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.
Summer 2009 Session July 6 - no Café July 13 - Café Science Greening an Urban University: Oxymorons, Windmills and Carbon Footprints Environmental Steward Nilda Mesa July 20 - Café Humanities How Does Enlightenment End? Literary Historian Joanna Stalnaker July 27 - Café Social Sciences China: Democracy, Dictatorship… or Collapse? China Specialist Andrew Nathan August 3 - Café Arts About Face: Women Write About What They See When They Look in the Mirror Writer and Editor Anne Burt August 10 - Café Science It’s in your hands…reduce the risk of infection Nurse Elaine Larson August 17 - Café Humanities Sexuality, Politics and Spain Literary Critic and Cervantes Scholar Patricia Grieve August 24 - Café Social Sciences How We Choose: Save or Spend? Stay or Go? Business Professor Sheena Iyengar