Professor of English and Director of Women Poets at Barnard Program
Barnard College
Saskia Hamilton joined the Barnard faculty in 2002. She is the author of As for Dream (Graywolf Press, 2001), Divide These (Graywolf, 2005), and Canal: New and Selected Poems (Arc Publications [UK], 2005).
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Columbia University
Saidiya Hartman's major fields of interest are African American and American literature and cultural history, slavery, law and literature, and performance studies.
Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History
Columbia University
Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University; Research Associate, Centre for History and Economics, Cambridge University; and, since 2012, President of the Social Science Research Council. He served as President of the American Political Science Association in 2005-06, as Chair of the Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees from 1999-2002, and as President of the Social Science History Association in 1997-98.
John Dewey Professor of Philosophy
Columbia University
Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.
Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies
Department of History
Columbia University
Mark Mazower is a historian and writer, specialising in modern Greece, 20th century Europe, and international history.
Associate Professor of French and Romance Philology; Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies
Columbia University
Emmanuelle Saada’s main field of research and teaching is the history of the French empire in the 19th and 20th century, with a specific interest in law.
Professor of Professional Practice, Film Division, School of the Arts
Columbia University
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter (The Ice Storm) and producer (Brokeback Mountain), and former CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Pianist, Coraline, and The Dallas Buyers Club.
Seth Low Professor of History
Columbia University
Pamela Smith's research interests include Early modern European history and the history of science; attitudes to nature in early modern Europe and the Scientific Revolution; and craft knowledge and historical techniques.
