In addition to the great teams, coaches and players in the history of Columbia football featured in our exhibition “Roar, Lion, Roar“, on view at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, we wanted to show football from the fans’ point-of-view – the history of the experience of going to a game. In the exhibit we […]
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EVENT: Roar, Lion, Roar: Panel Discussion & Reception, Thursday 10/17, 6pm
To mark the official opening of “Roar, Lion Roar: A Celebration of Columbia Football,” an exhibit in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s Chang Octagon, a moderated panel will discuss the arc of Columbia football from its inception in 1870 to present day. The discussion is being held in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the […]
A Narrative in the Documents: The Gibbs Affair
Interesting narratives that are interwoven into Columbia University’s history can unravel simply by creating an online inventory for a collection. Recently, a series of letters was discovered within the Columbia College Papers that elucidate past events involving administrative prejudice, academic politics, and the Civil War. After James Renwick, Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and […]
Sept. 8th, 6pm — A Panel Discussion with Former Gov. David Paterson and Leading Scholars and Community Organizers
A conversation on libraries, government, and activism, with: Former-Governor David Paterson. Jim Neal, Columbia University Librarian. Dr. Khalil Muhammad, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, SIPA. Peggy Shepard, founder director of West Harlem Environmental Action. Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, 6pm. The Kellogg Center 1501 […]
Mapping the Bookstore: Retail Cartographies in Antebellum Manhattan
Kristen Highland, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, New York University March 25, 2014 (Tuesday) Butler Library, Room, 523, at 6:00 PM The romanticization of the independent bookstore—haven of booklovers, erudite employees, and serendipitous discovery—obscures the historical reality of selling books—rapid turnover, failure, and looming bottom lines. But bookstores are also more than the sum […]