On Thursday, May 3, art historian Karen Wilkin will be at Columbia for a lecture entitled, "Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey & His Sources." Gorey, a world-renowned illustrator, is perhaps best known for the animated opening sequence to the long-running PBS television series, Mystery! In 1978, he won a Tony for best costume design for work […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
The Study Break Is Wednesday, May 2!
Finals and the end of the semester are rapidly approaching! Remember the libraries and its staff are resource here to help you. On Wednesday, May 2 from 10pm-12am in the Butler Lounge, take a moment to recharge and refuel with Starbucks coffee, bagels, and more healthy snacks and activities. Librarians will also be on hand […]
Tonight! “More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York’s Year of Anarchy”
Tonight in Butler Room 523 at 6:30pm, author Thai Jones will read and discuss his latest work, "More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy." Jones, who wrote "A Radical Line: From the Labor Movement to the Weather Undergroud, One Family's Century of Conscience," is intimately familiar with anarchy in […]
A New Vision of Black Freedom: The Manning Marable Memorial Conference April 26-29
The Libraries support the Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) in “A New Vision of Black Freedom: the Manning Marable Memorial Conference,” an academic and community-focused event April 26-29 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at Columbia University and Riverside Church in New York City. In an era of emerging social […]
Check Out “The Execution of Troy Davis: A Photo Documentary” On April 11
On September 21, 2011, Troy Davis, who was convicted of murdering a Savannah police officer 22 years prior, was executed in the state of Georgia amidst massive protest, controversy, and doubts of his guilt. On Wednesday, April 11 from 6-8pm, photojournalist Scott Langley, who traveled to Georgia to document the events, will exhibit photos and […]
Upcoming Events At The Libraries
Thursday, April 5, 12pm Faculty House, Presidential Rooms 2&3 "Invisible College: THATCamp as Scholarly Society" Tom Scheinfeldt, of the Center for History and New Media, will give a lecture on THATCamp, an open, low-cost, collaboratively planned gathering for humanists, technologists, and others interested in working together on timely projects. Scheinfeldt will offer his take […]
“The Korean War & Its Aftermath: Cinematic Memories From the Theodore Conant Collection” This Friday, March 30
Sixty years have passed since the Korean War broke out when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. The Center for Korean Research and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library will host a one-day symposium on the cinematic memory of the war. On Friday, March 30, Columbia University Libraries will showcase their recently […]
The Libraries’ First Comic Symposium Is This Weekend!
For all the comic enthusiasts out there, this weekend is for you! Comic New York, a two-day symposium, is being held on campus Saturday and Sunday. Creators and academics will discuss the intertwined histories of American comics and the city in which they were born: New York. The event will include a keynote address by […]
From J.P. Morgan to the Digital Humanities – Check Out What’s Going on in the Libraries
This month the Business History Forum kicks off its Spring semester series; the Digital Humanities Center welcomes Joan Lippincott of the Coalition of Networked Information; and RBML readies itself for "Gorey Preserved," a massive collection of all things Edward Gorey from noted architectural historian Andrew Alpern! Tuesday, February 21, 12:30pm– "Digital Humanities: New Questions, Methods, […]
William Henry Ireland, Shakespeare, and Scandal – A Lecture on February 1st
In 1794, William Henry Ireland "discovered" a trove of manuscripts by William Shakespeare — receipts, legal documents, love letters, even two complete plays and for more than a year all of literary London was abuzz about the new discoveries. One of the plays, Vortigern, was even presented on the stage, but eventually the whole […]