• All Events

    The Heyman Center hosts a number of general events, conferences, and themed lecture series each semester.

  • The Money Series

    In response to the 2008 global financial crisis, the Heyman Center established a series of events featuring leading economists, anthropologists, and historians to foster debate and encourage discussion of how the humanities can contribute to a broader understanding of the causes of the crisis and its implications.

  • The Writing Lives Series

    This series features prominent novelists, poets, memoirists, and others who chronicle their own lives and those of others.

  • The Disciplines Series

    This series is made possible by the generous funding of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  Events examine the state of various disciplines throughout academia. Recent topics have included the state of social science during the Cold War, the historiography of modern science, and the origins of Great Books courses.

  • The Lionel Trilling Seminar

    Lionel Trilling (1905-75), one of Columbia's most celebrated faculty members, was among the great humanist scholars and public intellectuals of the 20th century. In his memory, the Heyman Center sponsors a series of intellectual conversations, known as the Lionel Trilling Seminars.

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