International Affairs Building

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Academic building at Columbia University that houses the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), containing classrooms, lecture halls and collaborative spaces. Commonly used for lectures, seminars and events related to international relations and public policy.

Upcoming Events (7)

Free

Mano Dura in Times of Democratic Backsliding

Mon, 27 Apr 2026at7:00 AM

This paper workshop at Columbia's International Affairs Building examines why Mano Dura anti-crime campaigns can backfire, comparing coercive policing in El Salvador and Venezuela. Attendees discuss how militarized approaches may empower criminal groups amid democratic backsliding and consider policy implications.

Free

Art of Care: Artistic Work for Children and Social Reproduction

Mon, 27 Apr 2026at1:00 PM

Columbia hosts a history lecture by Katja Kobolt on how childhood was redefined in Yugoslavia during and after WWII. The talk, moderated by Aleksandar Bošković and hosted by the Njegoš Endowment for Serbian Language and Culture and the Harriman Institute, takes place in the Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room at the International Affairs Building.

Free

Can a Future Russia Become a "Normal Country?" If so, how?

Thu, 30 Apr 2026at7:15 AM

Attend a Harriman Institute lecture by Andrei Yakovlev on whether Russia can become a normal country. Moderated by Timothy Frye, the talk covers state–business relations, development, and industrial policy in Russia, set in the Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room at Columbia's International Affairs Building.

Free

Book Talk: Wartime Letters

Thu, 30 Apr 2026at1:00 PM

Columbia's Harriman Institute presents a moderated book talk on Wartime Letters by Kathleen Harriman, edited by Geoffrey Roberts, moderated by Jack Snyder.

Free

Confronting Corruption:Legal Challenges & Civic Responses in Ukraine

Fri, 1 May 2026at7:30 AM

Columbia's Harriman Institute hosts a roundtable on Ukraine's anti-corruption landscape, examining legal challenges and civic responses.

Free

Forklift Disease: Occupational Illness in the Postwar Era

Fri, 1 May 2026at11:00 AM

Scholarly panel on Victor Seow's paper about 'forklift disease' and the making of occupational illness in the postwar era, featuring Harvard and Columbia scholars, with moderator Kavita Sivaramakrishnan. A focused discussion on labor, medicine, and policy in historical perspective.

Free

The Sunny Side of Essentialism: Race and Jazz in Contemporary Russia

Mon, 4 May 2026at11:15 AM

An academic lecture by Yoshiko Herrera on race and jazz in contemporary Russia, exploring xenophobia and the role of African American musicians in the Russian jazz scene through the 2000s. Moderated by Elise Giuliano with Maxim Matusevich as discussant, part of Columbia's U.S.-Russia relations program.