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Nobody's really sure what the '''Committee on Global Thought''' does. It seems to be a PR move, designed to keep Columbia's "superstar faculty", such as [[Jeffrey Sachs]], [[Joseph Stiglitz]], and [[Orhan Pamuk]], in the limelight. It is, however, well-funded and its events have good, free food, even if the content ranges variously from the incomprehensible to the incoherent.
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The '''Committee on Global Thought at [[Columbia University]]''' was established in [[2005]] to "serve the expanded needs of knowledge and society in the twenty-first century". It was established by [[Lee Bollinger]] to work toward his goal of creating a more [[global university]].  
  
Fun Fact: the group came up with the slogan "Think globally, act locally."
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The name is taken from the [[University of Chicago]]'s Committee on Social Thought, a similarly interdisciplinary body (although the Chicago committee actually accepts graduate students and has degree-granting powers).
  
The name is a ripoff of the [[University of Chicago]]'s much older and more intellectually rigorous Committee on Social Thought, which actually awards its own [[PhD]]s.
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CGT is an interdisciplinary research group which focuses on the consequences of globalization and "calls for a collective reflection on the way we teach, analyze, and make our way in the world". It has piloted courses on topics including globalization, global governance, and issues of secularism and diversity. These courses are led by committee members and CGT's post-doctoral fellows. The committee also sponsors a number of events and conferences each year devoted to its focus.
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Current committee members include: [[Joseph Stiglitz]], [[Akeel Bilgrami]], Patrick Bolton, [[Partha Chatterjee]], [[John Coatsworth]], [[Mamadou Diouf]], [[Nicholas Dirks]], Michael Doyle, Sherry Glied, [[Carol Gluck]], Jose Antonio Ocampo, Katharina Pistor, and [[Saskia Sassen]].
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/globalthought/ Official website]
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*[http://cgt.columbia.edu/ Committee on Global Thought]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/president/communications%20files/columbiacommitteeon%20globalthought.htm Bollinger's announcement of the committee's creation]
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*[http://socialthought.uchicago.edu/ UChicago's Committee on Social Thought]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 05:18, 4 May 2013

The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University was established in 2005 to "serve the expanded needs of knowledge and society in the twenty-first century". It was established by Lee Bollinger to work toward his goal of creating a more global university.

The name is taken from the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, a similarly interdisciplinary body (although the Chicago committee actually accepts graduate students and has degree-granting powers).

CGT is an interdisciplinary research group which focuses on the consequences of globalization and "calls for a collective reflection on the way we teach, analyze, and make our way in the world". It has piloted courses on topics including globalization, global governance, and issues of secularism and diversity. These courses are led by committee members and CGT's post-doctoral fellows. The committee also sponsors a number of events and conferences each year devoted to its focus.

Current committee members include: Joseph Stiglitz, Akeel Bilgrami, Patrick Bolton, Partha Chatterjee, John Coatsworth, Mamadou Diouf, Nicholas Dirks, Michael Doyle, Sherry Glied, Carol Gluck, Jose Antonio Ocampo, Katharina Pistor, and Saskia Sassen.

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