On Tuesday night, the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department and the Department of History, in partnership with Columbia University Libraries, hosted a panel discussion with Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Eric Foner, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the topic of reconstruction and why it matters. Events Editor Brigid Cromwell attended.

New Staffer Rania Borgani attended a lecture entitled Ballots and Borders: Election 2020 and What’s at Stake for International Students and Scholars. The lecture, given by Professor Stephen Yale-Loehr, centered around the immigration policies of two presidential candidates and their potential effects on international scholars. 

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you notice any events excluded from our calendar or have a correction, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you notice any events excluded from our calendar or have a correction, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

In University Writing: Readings in Medical Humanities last fall, some sections had the chance to read, discuss, and respond to “Sentimental Medicine,” a thought-provoking essay by Eula Biss. In this October Virtual Narrative Medicine Rounds event, we had the opportunity to hear from Eula Biss herself, this time exploring the pervasive nature of capitalism and […]

On Monday night, the Veritas Forum at Columbia, along with the John Jay Society, hosted an online Zoom entitled “Should Some Books Not Be Read?” At the event, a philosopher and a writer discussed the moral consequences of reading “dangerous” books.

This Wednesday, award-winning alum and author Catherine Lacey led a Columbia School of the Arts Fall 2020 Creative Writing Lecture. It was the first event in this semester's virtual series of three.

On Wednesday evening, Senior Staff Writer Charlotte Slovin attended “Building Emotional Resilience in the Age of Disasters and COVID-19,” a panel discussion hosted by the Columbia Journalism School and the Center for Public Integrity. The event focused on perseverance and the mental health implications of natural disasters.

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you notice any events excluded from our calendar or have a correction, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

On Thursday evening, the Barnard Center for Research on Women, in collaboration with the Dartmouth Consortium of Studies in Race, Migration, and Sexuality, hosted a discussion with Professor Janet R. Jakobsen to promote her new book, The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics. Professor Jakobsen and NYU Professor Ann Pellegrini explored the inextricable […]

This Wednesday, Columbia School of the Arts hosted their first online Nonfiction Dialogue, wherein Writing Program Chair Lis Harris and author Maggie Nelson discussed freedom and criticism, discipline and love.

This Bwogger attended an event centered around the effects of our warming climate, specifically as they relate to the wildfires ravaging the west coast.

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you notice any events excluded from our calendar or have a correction, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

New bwogger Alexandra Tsorvas attended a medical school training event that discussed the unequal power dynamics inherent in doctor-patient relationships and how to mitigate them.

Columbia students take you across the globe with interactive fiction.