RECENT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Art Properties Complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
The Department of Art Properties recently partnered with colleagues in Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library to conduct comparative research and write brief documentation on Native American works of art in the Columbia University collection…
“A Woman Who Paints Tangkas”: AMNH and Columbia Anthropology Exhibit
Digital companion to a 2021 exhibit by students and faculty in the Museum Anthropology MA program. A Woman Who Paints Tangkas can be seen on the far wall of the Tibet section of the Hall of Asian Peoples, American Museum of Natural History, New...
Congratulations to our graduating students!
Congratulations to the class of 2021! Celebrating our students’ achievements, especially those graduates in archaeology through the Center for Archaeology’s interdepartmental program: Kiri Maza (CC Archaeology) Madison Aubey (CC Archaeology) Charlotte King...
List of recommended courses for Fall 2021
List of recommended courses for archaeology majors and concentrators, fall 2021
Award for “Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter”
The CCA has been honored with the Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award from the Society for American Archaeology for the event “Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter” which we organized together with the Society for Black Archaeologists...
The CCA stands in solidarity with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities
We stand with our community members of Asian descent in this time of increased harassment and violent attacks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stop AAPI Hate was launched by the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action...
The Ishtar Diaries
The graduate students at Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology, in collaboration with the Columbia Global Center, Istanbul, wish to announce the launch of The Ishtar Diaries, a podcast series.
“The Soil Is Sentient”
The art/archaeology exhibit “The Soil Is Sentient” curated by Jeff Benjamin was installed in Low Library in Spring 2020. Covid restrictions made it relatively inaccessible to most, so artists Natalia Granquist and Jorie Van Nest have now translated the show into a virtual exhibit. Click through to explore the site.
Spring 2021 Newsletter
News and upcoming archaeology events for Spring 2021
