Seminar Schedule 2024-25

October 9, 2024, 7:15pm EST (at Faculty House)
Grave Matters: Rethinking Urban Cemeteries for the 21^st Century 
Lisa W. Alpert, Senior Vice President of Development and Programming, The Green-Wood Cemetery

November 13, 2024, 7:15pm EST (at Faculty House)
Hart Island: The Past, Present, and Future of New York City's Public Cemetery
Kayla Mackey, Urban Park Ranger, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

December 11, 2024, 7:15pm EST (at Faculty House)
Updates from the Center for Prolonged Grief at Columbia University 
Natalia Skritskaya, Associate Research Scientist
Center for Prolonged Grief, Columbia University

February 12, 2025, 12:00pm EST (via Zoom)
Grieving the Deaths on Both Sides of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 
Robi Damelin and Bassam Aramin
Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF)

March 6, 2025 7:15pm EST (at Faculty House)
Open Discussion for Members and Associates
Facilitated by Christina Staudt

April 9, 2025, 7:15pm EST (at Faculty House)
Gwo Gwing / To Cross the Border
Marie Lecuyer, Postdoctoral Fellow, 
Department of Anthropology, McGill University

May 15, 2025, 7:15pm EST (at Faculty House)
The Queer Art of Death: How LGBTQ+ Communities Die, Grieve, and Remember 
Nikita Shepard, PhD Candidate
Department of History, Columbia University