Weather Update
Due to the storm, Barnard College will close at 4pm today, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.
Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information.
Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed. The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open. For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS.
3:12 PM 02/08/2013
Learn more about Brazil, the location of Barnard’s Fifth Annual Global Symposium, at these campus events.
Tuesday, February 5 - 4pm
A conversation with Brazil expert Julia Sweig from the Council on Foreign Relations
328 Milbank
Wednesday, February 6 - 6pm
Portuguese Immigration in Brazil
A lecture by Herbert Klein
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall
February 7-9 - various times and locations on campus
Thinking Music and Sound in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sponsored by The Center for Ethnomusicology and the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
Tuesday, February 12 - 6pm
How Arabs Became Jews in Brazil
A lecture by Jeffrey Lesser
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall
Thursday, February 28 - 6pm
Japanese-Brazilian Music and Ethnic Identity in the Post-Dekasegi Era
A lecture by Shanna Lorenz
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall
Tuesday, March 26 – 6pm
Africa in Brazil
A lecture by João J. Reis
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall
More events to be announced.
Note: the March 13th event with Bert Barickman has been canceled.
