Book Talk - Politicizing Islam in Central Asia: From the Russian Revolution to the Afghan and Syrian Jihads
Join the Harriman Institute for a book talk with Kathleen Collins to discuss her new book, Politicizing Islam in Central Asia (Oxford University Press 2023).
When: Monday December 11th, 2023
12 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: International Affairs Building, 420 W 118th St. New York, NY 10027
Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 1219
Projecting Tradition Into the Future in Three Solo Works
Projecting Tradition Into the Future in Three Solo Works
Jen Shyu
When: Thursday December 7th, 2023
3 PM - 5 PM
Where: Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027 (Room 513) or Online
CUIC Women in Science Lecture Series: “Perfectly” Imperfect Pathways to Success: Managing Change
Rita Charon, MD, PhD
Noémie Elhadad, PhD
Aimee Payne, MD, PhD
When: Wednesday December 6th, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Where: College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 W. 168 St. New York, NY 10032
Alumni Auditorium
Feminist Anxieties: Race, Sexuality, and Academic Feminism
Rachel Corbman
Camille Robcis
When: Tuesday, December 5th
4:30 PM - 6 PM
Where: Fayerweather 513
Anti-Racism Speaker Series featuring Dr. Timiya S. Nolan
Anti-Racism Speaker Series featuring Dr. Timiya S. Nolan
When: Thursday November 30th,
10 AM - 11 AM
Where: Via zoom
Segregation and the Spatial Externalities of Inequality: A Theory of Interdependence and Public Goods in Cities
Alice Xu
When: Wednesday November 29th, 2023
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Where: International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St, New York, NY 10027
Room 707
Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party Book Celebration
Barnard welcomes Ericka Huggins, photographer Stephen Shames, Angela LeBlanc-Ernest, and former members of the Black Panther Party, Yasmeen Majid and Claudio Chesson-Williams, to Barnard College in celebration of the new book Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party. Our panelists will talk about the diverse and crucial roles women played in the Black Panther Party, followed by a moderated Q&A and book signing. Free and open to the public (in person and online).
RSVP for non-Barnard/Columbia community members and Zoom attendees is required.
Yom HaShoah Book Talk: Michael Frank, "One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World" with Holocaust Survivor Stella Levi
Join the Institute for a book talk with Michael Frank, author of One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World, in conversation with Holocaust survivor Stella Levi. This event is in-person at IIJS.
17th Annual Clery Lecture Series: The Importance of Intersectionality: Considering the Role of Diverse Identities in the Dialogue on Sexual Assault
As part of the Jeanne Clery Lecture Series, the 17th annual lecture will focus on the broad theme of "believe survivors" in the context of intersectionality. Although there has been much discourse regarding the narratives of those who have experienced sexual violence, the conversation has not centered on the experiences and perspectives of individuals from marginalized communities. Through this event, we hope to explore the disparities in accessing resources for people with different identities and how we might amplify their voices.
The Jeanne Clery Lecture Series was established by Constance Clery BC '53 and Howard Clery, Jr. in memory of their daughter, Jeanne Clery.
This event is sponsored in part by Being Barnard, and Health & Wellness at Barnard.
Register on Eventbrite: https://clerylectureseries-BarnardCollege.eventbrite.com
Remembering Independent Media Activist Jen Angel
Join us on Friday, March 31st, at Barnard College, to celebrate the life and legacy of one of the zine community’s beloved figures.
The Inaugural Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture at Barnard College
Sara Zewde of Harlem-based Studio Zewde will give the inaugural Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture at Barnard College on Wednesday, March 29. The Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture honors Barnard alumna Norma Sklarek, one of the first Black women architects in the US, by inviting current groundbreaking and influential designers to campus to be in dialogue with our community. Following Sara Zewde’s presentation, alumna Elsa MH Mäki CC’17 will moderate an expanded conversation. Karen Fairbanks, Claire Tow Professor of Professional Practice and Chair of the Architecture Department, will introduce the event, and the program will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.
Sara Zewde is founding principal of Studio Zewde, a design firm in New York City practicing landscape architecture, urbanism, and public art. Named to Architectural Digest's AD100 and an Emerging Voice by the Architectural League of New York, the firm is celebrated for its design methods that sync culture, ecology, and craft. In parallel with practice, Sara serves as Assistant Professor of Practice at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and is currently writing a book on her research retracing Frederick Law Olmsted's journeys through the Slave South. Sara holds a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master in City Planning from MIT, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Statistics from Boston University.
Norma Merrick Sklarek attended Barnard in 1944-45 and graduated from Columbia with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1950. In 1980, she became the first Black woman elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Breaking barriers throughout her career, her influence continues to resonate today.
The Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture is sponsored by The Barnard Architecture Department and has been made possible through the generous funding of the IDC Foundation with additional support from the Barnard Provost’s Office.
Register Here: Link
Columbia College Women 2023 Signature Event
Columbia College Women 2023 Signature Event
Jewish Female Mental–Health Professionals between Poland, the Nazis, and America: Memory, History, and Interpretation
Jewish Female Mental–Health Professionals between Poland, the Nazis, and America: Memory, History, and Interpretation
Amefrican Connections | Against Epistemic Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean
This panel with Meyby Ugueto-Ponce, Sharún Gonzalez Matute, and Camila Daniel demystifies academic writing and unmasks the epistemic racism in Latin American universities.
