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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.
La Persistance de la Couleur is an exhibition of paintings by Camila Salame, on view at the Reid Hall Caféothèque in the summer of 2023. The following text is a description of the exhibition by Christina Chirouze Montenegro, curator and manager of the Reid Hall Caféothèque.
Victoria Amelina was a Ukrainian novelist, essayist, poet, and human rights activist based in Kyiv.
In a project led by Columbia professors Lola Ben-Alon and Lynnette Widder, the Raw Earth Sgraffito Pavilion was inaugurated in May 2023.
Columbia Global to highlight World Refugee Day and the plight of millions around the world forced to flee their homelands.
We no longer live in the age of an avant-garde in which Paris sheds its light around the world, but we are in the midst of something as exciting – a transformation of received forms of knowledge that will equip us, inside and outside the academy, to help the world, change the university, and rethink the challenges that face it.
Undoubtedly, Paris is not unique as a center of these profound movements affecting arts and thought in pre-war Europe. But in this aesthetic storm, Paris-Montparnasse, more than any other capital, created a mythology, where gold, art, and filth mingle.
At long last, the Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc is once again ready to welcome students, faculty, staff, and guests – its luster restored and its spirit rekindled, the heart of Reid Hall beating into its 110th year.
The Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built at Reid Hall in 1912, has been extensively renovated thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.
Installing British artist Kate Daudy's "Honey Window" at Reid Hall.
Columbia Global is pleased to announce the integration of the Committee on Global Thought into its diverse portfolio.
As people around the globe celebrate World Press Freedom Day today, May 3, one of the cornerstones of democracy is under threat in many countries.