Fostering and Enhancing Community Engagement with the Humanities
Recognizing the urgent need for humanists to engage with audiences beyond the university, we launched in 2014 our Public Humanities Initiative. Its mission is both to foster community participation in the humanities at Columbia and to apply the values and perspectives of the humanities to projects that advance the public good. Often partnering with other Columbia centers and institutes, with local educational and cultural institutions, and with neighborhood organizations, Public Humanities at the SOF/Heyman sponsors a wide range of programming, service, and research activities dedicated to expanding opportunities for community conversations and collaborations.
Humanities in Practice
A forum for innovation and inquiry, Humanities in Practice provides opportunities for Columbia faculty and graduate students to expand their work beyond the classroom and into the public realm.
Zip Code Memory Project
The Zip Code Memory Project seeks to find community-based ways to memorialize the devastating losses resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic while also acknowledging its radically differential effects on Upper New York City neighborhoods.
