March is Women’s History Month! Celebrate with the women’s-rights-centered events happening on campus this week. Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Student Event Spotlight

• On Wednesday, March 23, at 6 pm EDT, the Columbia Science Review and St. Paul’s Chapel will co-present the panel discussion “Beethoven’s Deafness: Psychological Crisis and Artistic Triumph” in St. Paul’s Chapel on Columbia’s campus. Concert pianist and psychiatrist Dr. Richard Kogan will explore Beethoven’s extraordinary resilience in response to medical illness and illustrate Beethoven’s artistic transformation through performances of early, middle and late piano sonatas. More information is available on Columbia Science Review’s Facebook page.
• On Friday, March 25, from 3 to 4:30 pm, Columbia Democrats will host a panel discussion on the topic of immigration justice, featuring Columbia professors and immigration rights experts as speakers. The discussion will take place in Fayerweather Room 310; registration is required to attend.

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• On Monday, March 21, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm EDT, Columbia’s Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies and Harvard’s Afro-Latin American Research Institute will co-present the Zoom discussion “Structural Racism in Brazil and the US.” Brazil and the United States share significant aspects of their colonial histories, legacies of slavery, and the resulting structural racism that permeates their institutions. Monday’s conversation will focus on what a comparative look at these countries can teach us about the consequences of structural racism and about potential solutions to eradicate racism from our societies. Registration is required for this online event.
• On Tuesday, March 22, from 4 to 6 pm, is the Columbia Climate School’s event “Creative Communications for a Changing Climate” with Dr. Pablo Suarez. Focusing on disasters and climate and development initiatives carried out in collaboration with Columbia’s climate experts and other partners, Dr. Suarez will share recent innovations in how to engage in serious-yet-fun, fruitful conversations about what we know and what we can do. Building on examples from rural Kenya to the White House and from the Vatican to NASA, attendees will jointly brainstorm: how can researchers, artists and designers work with you, governments, and humanitarian and development organizations? This event will take place in Garden Room 2 of the Faculty House. Registration is required.
• Also on Tuesday, March 22, from 6 to 7 pm, Columbia’s Diversity Office is presenting the Zoom panel discussion “Women Leaders: The Challenges, The Lessons Learned, & The Triumphs in Healthcare” in honor of Women’s History Month. The discussion will feature panelists from the Columbia University School of Nursing and CUIMC. Registration is required for this online event.
• Also on Tuesday, March 22, from 6:30 to 8 pm, Barnard will be hosting the discussion “The Urgency of Water: Women, Climate, and Sustaining the World” in honor of World Water Day. The event will feature a conversation between Barnard President Sian Beilock and environmental journalist and author Cynthia Barnett, who has covered water and climate change around the world. They will discuss the urgency of water—the wellspring at the center of our survival—and the continuing crises of access and pollution. This event will take place in the Event Oval of the Diana Center on Barnard’s campus.
• On Thursday, March 24, from 7 to 9 pm, the Maison Française will host a screening of the 1968 film The Story of a Three-Day Pass (La Permission). Turner (Harry Baird), an African American soldier stationed in France, is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base by his casually-racist commanding officer and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger)—but what happens to their love when his furlough is over? The screening will take place in Buell Hall, with an RSVP and proof of vaccination required to attend.

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