News

A. Tunç Şen will join Rhiannon Stephens as the Center's Co-Director. Meanwhile, the Center's Founding DIrector Pamela Smith will be on sabbatical leave during the 2026-2027 year. 

Funds will support an interdisciplinary series of traveling seminars and workshops focused on historical copper mines. 

Celebrating our second set of graduates in the science and society minor. 

Learn more about the six selected projects that center the humanities in the study of environmental issues. 

Graduate student interest group funding applications are due October 6. 

Co-production of knowledge grant applications are due September 30, 2026.

We celebrate the achievements of our graduating work study student, Anamika Sharif, with a quick Q&A about her time at the Center. 

Grant applications from Columbia University instructors are due September 30. 

Learn about the history of paint making and see our recent results!

Director of Undergraduate Studies Madi Whitman questions the inevitability of AI on the Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning podcast. 

Postdoctoral Research Scholar Nedah Nemati published an article critically assessing the conceptual underpinnings of new 'naturalistic' neuroscience methods. 

How many Columbia students does it take to reconstruct a historical recipe?