Cafés Columbia is a series of informal discussions, led by Columbia University faculty, focused broadly on the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Click on a Cafés Columbia poster to view upcoming programs.
Fall 2009 Session November 9 - Café Science Darwin and the End of Evolution Ecologist Shahid Naeem November 16 - Café Humanities Proust Wars Literary Historian Elisabeth Ladenson November 23 - Café Social Sciences Transnational Baby Making International Human Rights Lawyer and Sociologist Yasmine Ergas December 7 - Café Arts Shifting Gears: The Challenges Writing for Both the Page and the Screen Novelist and Screenwriter Trey Ellis (SoA) December 14 - Café Science The Birds and the Underwater Bees: Sex Education in Animal Societies Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecologist Dustin Rubenstein December 21 - Café Humanities Spirituality and Americans Sociologist of Religion Courtney Bender December 28 - Café Social Sciences Unnatural Selection: Population Control and the Struggle to Remake Humanity Historian Matthew Connelly