Journal
News from the Paris Center, one of the 11 global centers of Columbia University. We collaborate with local and regional institutions to foster research, dialogue, and action that transcend borders and disciplines. Keep reading to learn about our work to advance knowledge and understanding in a changing world.
When Artist-in-Residence Maha Al-Daya set out to depict Reid Hall, she chose a medium that demanded both precision and patience.
Books and windows as portals to reverie: discover Brigitte Lannaud Levy's watercolors at the Reid Hall Caféothèque through July 2026.
Reid Hall Faculty Visitor Julia Bryan-Wilson comes to Paris to research her new book, which argues that the AIDS crisis—not 1989—marks the true beginning of contemporary art.
Reid Hall Faculty Visitor Mirna Giordano's two-week visit to Paris pediatric hospitals sparked a transatlantic research collaboration aimed at identifying what the French and American healthcare systems can learn from each other, particularly around opioid management and surgical care protocols.
By Athina Thanasi and Nikolas Aronis for iMedD: "A pianist at the edge of the stage, seated at the piano; minimal theatrical lighting; a projector; and six journalists taking turns at the microphone, recounting stories of resistance—this is how, on the evening of March 27 at Reid Hall (home to Columbia Global Centers in Paris), the atmosphere of a live journalism experience that is hard to forget took shape."
On March 19, 2026, the Columbia Global Paris Center hosted a panel on influencers, journalism, and democracy, as part of the Saving Journalism two-day conference.
A pediatric transplant cardiologist uses a visit to Reid Hall to find language for the hardest part of her work — the donor families whose loss makes her patients' survival possible.
Bianca Jones Marlin used a visit to Reid Hall to advance three collaborative projects — including a joint investigation into how fictive memories might be biologically encoded and passed to future generations.
A historian of science working on the political origins of climate pessimism uses a visit to Reid Hall to complete her book's final chapter and engage with European scholars reexamining how climate action became, against all odds, politically conceivable.
Hosted by Reid Hall journalist-in-residence Hanna Liubakova, “Agora. Belarusian Vector” brings Belarus back into European political focus by connecting EU policymakers and Belarusian voices to sustain international awareness and accountability.
The Atelier podcast, which highlights some of the unique discussions that take place at Reid Hall, also offers a behind-the-scenes look at Columbia faculty’s research, teaching, and collaborations during their immersive visits to Paris.
Reese Yen, a Columbia College student of the class of 2027, recently won first place in the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement’s 2025 photo contest.