Amefrican Connections | The Ancestral Territory Against Environmental Racism in Brazil
An event aimed at highlighting Black women perspectives and decolonizing the field of Latin American studies.
Improving Women's Health: Strategies for Creating Change
Join us for a discussion on ways to improve women’s health on an individual and societal/structural level. Registration is required.
#MeToo: One Year After Christine Blasey Ford
Join us for a lively discussion of the #Me Too movement, with contributors to Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement. Moderated by Davia Temin.
We regret the conflict with Yom Kippur and will share documentation of the event at a later date and continue the important #MeToo conversation.
Campus ERA Day: Viewing Party
Join CSSD’s Women Creating Change for a livestream viewing party to celebrate Campus ERA Day. We will be livestreaming the event and interacting with panelists. The goal of this event is to spread awareness of and to gain support for the reviatlized push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in Congress to ensure that women were equal under the law and prevent sex-based discrimination. Almost one hundrd years later, the United States Constitution still does not guarantee equal rights for women!
#Startup Columbia Festival
Innovations in Social Justice: Columbia Alumni who are Changing the World
The Center for the Study of Social Difference’s Women Creating Change is proud to cosponor this year’s #Startup Columbia Festival. We have quite a line up of female founders and alumnae innovators who are solving problems around the globe to make a better world. The list includes:
Alice Bosley '17SIPA who is turning refugees into founders at her incubator in Iraq
Katherine Katcher '07CC who is mitigating the effects of mass incarceration with Root & Rebound
Dr. Courtney Cogburn, School of Social Work who is changing perspectives on unconscious racial bias
Shivani Siroya '07MPH is giving access to credit to bottom-of-the-pyramid consumers in developing countries
Anne Williams-Isom '91LAW who is running the Harlem Children's Zone helping to create a model to eradicate systemic poverty
Emmy-award winner Abby Disney '98 GSAS who will discuss this week's premiere of Women, War, & Peace, four never-before-told stories about the women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process
Complimentary tickets will be offered to affiliates of the Columbia Center for the Study of Social Difference or active members of the Women Creating Change Leadership Council. You can request your tickets by emailing cm3014@columbia.edu with "WCC" in the subject line.
Corporate Feminism & Its Discontents
Women Creating Change presents:
Corporate Feminism and Its Discontents
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | 6:15pm - 8pm
Columbia University - Maison Francaise, East Gallery
Special thanks to our cosponsors Center for Gender and Sexuality Law and Maison Francaise
Description
Despite gains in recent years, gender and racial disparities in the corporate sector, especially in its higher echelons, remain significant in the United States and Europe. This round table will explore successes and limitations of policies to promote diversity and inclusion. Panelists will identify successful strategies but also roadblocks and unintended consequences, and raise the issue of how backlash and stasis might be addressed.
Speakers
Janice Ellig, Chief Executive Officer, Ellig Group
Yasmine Ergas, Director of the Specialization on Gender and Public Policy, School for International and Public Affairs and Director of Gender and Human Rights at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University
Melissa Fisher, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University, Author of Wall Street Women & member of the Women Creating Change Leadership Council
Katherine Phillips, Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character Management and Director
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics
Click here to read a recent New York Times Magazine interview featuring panelist Katherine Phillips on women in corporations.
The event is free and open to the public, please register here.
FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF HARLEM: WORKING IN SOUND RECEPTION AND SHOWCASE
Center for the Study of Social Difference – Women Creating Change co-sponsors For the Daughters of Harlem: Working in Sound, a two-day music workshop for young women of color from New York public high schools. The workshop will culminate in a reception and showcase of students’ musical work, produced under the guidance of workshop leaders Sondra Woodruff, Rachel Devorah, Seth Cluett, and Kamari Carter. As part of the event, musicologist Matthew D. Morrison will engage in conversation with award-winning producer Ebonie Smith about her advocacy for more inclusive spaces in music production and technology.
Ebonie Smith is an award-winning music producer, audio engineer and singer songwriter, as well as founder and president of Gender Amplified, a nonprofit organization that celebrates and supports women and girls in music production. Smith is an alumna of Barnard College, Columbia University, and New York University.
Matthew D. Morrison is Assistant Professor of Music at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and 2018-2019 Hutchins Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University. His research explores race and performance, and is working on a book titled Blacksound: Making Race and Identity in American Popular Music. Morrison received a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University.
The project is supported by an Action Grant from Humanities New York and a Public Outreach Grant from Columbia University’s Center for Science and Society. Additional funds from the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Department of Sociology, the Center for Ethnomusicology, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Computer Music Center, the Department of Music, and the Center for the Study of Social Difference – Women Creating Change at Columbia University, as well as the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Barnard College make the event possible.
The Daughters initiative is directed by Lucie Vágnerová, Core Lecturer in Music, and Ellie Hisama, Professor of Music.
What We CAN Do When There's Nothing To Be Done: Strategies for Change
CSSD invites you to an All-Day Symposium to celebrate 10 Years of the Center for the Study of Social Difference and 5 Years of Women Creating Change!
5TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN CREATING CHANGE
2018 marks the 5th Anniversary of Columbia Women Creating Change!
To celebrate this momentous year a reception and panel discussion will take place featuring women leaders in media.