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Jasper Johns, Map, 1961 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The DDC Oral History Project tells the story of the founding and evolution of the Double Discovery Center, an education and youth development program based at Columbia University in New York City. The project was organized and implemented by participants in the Teagle-DDC Freedom and Citizenship Program. The Program introduces high school students to college-level work, places their experiences as twenty first-century New Yorkers in a historical conversation that dates back to the ancient world, and prepares them for lives as active, responsible citizens. Professor Claudio Remeseira launches the Hispanic New York Project, a metro-area resource to promote the Latino and Latin American cultural heritage of New York City and to serve as a venue for communication and collaboration among writers, artists and intellectuals. Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook will be published this fall. AMERICAN STUDIES IN THE NEWS Professor Delbanco Awarded National Humanities Medal Center for American Studies director Andrew Delbanco was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama (CC’83) on February 13, 2012. Professor Delbanco was honored for his writings on higher education and the place classic authors hold in history and contemporary life. Read more.
EVENTS Tuesday, April 17 Watch the webcast of Ten Years After: The Legacy of 9/11 on American Culture. Visit our Media page for event videos and photo albums.
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WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR Columbia University's Center for American Studies offers students the opportunity to explore the experience and values of the people of the United States as embodied in their history, literature, politics, art, and other enduring forms of cultural expression. The Center seeks to prepare students to confront with historical awareness the pressing problems that face our society. The Center takes advantage of our location in New York by involving students with the life of the city, working with community service organizations such as the Double Discovery Center, which serves local high school students, and by inviting leading figures on the New York political and cultural scene to participate in colloquia, public conferences, and in the classroom. American Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to be open and flexible while taking seriously the challenge of striving for a liberal education that helps prepare students for responsible citizenship. It is a pleasure and privilege for me to work with a group of
Andrew Delbanco
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