Centers, Institutes, and Programs
More than 60 centers and institutes within the Arts and Sciences serve as focal points for research, convening, and engagement across cultural and academic interests.
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Humanities Centers and Institutes
- Center for American Studies
- Center for the Ancient Mediterranean
- Media Center for Art History
- Center for Buddhism and East Asian Religions
- Tang Center for Early China
- Computer Music Center
- Center for Ethnomusicology
- Council for European Studies
- Center for French and Francophone Studies
- Deutsches Haus
- Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
- Heyman Center for the Humanities
- The Center for Korean Research
- Language Resource Center
- Maison Francaise
- The Program in Classical Studies
- Center for the Study of Religion and Sexuality
- Center for the Study of Social Difference
- Center for Comparative Media
- Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute
- Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
- Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies
- South Asia Institute
- Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender
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Natural Sciences Centers and Institutes
- Climate and Life Initiative
- Center for Economy, Environment and Society
- Center for Energy, Marine Transportation, and Public Policy
- Center for Integrative Animal Behavior
- Columbia Astrobiology Center
- Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants
- Columbia Nano Initiative
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
- The Neurotechnology Center at Columbia University
- Center for Nuclear Studies
- Center for the Study of Science and Religion
- Center for Theoretical Physics
- Institute for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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Social Science Centers and Institutes
- Center on African-American Religion, Sexual Politics, and Social Justice
- The Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History
- Columbia Center for Archaeology
- Center for Brazilian Studies
- The Center on Capitalism and Society
- East Central European Center
- Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
- Center for International History
- Center for Iranian Studies
- The Center for Jazz Studies
- Center for Justice
- Center for Mexico and Central America
- Center for Palestine Studies
- Center for Race, Philosophy and Social Justice
- The Center for Science and Society
- Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies
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- Institute of African Studies
- Institute for Research in African American Studies
- European Institute
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute for the Study of Human Rights
- The Middle East Institute
- Institute for Religion Culture and Public Life
- Harriman Institute
- Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute