Columbia College Alumni Association

Close Search
Dr. Barry Bergdoll leads tour at MoMA

Café Columbia in the City of New York

You are here

Home » Programs and Events » Learn

Café Columbia in the City of New York

Café Columbia is a series of book salons, museum tours and other cultural programs led by Columbia faculty, and focused broadly on the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences.

Upcoming Discussions

More will be announced soon.

Past Discussions

Café Columbia | Art, Truth and the Fragility of the PolisNov 17

Café Columbia | Art, Truth and the Fragility of the Polis

Plato famously banished poets from his Republic, claiming their art was “thrice removed” from the truth. Seen as seductive liars, poets were considered dangerous, confusing and unfit to safeguard the stability of the polis, so they were cast out.

See Event Details
Café Columbia | Big Tech, Big IdeasOct 23

Café Columbia | Big Tech, Big Ideas

Join Richard R. John, professor of history and communications, for a discussion about some of the most influential public figures shaping U.S. tech platforms today.

See Event Details
Café Columbia: The Natural Limits of Artificial IntelligenceApr 9

Café Columbia: The Natural Limits of Artificial Intelligence

The idea of artificial intelligence implies its opposite: the existence of something like natural or innate intelligence, free from external aids.

See Event Details
The Color of CreationFeb 6

The Color of Creation

Join professor Jennifer Rhodes CC’00, GSAS’17 for Café Columbia: The Color of Creation— an experiential Core Studio workshop series that employs historic

See Event Details
Code on computer screen, used to depict data.

A Core Approach to the Ethics of Data

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Does humanities have a place in this data-driven world? Explore that question and more in this interactive talk.

Learn More
Music Humanities Salon: Early Modernism Music, Poetry, Dance, and PaintingJul 30

Music Humanities Salon: Early Modernism Music, Poetry, Dance, and Painting

Jul 30 to Jul 31 (1 days)

Focusing on a period that is a favorite with College students, join this virtual class to explore music in the years around 1900 when Modernism was emerging from the deep interconnections among the arts.

See Event Details

BACK TO LEARN