Stay up-to-date with upcoming events and browse through past events to get an idea of what we do at the Amman Center
International Legal Dialogue—Middle East North Africa
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
The Holy Land and the (un)Holy - A Talk by Gregory Khalil
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Walter Benjamin, and other Illegal Migrants - A Talk by Robert Young
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Film screening and discussion of "Sanctity" with Ahd Kamel, Actress and Filmmaker from Saudi Arabia
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Is the American Century Over? - A Talk by Joseph Nye
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The New Era of Extreme Bionics - A Talk by Hugh Herr
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in a Modern World - A Talk by Wade Davis
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Talk and book launch of "Return: A Palestinian Memoir" with Ghada Karmi
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Search for a Mideast Solution - A discussion between Professor Safwan Masri and Nicolas Pelham, moderated by Nicholas Lemann
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Book Debate: Religious Pluralism in the Middle East - The Relic of a Bygone Era or a Foundation for the Region's Recovery?
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Poetry of the Streets - A Talk by Tamim Al Barghouti
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Strengthening Refugee Access, Equity and Inclusion: Developing a New Framework
Columbia University
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The Future of Historic Monuments, Museums, and Sites Destroyed by ISIS: A Proposed Course of Action
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
حازم الأمين
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Film Screenings: On the Margins of American Cinema with Richard Pena - July 17-20
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Global Nursing and Midwifery Summit in Amman, Jordan Brings Together Leaders to Build and Sustain Cross-Regional Networks
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 2:30 AM
Human Rights Treaty Body Reform Process: Towards a Stronger Human Rights Protection Regime (2017)
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Muslim Women and the "Right to Choose Freely" - Lila Abu-Lughod
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Arabia to Antarctica: An Unlikely Story about Sustainable Energy - Malek Al-Chalabi
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Soraya Salti Youth for Youth Series: Developing Emotional Intelligence for Greater Social Impact with Nadine El Asmar
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Janet Abu-Lughod Library Exhibition at Studio-X Amman - on display until October 9
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
When Qatar Thinks Big, the GCC Falls into Disarray with Hilal Khashan
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Safwan M. Masri presents "Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly" at the Shoman Foundation - October 23, 2017 at 6:30-8:00 pm
Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
One Hundred Years of the Balfour Declaration - A Talk by Ghada Karmi
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
A Virtual Lecture: Redefining Borders - Poetry as Means of Resilience and Tolerance with Nathalie Handal
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Pluralism in Emergenc(i)es: Movement, Space, and Religious Difference
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:45 AM - 4:00 PM
Does the Middle East Need a New Honest Broker? A Talk by French Ambassador David Bertolotti
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
From Destruction to Documentation: A Talk by Sheila Canby, The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Friday, February 9
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Improving Refugee Access to Resettlement and Complementary Pathways
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
An Update from War-torn Yemen: A Talk by Farea Al-Muslimi - Wednesday April 4, 2018
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The War in Yemen: Consequences of the Crisis and Prospects for Peace
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Fostering Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education in Tunisia program: Columbia Venture Competition
Columbia University, New York
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A Strategic Shift to Meet the Needs of all Vulnerable Children in Jordan - A Talk by Robert Jenkins
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Trump Administration and Jerusalem: A Talk by Rashid Khalidi
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
A Model International Mobility Convention: Rights and Governance for Migrants and Refugees - A Talk by Michael Doyle
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The American Construction of Terrorism: A Legal View - A Talk by Wadie Said
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Two Futures of the Arab World: A Talk by Tarek Osman
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Can our Heritage be the Foundation for our Future? A Talk by Manvendra Singh Shekhawat
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Social Entrepreneurship Workshop for High School Students
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
(Ground Truth Exhibition) From Res Nullius to Terra Nullius: Revisiting Indigenous Histories, Legal Systems, and Land Rights in the Naqab
Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Civil War, Economic Governance, & State Reconstruction in the Arab Middle East
SIPA Building, 420 W 118th St., Room 1512, New York, NY 10027
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Black-Palestinian Solidarity 1968/2018
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY, 10027 United States
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The End of Rentierism in the Arab World
SIPA Building, 420 W 118th St., Room 1512, New York, NY 10027
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Contemporary Amman and the Right to the City Conference - November 3-5, 2018
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
"Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo": Safwan Masri in conversation with Seth Anziska
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Peasant Architecture in Palestine: Space, Kinship and Gender - Safwan Masri in conversation with Suad Amiry
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Are the Inherent Contradictions of an Israeli Anti-colonialist Reconcilable?
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Narratives Of The Great War And The Remaking Of The New Middle East (1914-1918)
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Nation State Law: Implications for the Rights of Non-Jewish Minorities - Safwan Masri in conversation with Aida Touma-Sliman
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Illness and Urban Displacement: Addressing the Needs of Refugees with Non-communicable Diseases
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
"The Brave Knowledge World": A Talk by Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Soraya Salti Youth for Youth Series: Workshop on Design Thinking for Ideation - Jessica Hanna
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Populism and the Democratization of Injustice - A keynote lecture by Jon B Alterman
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Untangling Popular Power: Rhetoric, Faith, and Social Order in the Middle East
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sykes-Picot and Balfour Revisited: Looking Beyond the Maps
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Joint Presentation with Columbia, Penn and Yale in Amman
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Forced Migration to Jordan: A Humanitarian Response
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The (R)evolution of Arab Queer Cinema: Queer Representation in Film Pre- and Post-Arab Uprisings
Columbia University, Katharina Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Writing/Walking Palestine: Raja Shehadeh charts his city, Ramallah, and Penny Johnson explores our common lives and histories with animals
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Women ASPIRE | Understanding and Addressing Physical Health and Mental Health Concerns of Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
#MeToo and Global Change: Best Practices for Addressing Sexual Harassment and Misconduct - A talk by Suzanne Goldberg
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A keynote lecture by Rashid Khalidi
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
A Century of Palestinian Nationalism: Modes of Political Organization and Representation since 1919
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Human Rights in Conflict: A Conversation with Omar Shakir
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Archaeological Archives of the French Mandate Period and the Creation of the "Service des Antiquités" and Museums in Syria
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Report Launch and Expert Discussion: A Medium-Term Approach towards Self-Reliance and Resilience of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Religion, State, and Society in Lebanon: Consociational Curse or Blessing? A talk by Mark Farha
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
What is Bioethics, and Why is it Important Today? A talk by Robert Klitzman
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Adieu Middle East: The Consequences of American Abdication - A talk by Roger Cohen
Columbia Global Centers | Amman
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM