Safwan Masri Publishes Piece on Tunsanian Democracy in The Financial Times
WCCLC member has article published on January 14, 2020.
Safwan Masri, CSSD Women Creating Change Leadership Council Member and Columbia Global Centers Executive President, published his piece, “Tunisia risks losing its standard as a democratic exemplar,” in The Financial Times, which discusses the delay in implementing a new government in Tunisia three months after “free and fair presidential and legislative elections,” using this essay article as a call to action to Tunisian leadership.
For the full piece, click here.
CSSD Welcomes 2019-2020 Media Fellows from Columbia Journalism School
CSSD introduces 2019-2020 media fellows.
The Center for the Study of Social Difference (CSSD) is pleased to announce our 2019-20 Media Fellows from the Columbia Journalism School:
Jessica Jacolbe (Arts & Culture) - Geographies of Injustice working group
Larry Madowo (Business & Economics) - Racial Capitalism working group
Amitoj Singh (Politics) - Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group
The Media Fellow program at CSSD places students from the MA program of Columbia's J-School with active working groups at the Center. Fellows were selected via an application process in Fall 2019 and were placed with groups who are researching topics relevant to their writing and thesis work.
The MA Program at Columbia's J-School is for experienced journalists who want to go deeper into a specialized subject area, choosing from the following four areas of concentration: Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Politics, and Science. CSSD is thrilled to contribute to the education of these journalists by providing access to working group meetings, special events, and courses via the CSSD Media Fellow program.
Frances Negrón-Muntaner interviewed for “Public Thinker” Series
Public Books features a profile on former Unpayable Debt Co-Director.
Frances Negrón-Muntaner, executive committee member of CSSD and former co-director of working group, Unpayable Debt, was recently interviewed by Public Books for their “Public Thinker” series. Negrón-Muntaner discusses Puerto Rico, the power of art and public discourse, and “decolonial joy.”
To read the profile, click here.
New book by Reframing Gendered Violence Co-Director featured in Teen Vogue and WNYC
Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan discuss their book, Sexual Citizens.
Jennifer Hirsch, professor of sociomedical sciences and former co-director of CSSD working group, Reframing Gendered Violence, and Shamus Khan, professor of sociology, recently discussed their book, Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus, in a piece in Teen Vogue and on WNYC’s All of It with Alison Stewart.
To hear their interview on WNYC, click here.
“Sexual Citizens” Named One of Esquire Magazine’s “Best Books this Winter”
New book by former Reframing Gendered Violence co-director Jennifer Hirsch and Professor Shamus Khan receives praise after it’s debut.
Jennifer Hirsch, professor of sociomedical sciences and former co-director of CSSD working group Reframing Gendered Violence, and Shamus Khan, professor of sociology, recently published their book, Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus, a study that attempts to transform how we see and address the widespread problem of sexual assault on college campuses. Their publication was named Esquire Magazine’s “Best Books this Winter.” The magazine praises the “clear, intersectional picture of the forces breeding a campus culture that bulldozes consent.”
For more information on the book, read here.
To view Esquire’s list, read here.
Vicky Murillo’s Op-ed Featured in The New York Times
The article was published in late November of 2019, less than a month after the “resignation” of Evo Morales.
Vicky Murillo, political scientist and co-director of the CSSD working group Environmental Justice, co-authored an op-ed, “The Coup Temptation in Latin America,” which was featured in The New York Times. Her piece is a response to the aftermath of the ouster of Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, and argues that coups against elected governments - even populist governments with authoritarian tendencies - almost always shift countries in the less democratic directions.
For the full op-ed, read here.