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Columbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners: authors John Wood Sweet ("The Sewing Girl’s Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández (Bad Mexicans), and Beverly Gage (G-Man…

Niall Ferguson (Doom ), Jennifer Pahlka (Recoding America), Paul Light (The Government-Industrial Complex), and Richard Robb (Willful ) talked about government bureaucracies and how to hold them…

Columbia University Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University presented their annual awards that ‘honor the best in American nonfiction writing.’ This…

Philip Howard (Not Accountable), Jennifer Murtazashvili (Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan), Edmund Phelps (My Journeys in Economic Theory), and Paul Romer (Professor of Economics…

Daniel DiSalvo (Government Against Itself), Troyen Brennan (Just Doctoring), Christian Madsbjerg (Look ), David Schizer (How to Save the World in Six (Not So Easy) Steps), and Diana Mendes…

Philip Howard (Not Accountable), Jennifer Murtazashvili (Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan]), Yuval Levin (A Time to Build), and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer talked…

Columbia University Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University presented their annual awards that ‘honor the best in American nonfiction writing.’ This…

Elena Cherney of the Wall Street Journal, Valerie Hopkins of the New York Times, David Rohde of the New Yorker, Gulnoza Said of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Max Seddon of the…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caleb McDaniel told the story of Henrietta Wood, an enslaved woman who survived slavery twice and successfully sued her former owner for damages in 1870. This…

Columbia University presented the Bancroft prize to the 2022 winners, authors Mia Bay (Traveling Black) and Mae Ngai (The Chinese Question).

Columbia University political science Professor Timothy Frye looked at the limits of Vladimir Putin’s power in Russia. This event was hosted by Columbia University’s Institute for Social…

President Obama hosted a roundtable with with young leaders attending COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Journalist Elizabeth Becker recalled the work of three women who were war reporters in Vietnam. This was a virtual event hosted by Columbia University.

This Columbia University film uses two U.S. Supreme Court free speech cases to document the history of censorship law. The first case deals with the constitutionality of New York’s film…

Columbia University professor Peter Coleman shared his thoughts on how Americans can move away from toxic polarization. This virtual program was hosted by Columbia University’s School of…

Columbia University Journalism School and the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University presented their annual awards that ‘honor the best in American nonfiction writing.’ This…

Historian Joanne Freeman talked about violence in American politics from the early republic through the antebellum era, examining how it compares to modern partisan conflicts. This keynote…

This film documents President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s effort to prevent the Supreme Court from repealing New Deal laws and programs. Part of a series titled Decision: The Constitution in Action, this program…

Columbia University history professor Eric Foner examines the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century. He talks about the Socialist Party in New York City and Milwaukee, and…

Book TV provided coverage of the 2020 J. Anthony Lukas Prize, sponsored by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University to “recognize excellence in…