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Lenfest 2015 Winner: Molly Murray

Asked what makes a good teacher or good student, Molly Murray (CC’94) responds simply, “Curiosity … an openness to new ideas and a willingness to follow them where they lead, into the library or out of it.” She also takes the word “curiosity” back to its Latin root, cura or “care,” and add

On Campus - Awards & Milestones - Teaching - Literature

Lenfest 2015 Winner: Dorothea von Mücke

A number of years ago, a student reviewing a class taught by Dorothea von Mücke summed up how the professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures taught the course Literature Humanities this way: “Professor von Mücke refuse

On Campus - Teaching - Awards & Milestones - Literature
Photo by Eileen Barroso

Colm Tóibín’s New Novel, "Nora Webster," Debuts in October

A new book by Colm Tóibín, the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities, is always a much-anticipated event.

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The conversation between Colm Toibin and Jake Gyllenhaal was part of a slate of panels, performances, readings, and exhibitions on the legacy of James Baldwin. Photo by Eileen Barroso.

The Year of James Baldwin Lands at Columbia

James Baldwin, the eminent novelist, essayist and social critic would have turned 90 this year.

Race - Education - On Campus - Literature

James Shapiro Edits New Anthology on Shakespeare in America

James Shapiro is among the best known Shakespeare scholars in the world. His award-winning books include Shakespeare and the Jews (1995), A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 (2005) and Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? (2010).

Literature - Faculty Q&A

Rare Book Library Highlights Renegade Publisher Who Roiled Literary Landscape

Samuel Roth has faded from history, but the books he published are hard to forget.

Literature - Law

Little Failure...Not. Professor Gary Shteyngart's Super True Memoir of Life from Communism to Capitalism

When Gary Shteyngart became a professor of writing at Columbia in 2007, he finally fulfilled his immigrant parents’ Ivy League dreams.

Literature - On Campus - Literary Lions
Sholem Aleichem

Columbia Professor Explores the Life and Afterlife of Tevye’s Creator, Sholem Aleichem

When the writer Sholem Alecheim died in 1916, his funeral was one of the largest public gatherings ever seen in New York City. As many as 200,000 people lined the streets of the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens to watch his funeral cortege pass by.

Jewish Studies - Literature

English Professor Makes a Place for Disability

(Editor's note: This article was originally published September 22, 2011.

Literature - On Campus

Columbia Global Center Europe Hosts Inaugural World Writers' Festival in Paris

Columbia Global Center Europe kicks off its first-ever Festival des Écrivains du Monde—World Writers' Festival—this weekend, bringing more than 30 renowned writers from a host of countries to give talks and read from their works at venues in central Paris.

Literature - Columbia Global Centers

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