In Council on Foreign Relations’ webinars, experts dissect foreign policy issues for targeted audiences. On February 5, Adam Segal, the Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at CFR, and Carla Anne Robbins, a senior fellow at CFR, will lead the conversation on
Join the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) on February 26 at 4 pm for a conversation with Regina Omar with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. You will learn about how anticipatory funding works in the humanitarian sector and how to navigate careers within the UN. Limited seating is available.
Join us for an IPED lecture with Denis Owiny, a global politics and security professional with a diverse background, focusing on U.S.-Africa relations, democracy, governance, political violence, Islamist extremism, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding. His professional journey includes roles in teaching, government, and think tanks. He served at St Joseph's College Layibi as an English language
This lecture expands upon themes raised in the exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, titled "The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World" (January 24 to May 25. The show focuses on late medieval illuminated manuscripts that evince the ways in which European elites imagined foreign cultures. Highlights include rare illustrated manuscripts of Marco
Faculty Day will be held at Lincoln Center on the second floor of the Law School on Monday, March 3, 2025. The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. in Bateman with a celebration of faculty research. This year we are featuring four of our faculty members whose research was recently supported by FAS microgrants. Come
As part of the Fashion Studies Lecture Speaker Series on Fashion and the Global South, Minh-Ha Pham, Professor of Media Studies at Pratt, will be speaking on "AI and the Fashion Modeling Industry." She will take a trans-Pacific approach to talk about the ethics of online fashion companies using AI-generated models on their websites and marketing
To the extent that Middle Eastern Christians register in Euro-American political imaginaries, they are usually invoked to justify Western military intervention into countries like Iraq or Syria, or as an exemption to anti-Islamic immigration policies because of an assumption that their Christianity makes them easily assimilable in the so-called “Judeo-Christian” West. Using the tools of
Building on the success of Fordham University’s 2023 International Conference on Social and Environmental Justice, this international conference seeks to examine the connection between migration, immigration, and AI through the lens of social justice and human rights. It aims to foster meaningful dialogue on creating more equitable and humane systems with marginalized communities to protect
Building on the success of Fordham University’s 2023 International Conference on Social and Environmental Justice, this international conference seeks to examine the connection between migration, immigration, and AI through the lens of social justice and human rights. It aims to foster meaningful dialogue on creating more equitable and humane systems with marginalized communities to protect
Please join us for a talk by Alberto Harambour, a historian who will be visiting from Chile's Universidad Austral. Harambour's work bridges history, literature, and anthropology, and his book Soberanías Fronterizas—about colonialism, genocide, and the formation of state sovereignty in the "frontier" region of Chilean and Argentine Patagonia—is key in the field of Latin American
This event will feature Willy Moka-Mubelo, S.J. (Université Loyola du Congo). The invisibility of the visible other is the expression of a deep anthropological crisis that manifests itself in various ways: the loss of the meaning of life, the search for identification groups for personal security, and the notorious disregard for the protection of our
Bonnie D. Jenkins, the Shapiro visiting professor of international affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and former U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, will lead the conversation on women, peace, and security. Jenkins has served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security since July
This year, we’ll gather from the comfort of our homes, each enjoying our own bread and soup as we come together for an important conversation. Special Guest Speaker: Janna Heyman, Ph.d., L.M.S.W., Professor and Endowed Chair of the Henry C. Ravazzin Center on Aging and Intergenerational Studies Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service Professor
The Fordham-Feinstein Lecture Series on Health in collaboration with the Department of Theater and Visual Arts presents: Alternative Therapeutic Modalities: A demonstration project and panel discussion moderated by Fadi Skeiker, Professor and Department Chair, Theatre and Visual Arts, followed by a Q&A and collaborative discussion with Nisha Sajnani (NYU) and Anna Palumbo (NYU). The Fordham
Dr. Hepp is an Associate Professor of Economics at Fordham and has published research on various issues ranging from monetary policy, debt relief initiatives, fiscal federalism, and current account imbalances. Dr. Hepp’s current research investigates the consequences of climate policies, specifically carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAMs), on international trade flows. He has been at Fordham
