Public Speaker Series: Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul maintains a speakers series with distinguished academics, intellectuals, business leaders, and artists on a broad scope of issues with regional and global impact. The speaker series aim to attract a wide audience with thought provoking lectures focusing on the most compelling issues of our time and create a lively platform for exchange of ideas and conversation.
Conferences and Workshops: The Istanbul Center cooperates with partners on campus and in the region to organize a variety of conferences, workshops and seminars throughout the year. The Center gathers local and international experts that provide important opportunities for academic dialogue and intellectual engagement. Many of these events are also open for the public to attend.
Student and Alumni Relations: The Istanbul Center creates a hub for Columbia students and alumni in the region by organizing regular gatherings, where current and prospective students, parents and alumni learn about the centers, projects and programs, meet with the team and gain awareness of Columbia's mission on global education.
Our Events
Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul Launch Reception
Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul Launch
Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Istanbul
His Excellency Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Speaks at the World Leaders Forum on campus
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Global Leaders in Construction Management Program Visit
Vuslat Doğan Sabancı Speech, “Women and Media: Gender Equality”
Ashoka Fellow Jeroo Billimoria Speaks on Social Entrepreneurship
Columbia Business School Executive MBA Trip and Reception
Roundtable Discussion on Syria with the International Crisis Group
Columbia Alumni Association Welcomes New Columbia College and SEAS Students from Turkey
Istanbul Forum on the Turkish Energy Outlook
Judith Butler To Speak in Istanbul on ‘Freedom of Assembly Or Who are the People?’
Columbia Alumni Assocation (CAA) Reception with President Lee C. Bollinger
Roundtable on Social Innovation in Higher Education with Ashoka
Turkey’s Energy Strategy: Regional and Global Outlook
The Impact of The Lausanne Peace Treaty in the World
New Distribution Models: A Public Discussion with Prof. Ira Deutchman of the Film Program
Workshop on Contested Sites and Historical Dialogue
Panel on "Ankara after September 12 Military Coup"
The Future of the Liberal Order Conference
The Future of the Liberal Order Conference
A discussion with Prof. Anya Schiffrin and Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz on why the media matters for growth, governance and accountability
“Coming to Terms” with Gendered Memories of Genocide, War, and Political Repression
Experimental Preservation: Dispatch from Istanbul
Strategies for Fighting Ebola: A Columbia University Summit to Help End the Epidemic
Discussion with Aromar Revi: "How can new urban geographies create new histories?"
Aromar Revi of the United Nations visits Istanbul
Exhibition "Mom I'm going out to pour some concrete"
Panel: "Prioritizing Women - Adapting Refugee Health Services for 21st Century Health Challenges"
Blue Voyagers Concert: Featuring Standard a la Turc
Global Think-In: Time and Trauma - Transgenerational Memories of Mass Suffering
Workshop: Time and Trauma – Memory in Global Perspective
Elif Shafak: Storytelling in the Age of Conflict
Exhibition:"The Good Cause: Architecture of Peace" and "Vocabulary of Hospitality"
Cine-forum: Elia Kazan's "America America"
Blue Voyagers: The Art of Romare Bearden and Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu
Workshop on De-Provincializing Soft Power: Perspectives from Turkey
Changing Health Needs in the Middle East and Turkey
Columbia & Yale joint lecture: Venture Capital and Economic Growth
Choman Hardi Poetry Reading: Considering the Women
A Talk by Sercan Çelebi: Vote and Beyond, The Advocate of Democracy at the Ballot Box
Prospects for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: The Urban SDG and Implications for Istanbul
Orhan Esen: Spaciocide, a Model for Spatial Transformations in Istanbul?
Discussion with Stephen Karam of the World Bank on Turkey Urbanization Review
Engaging with the World Humanitarian Summit
Side-Event at the First World Humanitarian Summit
The Time of Performance: Embodiment and Archives of (Un)Belonging in Turkey
Black Sea Networks at Columbia University
Turkey at a Crossroads: The Dynamics of a Democracy Under Strain
Greek and Turkish Students Discussed the Future of the Mediterranean
World Leaders Forum: Fostering a Better Conversation and Understanding of Islam: The Vital Role of Media
"Finding Sex in the Body: 'From What is There' to 'When it is There'"
Düne Bakmak, Bugünü Anlamak, Yarını Düşünmek: Akademinin Geleceği
Whither Turkey?
