Book Talks

Global Citizenship Nov-17 2015 Pulitzer Hall World Room shadowThe Committee on Global Thought enjoys featuring emerging authors and their new works at Columbia University. These Book Talks are a popular forum for Columbia faculty, students, and members of the public to engage in critical discussion outside the classroom. Co-organized with Columbia Global Reports, who commission authors to do original on-site reporting around the globe, the aim is to combine the immediacy and narrative power of journalism with the intellectual ambition and acuity of scholarship.

These free events are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Panelists include the book author along with CGT faculty, as well as respected members of the literary community.

Recent Book Talks

#bringbackourgirls: A discourse on Islamist militancy in Africa

Dec. 6, 2016 at Columbia Journalism School with Helon Habila, Brian Larkin, Shobana Shankar, and Nicholas Lemann. Watch the video.

Til Debt Do Us Part: Lessons for a Deglobalizing World From the Last 25 Centuries of Financial Crisis

Nov. 10, 2016 at Fayerweather Hall with Bob Swarup and Perry Mehrling. Read more about the event.

Past Book Talks

Global Citizenship: A discussion on The Cosmopolites with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Nov. 17, 2015 at Columbia Journalism School with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Nicholas Lemann, Rosalind C. Morris, and Joseph O’Neill. Watch the video.

Planes, Trains, and Root Canals: The new world of medical tourism with Outpatients author Sasha Issenberg

Feb. 10, 2016 at Columbia Law School with Sasha Issenberg, Michael W. Doyle, and Nicholas Lemann. Watch the video.

Creating Economic Growth: Lessons for Europe with author Marco Magnani

Apr. 14, 2015 at WEAI International Affairs Building with Marco Magnani, Bruce Greenwald, Dominick Salvatore, and Vishakha N. Desai. Learn more about the event.

The 7th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Prices and Decentralization Without Convexity with author Paul Milgrom

Nov. 17, 2014 at Faculty House, Columbia University with Kenneth J. Arrow, Scott Barrett, Patrick Bolton, Bruce Greenwald, Geoffrey Heal, Eric Maskin, Paul Milgrom, Bernard Salanié, José Scheinkman, Jay Sethuraman, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and Jan Svejnar. Watch the video.

The Quest for Security: Protection Without Protectionism and the Challenge of Global Governance with editor Joseph Stiglitz

Oct. 24, 2013 at Earl Hall, Columbia University with Michael Doyle, Joseph Stiglitz, and Jan Svejnar. Learn more about the event.

The 6th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Pricing the Planet's Future: The Economics of Discounting in an Uncertain World with author Christian Gollier

Apr. 25, 2013 at International Affairs Building, Columbia University with Kenneth J. Arrow, Christian Gollier, Bernard Salanié, Joseph Stiglitz. Watch the video.

Churchill's Secret War with author Madhusree Mukerjee

Nov. 27, 2012 at Uris Hall, Columbia University with Madhusree Mukerjee, Partha Chatterjee, and Anya Schiffrin. Learn more about the event.

The 5th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: Developments Since Arrow (1963) with author Amy Finkelstein

Apr. 10, 2012 at Low Library, Columbia University with Kenneth J. Arrow, Amy Finkelstein, Jonathan Gruber, and Joseph Stiglitz. Watch the video.

Honor Killings in the 21st Century with author Nicole Pope

Jan. 31, 2012 at International Affairs Building, Columbia University with Nicole Pope.

The 4th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Time and Persons in the Economics of Climate Change with author Partha Dasgupta

Apr. 12, 2011 at Low Library, Columbia University with Partha Dasgupta, Kenneth J. Arrow, Geoffrey Heal, Scott Barrett, and Joseph Stiglitz. Watch the video.

The 3rd Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Speculation, Trading, and Bubbles with author José A. Scheinkman

Nov. 29, 2010 at Low Library, Columbia University with Kenneth J. Arrow, José A. Scheinkman, Patrick Bolton, Sandy Grossman, and Joseph Stiglitz. Watch the video.

Awakening Giants: Feet of Clay with author Pranab Bardhan

Sep. 13, 2010 at the Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University with Pranab Bardhan.

The 2nd Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Social Choice and Individual Values

Dec. 11, 2009 at International Affairs Building, Columbia University with Kenneth J. Arrow, Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont, Eric Maskin, and Joseph Stiglitz. Watch the video.

The 1st Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture - Helping Infant Economies Grow: Promoting Innovation and Learning in Developing Countries

Nov. 12, 2008 at Casa Italiana, Columbia University with Kenneth J. Arrow, Bruce Greenwald, Joseph Stiglitz, Philippe Aghion, and President Lee Bollinger. Watch the video.