The recent years have been marked by crises, challenges, and transformative changes. These range from rapid advancements in social media and digitalization to urgent global issues such as climate change, pandemics, migration, poverty, global conflicts, and the abuse scandals within Christian churches and denominations. The Theology and Canon Law Project (TCLP) Symposium 2025 will address
Please join us at Fordham University London for a symposium on Law and Religion in Times of Crisis, Challenges, and Change, organized by the Theology and Canon Law Project. The recent years have been marked by crises, challenges, and transformative changes. These range from rapid advancements in social media and digitalization to urgent global issues
Mara Mills, Ph.D., co-founder and director of the NYU Center for Disability Studies, will present her research titled "Vent: Making and Debating the New York State Ventilator Allocation Protocols." This is a project from her new co-edited book, How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic, which addresses the experience of disability communities across NYC during
To celebrate the centenary of Flannery O’Connor’s birth, Fordham’s Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies is sponsoring a screening of the play, Everything That Rises Must Converge, based on O'Connor's short story about a Black woman and a white woman on a bus in the newly desegregated South. A panel discussion follows,
Giovanni Peri, C. Bryan Cameron distinguished professor in international economics and founder and director of the Global Migration Center at University of California, Davis, and Edward Alden, senior fellow at CFR, will lead the conversation on migration and labor economics. Giovanni Peri is the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor in International Economics at the University of California,
Join us for an insightful session with Christopher Harland, who will guide students through the intricacies of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). He will explore how IHL is created, interpreted, applied, and enforced, highlighting its evolution and intersection with other branches of public international law. Harland will also share his personal journey navigating a career in
This talk examines the various depictions of Jerusalem through different poetic traditions and historical periods, exploring how poets from diverse backgrounds have captured the city’s spiritual significance and political symbolism. Focusing primarily on Mahmoud Darwish’s “In Jerusalem” (2005) and Yehuda Amichai’s “Jerusalem,” (1992), the talk examines how each poet, from different cultural and historical contexts,
We are excited to invite you to a special celebration of women in honor of Women’s History Month. Co-hosted by the Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) and the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Opportunity, these events highlight the vital role of women in shaping a more equitable future for all. Visit our event page
Father Joshua Awienagua Gariba, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, Legon. Gariba earned his PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the KU Leuven, Belgium. He teaches social anthropology, societies and cultures of Africa and sociology of the family to undergraduate and graduate
This is a unique opportunity to learn from one of New York’s leading campaign directors, Corinne Carey. The political and public affairs strategist will speak about the process of transforming advocacy into legislative success on the state level, focusing on building coalitions among nonprofits, organizations, and lawmakers with shared goals. In addition to walking us
Novelist Rachel Kadish, current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies, will discuss the power and challenges of historical fiction and the process through which she approaches history in her own work. Rachel Kadish’s most recent novel, The Weight of Ink, was a National Jewish Book Award recipient and a USA Today bestseller. Her work has
The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies invites you to this presentation by Mark S. Massa, S.J., of Boston College. The lecture will offer an overview of the growth of militant anti-modern individuals and movements in the American Catholic Church since the end of World War II. American Catholic Fundamentalism is a
Luciana L. Borio, senior fellow for global health at CFR, will lead the conversation on complex public health emergencies. Luciana Borio is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She also is a venture partner at Arch, a venture capital firm that provides seed/early-stage venture capital for technology firms
Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is an economics faculty at Columbia University. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California. She has published in many journals and is a member of several organizations where she intervenes in climate issues and intellectual property rights. She authored many books, including The Economics
Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies invites alumni, parents, and friends to an international summit meeting, bringing together academics, healthcare professionals, engineers, business leaders and investors. The Global Open Source Electronic Health Records initiative is creating a sustainable program for the deployment of open source Electronic Health Records (EHR) in lower-income countries, to deliver
