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From the inauguration of the College’s ninth president to the announcement of the Zora Neale Hurston Centennial, the year included many exciting announcements, events, and news.
Tapped by the Costume Institute to curate its annual blockbuster exhibition, professor Monica L. Miller is using her research on Black style to educate fashion enthusiasts on Black dandies.
Inspired by Miller’s research, the Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition and Met Gala will focus on Black dandies with “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”
The Faculty Award honoring Black Excellence by the Black Student Organization was presented to Professor Celia E. Naylor at Black Graduation on Tuesday, May 14th. The award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has exhibited an unwavering commitment to Black students in their work at Columbia University.
A brand new pilot program this spring ushers in a new phase of lifelong learning and community at the College.
Professors Abosede George and Tamara J. Walker talked about the power of intellectual exchange and community building among Black scholars at Barnard — and across academia.
ANTIPODES: A POETRY READING WITH YVETTE CHRISTIANSË AND ROSALIND MORRIS
Award-winning poets and writers, Yvette Christiansë (“Castaway”, “Imprendehora”, “Unconfessed”), and Rosalind Morris (“The Deep”, “Current”), read from new and published works. Both writers move deftly between their research in archives and far-flung worlds linked by colonialism, especially in southern Africa, and their personal experiences, while meditating on the unspoken and the unseen. Bridging the intimate and the world-historical in forms that range from the lyric to the verse epic, their work, which includes collaborations on two operas, gives form to the haunted present with urgency and careful beauty.
How music, fashion, literature, and art shaped a modern Black identity during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond
President Laura Rosenbury will welcome former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder for a discussion to honor the judicial pioneer and devoted Barnard alumna.
The historian and Africana Studies associate professor believes that travel is a “profound” way to understand oneself and connect with stories of the past.
Fifty-five years after graduating from the College, the alumna gives a firsthand account of her trailblazing activism in the historic 1968 Columbia protests.