CGT Lunchtime Seminars
The CGT Lunchtime Seminars are an informal forum for scholars to discuss current research assessing issues of global importance with members of the Columbia community, including students.
Past Lunchtime Seminars
Rooted Globalism: Arab–Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Kevin Funk, moderated by Nikhar Gaikwad and Bahia Munem.
The First 21st Century: From Globalization to Fragmentation
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Jean-Marie Guéhenno, moderated by Mark Mazower.
Bridging the Gulf: Experimental Evidence on Migration’s Impact on Tolerance and Internationalism
Friday, April 1, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Nikhar Gaikwad, moderated by Andreas Wimmer
Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System
Monday, February 21, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Perry Mehrling, moderated by Katharina Pistor
On Worldly Philosophers and Cooperation
Friday, November 19, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET with Bernard E. Harcourt, moderated by David K Park.

Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror, 1817-2020
Monday, October 4, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET with Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb
Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought
March 16, 2021 at 12:30 PM ET with Durba Mitra
The Concept of Adaptation
March 23, 2021 at 12:30 PM ET with Ben Orlove
The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and Neoliberalism
March 5, 2020 with Jessica Whyte, moderated by Joseph Slaughter
State-formation in a ‘Disputed Territory’: The Case of Naya (New) Kashmir
November 8, 2018 with Hafsa Kanjwal
Climate Change and Discursive Change: Tracing Terms and Concepts through International Climate Organizations
November 1, 2018 with Ben Orlove
APPROVED BY US FORCES’: Showing and Hiding Art from GuantaìnamoMarkets in Mothers and Markets in Children
October 25, 2018 with Erin Thompson
Markets in Mothers and Markets in Children
April 19, 2018 with Yasmine Ergas
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: Gender-Role Attitudes and Late-Life Cognition
April 5, 2018 with Ursula Staudinger
Climate Change and Urban Heat: Exploring Patterns and Factors of Future Global Vulnerability
March 29, 2018 with Peter Marcotullio
From Cells to Society: Rethinking Public Policy in a Changing World
March 8, 2018 with Esteban Calvo
Some Philosophical Reflections on Our Political Ideals
February 22, 2018 with Akeel Bilgrami
What Is To Be Done? After the Illusions, a Critical Practice for the Twenty-First Century
Dec. 7, 2017 with Bernard Harcourt
How Much Inequality is Fair? Mathematical Principles of a Moral, Optimal, and Stable Capitalist Society
Nov. 9, 2017 with Venkat Venkatasubramanian
The Rise of the Bolsheviks: Uncovering a Family View
Oct. 12, 2017 with Mark Mazower
China’s Urban Transformation
Apr. 6, 2017 with Weiping Wu
The Commander of the Faithful in Islamic History and the Taliban-Islamic State Rivalry
Mar. 23, 2017 with Neil Krishan Aggarwal
The Urban Apparatus: Mediapolitics and the City
Feb. 23, 2017 with Reinhold Martin
Differences in Aging Across Cultures: A Global Perspective
Dec. 1, 2016 with Vegard Skirbekk
The Latest Catastrophe: History, the Present, the Contemporary
Nov. 17, 2016 with Henry Rousso
Movement without Mobility, Settlement without Belonging: A Proposal for Theorizing ‘Unsettlement’ Today
Nov. 11, 2016 (Fri., Fayerweather 301M) with Rosalind C. Morris
Being the Other: The Muslim in India
Nov. 10, 2016 with Saeed Naqvi
Generators, Electricity and the Infrastructural Life of Cities
Oct. 27, 2016 with Brian Larkin
Hijacking Human Rights: Neoliberalism and the End of the Third World
Oct. 6, 2016 with Joseph R. Slaughter
The Limits of Global Thought: Western Social and Human Sciences on Trial
Sep. 22, 2016 with Kian Tajbakhsh
The Construction of a Global Institution: International commercial arbitration, 1890-1960
Mar. 29, 2016 with Jérôme Sgard
Nation Building: Why some countries came together while others fell apart
Mar. 22, 2016 with Andreas Wimmer
The Sufi and the State: Discussing the notion of a state being ‘Islamic’
Feb. 9, 2016 with Souleymane Bachir Diagne
The Wheel: Inventions and reinventions
Jan. 26, 2016 with Richard W. Bulliet
The Legacy of Bandung
Nov. 10, 2015 with Partha Chatterjee
The Question of Intervention
Oct. 27, 2015 with Michael Doyle
The Identity of Modern Indian Political Thought
Oct. 20, 2015 with Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Political Transition in East-Central Europe and the End of the Cold War, 1988-1991
Oct. 13, 2015 with Csaba Békés
Women’s Emancipation and the Rise of Fundamentalism
Oct. 6, 2015 with Abram de Swaan
The Enlightenment, Enchantment, and the Mentality of Democracy
Sep. 15, 2015 with Akeel Bilgrami
Rooted Globalism: Arab–Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Kevin Funk, moderated by Nikhar Gaikwad and Bahia Munem.
