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Yes, it is possible to reinvent the wheel. Just ask Columbia historian Richard W. Bulliet, whose latest book is on the ubiquitous and circular object long considered one of the world’s greatest inventions.
From Empires to NGOs in the West African Sahel: The Road to Nongovernmentality
By Gregory Mann
Cambridge University Press
Mann has written the first historical account of the rise of NGO power in West Africa. The history professor explores why, in the years following independence from French colonial rule in 1960, when state sovereignty was highly valued, international NGOs took on some of the functions of government in the West African Sahel, a stretch of land bordering the Sahara. Mann highlights the rise of ambitious and aggressive African governments, the effects of drought and…
Nicholas Murray Butler was active in Republican politics while he was Columbia’s president. Did he ever run for elective office?
Puzzles, a folding dollhouse, 19th century peep shows, pop-up books and Lego models are all on display in “Classics at Play,” an exhibition of architectural toys from the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library collection.
The life and career of New York’s first African American mayor, David N. Dinkins, is one for the history books.
Acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz's residency at Miller Theatre includes spontaneous performances that combine the music of Bach with new overtures by living composers.
Acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz's residency at Miller Theatre includes spontaneous performances that combine the music of Bach with new overtures by living composers.
Learn about the broad and ongoing investment in some of the new and renovated facilities for research, teaching and campus life across the University in recent years.
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Some of the same key survival traits that have kept us alive for thousands of generations are killing us today.
As a sociologist who studies issues of race, ethnicity and gender, as well as health and science, Alondra Nelson has for years been fascinated by the boom in genetic testing.
Columbia University experts are available to speak with the news media about the politics, policy, law and technology of cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, infrastructure protection, cryptography and more.