This page features Columbia faculty and research related to the arts and humanities, and highlights cultural events happening at Columbia's four campuses.
A New History of World War II
Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.
Sixty years ago, the Columbia-trained inventor introduced a keyboard synthesizer that would change the musical soundscape.
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Jim Lammers (GSAPP'70) uses the freehand drawing skills he honed at Columbia to capture whimsical views of waterside structures.
Exhibitions
This exhibition in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library shows that--before texts, tweets, and swipes--there were calling cards, cartes de visite, and dance cards: the original social media of centuries past.
This exhibition at the Wallach Gallery presents works by seven contemporary artists who use moving images to pay tribute to cultural figures and histories that have been formative, if often (but not always) overlooked.
More Arts News
A New History of World War II
Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.
John McWhorter Asks: ‘Is it You or Me or They?’
In Pronoun Trouble, the Columbia professor and New York Times columnist tells the truth about those pesky little words.
The Links Between Individual Moral Action and Collective Political Life
A new book offers a framework for unifying the two spheres.