The First 21st Century: From Globalization to Fragmentation
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Jean-Marie Guéhenno, moderated by Mark Mazower.
Bridging the Gulf: Experimental Evidence on Migration’s Impact on Tolerance and Internationalism
Friday, April 1, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Nikhar Gaikwad, moderated by Andreas Wimmer
Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System
Monday, February 21, 2022 at 12:00 PM with Perry Mehrling, moderated by Katharina Pistor
On Worldly Philosophers and Cooperation
Friday, November 19, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET with Bernard E. Harcourt, moderated by David K Park.
Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror, 1817-2020
Monday, October 4, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET with Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb
Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought
March 16, 2021 at 12:30 PM ET with Durba Mitra
The Concept of Adaptation
March 23, 2021 at 12:30 PM ET with Ben Orlove
The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and Neoliberalism
March 5, 2020 with Jessica Whyte, moderated by Joseph Slaughter
State-formation in a ‘Disputed Territory’: The Case of Naya (New) Kashmir
November 8, 2018 with Hafsa Kanjwal
Climate Change and Discursive Change: Tracing Terms and Concepts through International Climate Organizations
November 1, 2018 with Ben Orlove
APPROVED BY US FORCES’: Showing and Hiding Art from GuantaìnamoMarkets in Mothers and Markets in Children
October 25, 2018 with Erin Thompson
Markets in Mothers and Markets in Children
April 19, 2018 with Yasmine Ergas
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: Gender-Role Attitudes and Late-Life Cognition
April 5, 2018 with Ursula Staudinger
Climate Change and Urban Heat: Exploring Patterns and Factors of Future Global Vulnerability
March 29, 2018 with Peter Marcotullio
From Cells to Society: Rethinking Public Policy in a Changing World
March 8, 2018 with Esteban Calvo
Some Philosophical Reflections on Our Political Ideals
February 22, 2018 with Akeel Bilgrami
What Is To Be Done? After the Illusions, a Critical Practice for the Twenty-First Century
Dec. 7, 2017 with Bernard Harcourt
How Much Inequality is Fair? Mathematical Principles of a Moral, Optimal, and Stable Capitalist Society
Nov. 9, 2017 with Venkat Venkatasubramanian
The Rise of the Bolsheviks: Uncovering a Family View
Oct. 12, 2017 with Mark Mazower
China’s Urban Transformation
Apr. 6, 2017 with Weiping Wu
The Commander of the Faithful in Islamic History and the Taliban-Islamic State Rivalry
Mar. 23, 2017 with Neil Krishan Aggarwal
The Urban Apparatus: Mediapolitics and the City
Feb. 23, 2017 with Reinhold Martin
Differences in Aging Across Cultures: A Global Perspective
Dec. 1, 2016 with Vegard Skirbekk
The Latest Catastrophe: History, the Present, the Contemporary
Nov. 17, 2016 with Henry Rousso
Movement without Mobility, Settlement without Belonging: A Proposal for Theorizing ‘Unsettlement’ Today
Nov. 11, 2016 (Fri., Fayerweather 301M) with Rosalind C. Morris
Being the Other: The Muslim in India
Nov. 10, 2016 with Saeed Naqvi
Generators, Electricity and the Infrastructural Life of Cities
Oct. 27, 2016 with Brian Larkin
Hijacking Human Rights: Neoliberalism and the End of the Third World
Oct. 6, 2016 with Joseph R. Slaughter
The Limits of Global Thought: Western Social and Human Sciences on Trial
Sep. 22, 2016 with Kian Tajbakhsh
The Construction of a Global Institution: International commercial arbitration, 1890-1960
Mar. 29, 2016 with Jérôme Sgard
Nation Building: Why some countries came together while others fell apart
Mar. 22, 2016 with Andreas Wimmer
The Sufi and the State: Discussing the notion of a state being ‘Islamic’
Feb. 9, 2016 with Souleymane Bachir Diagne
The Wheel: Inventions and reinventions
Jan. 26, 2016 with Richard W. Bulliet
The Legacy of Bandung
Nov. 10, 2015 with Partha Chatterjee
The Question of Intervention
Oct. 27, 2015 with Michael Doyle
The Identity of Modern Indian Political Thought
Oct. 20, 2015 with Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Political Transition in East-Central Europe and the End of the Cold War, 1988-1991
Oct. 13, 2015 with Csaba Békés
Women’s Emancipation and the Rise of Fundamentalism
Oct. 6, 2015 with Abram de Swaan
The Enlightenment, Enchantment, and the Mentality of Democracy
Sep. 15, 2015 with Akeel Bilgrami