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Atelier highlights some of the unique discussions that take place at Reid Hall, a third space at the threshold of academia and beyond. With Atelier, we open our doors to listeners anywhere. Engaging across borders and disciplines, these conversations feature some of the people who inspire us most and explore a vast range of topics, from art and science to social justice and climate. Atelier is produced by the Columbia Global Paris Center, a Columbia University initiative housed at Reid Hall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Repairing the Living, Honoring the Empty Spaces with Teresa Lee

    4D AGO

    Repairing the Living, Honoring the Empty Spaces with Teresa Lee

    In the high-stakes world of pediatric heart transplantation, every saved life is inseparable from another family’s loss. In this episode, Dr. Teresa Lee reflects on the ethical and emotional dimensions of caring for children with heart failure and guiding families through transplant. Drawing inspiration from Maylis de Kerangal’s novel Réparer les vivants, she explores what it means to honor donor families, to sit at the threshold between life and death, and to “repair the living” in more ways than one. A pediatric cardiologist and physician-scientist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Dr. Lee also discusses how her research on the genetic causes of cardiomyopathy is shaped directly by the patients she serves. From evolving her own emotional boundaries to finding rare moments of silence and reflection during her time as a Faculty Visitor at Reid Hall in Paris, she offers a meditation on medicine not only as science, but as a practice of care. Further reading: https://healthmatters.nyp.org/amazing-things-jenna-skeete/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-patients-children.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/well/90-minutes-to-give-baby-luna-a-new-heart.html Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min
  2. Collaboration, Indigenous Ecologies, and Vala with Paige West

    FEB 19

    Collaboration, Indigenous Ecologies, and Vala with Paige West

    As climate change accelerates the unravelling of ecological and social systems, questions of knowledge, care, and responsibility become ever more urgent. In this episode, cultural and environmental anthropologist Paige West reflects on several decades of collaborative research in Papua New Guinea. Through long-term partnerships with local communities—most notably with fisheries expert and Indigenous leader John Aini—she examines how Indigenous ecological knowledge challenges dominant conservation models. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  3. Oil, Pageants, and Venezuelan Identity with Fabiola Ferrero

    FEB 6

    Oil, Pageants, and Venezuelan Identity with Fabiola Ferrero

    As Venezuela grapples with profound political and economic upheaval, photographer and journalist Fabiola Ferrero turns her lens toward the nation's most enduring symbols: oil and beauty queens. In this episode, she reflects on her long-term research exploring how Venezuela's rapid modernization in the second half of the 20th century—fueled by petroleum wealth—shaped a national identity built on fantasy and aspiration. Through her projects "I Can’t Hear the Birds" and "Reinas", Ferrero examines the complicated legacy of the country's "golden years", tracing connections between extractive industries and beauty pageant culture as parallel pillars of collective memory. Fabiola Ferrero was a 2023 – 2024 Fellow of the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min
  4. Memory, Hunger, and Political Resistance with Sujatro Ghosh

    JAN 22

    Memory, Hunger, and Political Resistance with Sujatro Ghosh

    During the Bengal famine of 1943, three million people perished but left behind few tangible records. In this episode, multidisciplinary artist Sujatro Ghosh discusses bridging the gap between contemporary art and historical archives by engaging with survivors’ memories of food preservation. Ghosh frames his practice not as a search for nostalgia, but as "contemporary archive making," using the medium of performance and visual arts to preserve the lived experiences of migration and overlooked trauma. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min
  5. Protecting Press Freedom in the Middle East with Jonathan Dagher

    JAN 8

    Protecting Press Freedom in the Middle East with Jonathan Dagher

    The right to information is a pillar of democracy, yet in the face of widespread impunity, maintaining hope is vital. In this episode, Jonathan Dagher, head of the Middle East desk at Reporters Without Borders (RSF), discusses the unprecedented challenges facing press freedom across the region. Drawing on his transition from a Lebanese journalist to a global advocate, Dagher details RSF’s tireless efforts to protect reporters in Gaza and Syria through legal action at the International Criminal Court and direct on-the-ground support. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    38 min
  6. Rewriting the History of Jewish Dispossession with Sarah Gensburger

    12/11/2025

    Rewriting the History of Jewish Dispossession with Sarah Gensburger

    Newly discovered archives tell the forgotten story of systematic housing dispossession that fundamentally reshaped post-war Paris. In this episode, Sarah Gensburger discusses Appartements témoins, a microhistory that reconstructs the process by which over 20,000 Jewish tenants were stripped of their rental rights by the City of Paris. This groundbreaking book challenges the pre-existing narrative of widespread French resistance to antisemitism, fundamentally altering our understanding of French complicity and opportunism during and after the Holocaust. Appartements témoins La spoliation des locataires juifs à Paris, 1940-1946 is co-authored by Isabelle Backouche, Sarah Gensburger, and Eric Le Bourhis, and was published in 2025 by the éditions La Découverte. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min
  7. The Story Behind Inside Gaza with Hélène Lam Trong

    11/27/2025

    The Story Behind Inside Gaza with Hélène Lam Trong

    In this episode, French filmmaker and journalist Hélène Lam Trong discusses Inside Gaza, her most recent documentary offering an unprecedented look into the daily lives of AFP journalists working under relentless bombardment. Built entirely from the images they produced while trying to survive, the film confronts the paradox of reporting the news while living inside it. Lam Trong recounts how the project began in the aftermath of October 7th, the long negotiations to bring the journalists to safety, and the months she spent sifting through unbearable footage to craft a story the world urgently needed to see. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min
  8. From Page to Stage with Florence Martin-Kessler

    11/13/2025

    From Page to Stage with Florence Martin-Kessler

    In this episode, former journalist, and documentary filmmaker Florence Martin-Kessler takes us behind the curtain of Live Magazine, the groundbreaking “journalism on stage” project she founded in Paris after a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. She shares the eureka moment that sparked its creation, the delicate balance between rigor and magic, and why she believes that facts, when told with wonder, can bring people together. In a love letter to journalism, Martin-Kessler explores the fleeting experience of being moved by a true story. Website - globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris Newsletter - globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters Instagram - instagram.com/cgcparis LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/cgcparis YouTube - youtube.com/@CGCParis Host: Marie Doezema Production: Marie Doezema, James Allen, Charlotte Force, and Anthony Valette Editing: Theo Albaric Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris The Columbia Global Paris Center is part of a network of 11 global centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. The centers serve as knowledge hubs that aim to educate and inspire through research, dialogue, and action. They advance understanding, facilitate partnerships, and build the bridges necessary to tackle our changing world. Columbia Global brings together the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min
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Atelier highlights some of the unique discussions that take place at Reid Hall, a third space at the threshold of academia and beyond. With Atelier, we open our doors to listeners anywhere. Engaging across borders and disciplines, these conversations feature some of the people who inspire us most and explore a vast range of topics, from art and science to social justice and climate. Atelier is produced by the Columbia Global Paris Center, a Columbia University initiative housed at Reid Hall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Columbia Global Paris Center
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    70
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Columbia Global Paris Center
  • Show Website
    Atelier

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