Renowned anthropologist and philospher Bruno Latour returns to the Heyman Center to discuss "Globalization: Which Globe? Which Politics?"

Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program.

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Click here for the location of Rennert Auditorium.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon will read selected poems, to be followed by a discussion with Columbia's Cóilín Parsons.

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Click here for the location of Schermerhorn Hall.

Controversial German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk will give a talk entitled "You Must Change Your Life."

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One of India's most distinguished economists and political commentators, Prabhat Patnaik, and Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, will discuss "How to Think About the Financial Crisis." Jomo Kwame Sundaram, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs, will chair.

Co-sponsored by the Committee on Global Thought

Click here for articles written by Prabhat Patnaik.

Click here for Joseph Stiglitz's website.

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Noted historian and pioneer of microhistory, Carlo Ginzburg returns to the Heyman Center to discuss "The Letter Kills: On Some Implications of 2 Corinthians 3:6." Matthew Jones, Columbia Professor of History, serves as discussant.

Co-sponsored by the Columbia University History Department

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Click here for more information on Matthew Jones.

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David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Prabhat Patnaik, one of India's most distinguished economists and political commentators, and Duncan Foley, Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, will discuss the question "Is Marxism Relevant Today?"

Co-sponsored by the Committee on Global Thought

Click here for David Harvey's blog.

Click here for articles written by Prabhat Patnaik.

Click here for information on Duncan Foley.

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Donald Keene, Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University and recipient of Japan's 2008 Order of Culture, will discuss "Japanese Authors Today." Author Shirley Hazzard, recipient of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, will serve as chair.

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A two-day conference on "Wisdom in Ancient Thought," featuring Rachel Barney, University of Toronto; Jonathan Beere, HU BERLIN; John Cooper, Princeton University; Leslie Kurke, University of California, Berkeley; Wolfgang Mann, Columbia University; Steven Strange, Emory University; Peter Struck, University of Pennsylvania; Hakan Tell, Dartmouth College; Iakovos Vasiliou, City University of New York; Katja Vogt, Columbia University; and Nancy Worman, Barnard College.

For full conference program visit www.katjavogt.com

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean and the University Seminar on Classical Civilization

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Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize, will take part in a workshop with other professors to discuss the topic of "Secularism".

Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy, Tolerance, and Religion, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, and the Committee on Global Thought

This is a closed session. Please attend Charles Taylor's evening lecture, which is free and open to the public.

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Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize, will speak on "The Politics of Recognition."

Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy, Tolerance, and Religion, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, and the Committee on Global Thought

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Journalist Basharat Peer, novelist and journalist Hari Kunzru, and Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and Director of the Heyman Center, will join Montclair State University Professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan, to discuss the connections between the recent attacks in India and radical Islamist ideology, the historic struggle over Kashmir, and the prospects for future relations between India and Pakistan.

Co-sponsored by the New York Public Library and the Asia Society

Click here for more information on Hari Kunzru..

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Purchase tickets here: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=MUM (Student tickets are free).

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Mark Strand, Professor of English at Columbia University, and former U.S. Poet Laureate, will read selected poems. Richard Howard Professor at Columbia School of Arts, Writing Division and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will serve as discussant.

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A day-long workshop on "The Cold War and the Social Sciences: Approaches and Arguments" featuring Peter Mandler, Joel Isaac, Nicholas Dirks, Jamie Cohen-Cole, Nicolas Guilhot, Anders Stephanson, Philip Mirowski, Yanis Varoufakis, Carl Wennerlind, Nils Gilman, Bradley Simpson, and Mark Mazower.

For full conference details, please click here.

Those wishing to attend should register with Erin Jeanette by emailing at eaj2115 at columbia dot edu and access to the papers will then be made available in advance to them.

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Danielle Allen, a Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a recipient of the Macarthur "genius" Grant, will give the bi-annual Lionel Trilling Seminar. She will speak on "Plato's Cunning: Philosophy as Political Strategy." Columbia professors Nadia Urbinati and Katja Vogt will be discussants.

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Click here for Katja Vogt's website.

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Novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and former philosophy professor William Gass will speak on "Baroque Prose."

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Various speakers from the Film Division, Columbia School of the Arts and elsewhere will assemble to discuss the cinema of Satyajit Ray. Speakers include: Robert Young (Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University); Marcia Landy (Distinguished Professor of English and Film Studies, Secondary Appointment in the French and Italian Department, University of Pittsburgh); Mira Nair (President, Mirabai Films; Filmmaker/Director); Ashish Rajyadhyaksha (Centre for the Study of Culture & Society, Bangalore); Shyam Benegal (Filmmaker); Mihir Bhattacharya (Professor Emeritus at Jadavpur University, Calcutta); Samik Bandyopadhyay (Theatre, Film and Arts Critic; Vice Chairman, National School of Drama, India); Michael Wood; Moinak Biswas (Film Studies Professor, Jadavpur University; Editor, Journal of the Moving Image); and Richard Terdiman (Professor of Literature and of the History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz; former Director of UCSC’s Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center)

Screenings will take place April 15-30 at Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center. Click Here for details on the screenings.

(The Walter Reade Theater is located on the north side of West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues, one flight up on the upper level. Look for the FILM banner on 65th Street near Amsterdam Avenue to locate the stairs, escalator and elevator to the plaza level.)

*The concession stand will be open throughout the day for coffee and light refreshments.
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Sponsored by: The Film Society of Lincoln Center in collaboration with the Institute for Comparative Literature & Society, Heyman Center for the Humanities, and Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University and the Humanities Division of University of California—Santa Cruz. Co-sponsors: Caliban Foundation and individual donors.

Two of the world's most celebrated poets, Adrienne Rich and Antjie Krog, will read selected poems.

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the Center for Research on Women at Barnard, and Barnard Women Poets.

Click here for information on Adrienne Rich.

Click here for information on Antjie Krog.

This event is free and open to the public.
Reservations are suggested. To register, please email nrajah@columbia.edu with subject line "Reservation"
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Click here for the location of the International Affairs Building.

Marxist literary theorist and political commentator Aijaz Ahmad will speak on "Islam, Islamisms, and the West in a Global Context."

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Co-sponsored by the Committee on Global Thought and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Tolerance, and Religion. Click here for the location of the Heyman Center.