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
Political science professor Kimberly Marten, a specialist in international relations and international security, has been named Acting Director of Columbia University's Harriman Institute for academic year 2012-13. The oldest academic institution in the United States devoted to the study of the countries of the former Soviet Union, East Central Europe and the Balkans, the Harriman Institute seeks to create a forum for intellectual exchange and to enhance studens' education through its programs, conferences, lectures, and publications.
Prof. Marten is the former chair of Barnard's political science department and former associate director of the Harriman Institute. She is also a faculty member of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Prof. Marten's current research focuses on warlords and militias and their relationship to sovereign states and state security institutions, in places ranging from Afghanistan and Iraq to the former Soviet Union. Her fourth book, "Warlords: Strong-Arm Brokers in Weak States," was published in May 2012 and traces the development of warlordism and its consequences in the tribal areas of Pakistan, in Sunni Arab areas of Iraq, and in post-Soviet Georgia and the Republic of Chechnya in Russia.