Columbia Students and Parents Dinner
Artistic Expression in Contested Terrains
Artistic Expression In Contested Terrains
Inside the Mind of a CEO: Decision Making in Uncertain Times
Unfinished Revolutions: How Tunisia Became the Only Democracy to Emerge from the Arab Spring
Seeking Women’s Rights from the Middle East to America
Social Media in an Age of Polarized Politics: Turkey and Beyond
Cosmic Symbolism on Religious Architecture in Mongol Anatolia
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies Inaugural Event
The Rising Tide of Populist Majoritarianism: Constitutional Reform in Greece and Turkey
Film Screening and Talk: The Drowning - A Psychological Thriller Directed by Bette Gordon
Film Screening and Workshop with Writer-Director Katherine Dieckmann
Film Screening and Talk on "Strange Weather" with Writer-Director Katherine Dieckmann
Osmanlı Kültür ve Bilim Tarihi: Kaynaklar, Yeni Yaklaşımlar / History of Ottoman Culture and Science: Sources, New Approaches
Osmanlı Kültür ve Bilim Tarihi: Kaynaklar, Yeni Yaklaşımlar / History of Ottoman Culture and Science: Sources, New Approaches
Students and Parents Send-Off Dinner
Bridging Academia and Activism through Gender Studies
Simone de Beauvoir, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Augmented Mechanics, Research- and Student-Centric Education
Public Policy and Syrians Under Temporary Protection in Turkey: Daily Life, Survival, Access to Public Services, and Social Inclusion
Greek-Turkish Young Leaders Symposium (GTYLS) on Security
Love 401: Playlist for Relationships
ReelLife Film Series: A Thousand Girls Like Me
Women Carrying Memory: Stateless Figures
Frontiers in Organ Transplantation
Info Session on Columbia University Capstone Workshop
Shifting Power Dynamics in the Middle East: Prospects for Democracy and Pluralism
Breaking News: Greece, Turkey, and the Media in the New Political Landscape
Citizens and Mothers: Women and the State in Ottoman Society
Eğitimi Gündeme Koymak: Bir Sivil Toplum Deneyimi Olarak Eğitim Reformu Girişimi
Imagining Justice through Oral History
Tarihten Bugüne Tanrıça: Yaratıcı, Dönüştürücü, Tüketici
Eurasia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Potential Impact, Potential Disputes, and How to Address Them
Renan Koen: Holocaust Remembrance / Before Sleep
Book Launch: "The Struggle for Modern Turkey: Justice, Activism, and a Revolutionary Female Journalist"
Before the Last Glacier Melts
How Can We Accelerate Action on Sustainable Development?
Launch of 2019 SDG Index and Dashboard
X-Raying Turkey: Current Realities and New Aspirations
Iraida Barry Thomas Whittemore & Istanbul's Russian Moment
Daron Acemoğlu - The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty
Darülfünun: Osmanlı'da İlk Modern Üniversite Nasıl Kuruldu?
The Role of Literature in Social Transformation: Serenade for Nadia
COVID-19 Nasıl Bir Toplumsal Dönüşüm Getirecek? Sınırlar ve Olasılıklar
Silikon Vadisi’nden Türkiye'ye Dijital Dönüşüm
Rethinking Past Plagues in the Time of Coronavirus: The Ottoman Experience
The Story of Peak: A Turkish Gaming Company's Journey to the Top
A Kapuscinski Development Lecture with Joseph Stiglitz
ABD'nin Seçimi, Dünyanın Yönü: Yarının Getirecekleri/ Götürecekleri
Breaking Binaries: Thinking About Art in the Covid Age
Emergency Urbanism and Preventive Infrastructures
Re-Thinking the Eastern Mediterranean: Diplomacy, Energy and Sustainability
Digital Information, Mapping Tools, and Planning
Cinsiyet Eşitliği İnşasında Üniversite Kulüp ve Topluluklarının Rolü
The Making of “Europe Knows Nothing about The Orient"
Ideologies and Transregional Networks, c1920 - Voices of Emerging Scholars Webinar Series
Book Talk: "Europe Knows Nothing About The Orient" - Prof. Zeynep Çelik in conversation with Prof. Rashid Khalidi
House of Chats Lockdown Special Vol3: Turkey's Pulse in Numbers
Çalışma Hayatında Toplumsal Cinsiyet Temelli Ayrımcılık
Ottomans and their "Others": Uses of Soft Power
Social Entrepreneurship Workshop for High School Students
Sayılar ve Ötesinde Türkiye'de Göçmenler ve Mülteciler
Co-Designing mHealth Technologies with Youth: The REACH4Health App
Turkey through its Cinema: Bir Başkadır (Ethos)
Turkey through its Cinema: Kış Uykusu (Winter Sleep)
The Digital Media Conundrum: Can Journalism Save Democracy in the Age of Disinformation?
Geopolitical Lure of Afghanistan: Shifting Alliances Under the New Regime
Funding Independent & Quality Journalism
REACH4Health Gençlerle Buluşuyor!
Turkey Through its Cinema: "The International" (2006)
Medyada Ötekileştirme, Nefret Dili ve Hak Haberciliği
How did gender move to the center of democratic struggles?
REACH4Health App Meets with NGOs and Refugee Youth and Women in Hatay
Turkey Through its Cinema: "O Beautiful Istanbul" (1966)
House of Chats | Fad or Future: Are NFTs the Next Big Thing?
Reading, Commenting, and Interpreting | Voices of Emerging Scholars
Book Launch and Panel Discussion for "Soft-Power Internationalism: Competing for Cultural Influence in the 21st-Century Global Order”
Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: What will the Future Bode for Afghan Women?
A Civilizing Hellas? Debating the Colonial Dimensions of the Asia Minor Campaign
What Can Tunisian History Teach Us About the Ottoman Empire?
Turkey Through its Cinema: "Invisible to the Eye" (2020)
Book Talk: The End of Two Illusions with Hamid Dabashi and Safwan Masri
Questioning the Media and Public Discourse and Reshaping Attention and Inclusion Strategies for Refugees (RAISD) Project
Social Entrepreneurship Workshop for High School Students
Science, Self, and State | Voices of Emerging Scholars
Book Launch and Discussion for "The Riders Come Out at Night" with Ali Winston
On the Margins of the Empire | Voices of Emerging Scholars
Our News
Celebrating Women's History Month: Nezihe Muhiddin (1889-1958), Turkish Feminist, Writer, Journalist, and Activist
Muhiddin's contributions serve as an inspiration for the work being done by Columbia and its partners to advance gender equality.
Discussion reveals the history of police brutality and corruption in Oakland
The book details stories of police brutality and corruption sure to echo in the hearts and minds of people in communities around the world.
Voices of Emerging Scholars: Call for Proposals 2022
Columbia University’s Global Center in Istanbul will continue the Voices of Emerging Scholars Program in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.