo
809International Relations and Contemporary Foreign Policy2021Fortna, Page
Gerstamann, Ingrid E.
Grinberg-Phillips, Olivia

Ryan, Eric
811Drama, Theatre, and Performance2023Enelow, Shonni
Kastleman, Rebecca
Miller, Derek

Silver, Adrian Guo
813Cuba2023Crahan, Margaret E.
Cordero-Romero, Tatiana
815Current Research in Applied Microeconomics2023Ananat, Elizabeth
Archibong, Belinda
Black, Sandra
Tolonen, Anja
Musen, Kate