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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.	+	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).		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).

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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.
-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]].
+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==

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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.		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.
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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).

	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.		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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 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.
-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.
+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.
-Notable committee members include [[Nobel Prize]] winner and renowned economist [[Joseph Stiglitz]], former Assistant Secretary-General and Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary General Michael W. Doyle, and leading sociologist [[Saskia Sassen]]. Literature Nobelist [[Orhan Pamuk]] is a former member of the committee.
+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==
-*[http://cgt.columbia.edu/ Committee on Global Thought website]
+*[http://cgt.columbia.edu/ Committee on Global Thought]
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 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/globalthought/ Official website]
+*[http://cgt.columbia.edu/ Official website]
 *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/president/communications%20files/columbiacommitteeon%20globalthought.htm Bollinger's announcement of the committee's creation]
 *[http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20070606-151808]

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 The committee's name is an obvious pirating of the much more established and prestigious Committee on Social Thought at the [[University of Chicago]], which, unlike the Columbia committee, actually awards degrees.
-Notable committee members include Nobel Prize winner [[Joseph Stiglitz]], former Assitant Secretary-General and Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary General Michael W. Doyle and leading sociologist [[Saskia Sassen]]. Literature Nobelist [[Orhan Pamuk]] was also a member at one point and might still be.
+Notable committee members include [[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Joseph Stiglitz]], former Assitant Secretary-General and Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary General Michael W. Doyle and leading sociologist [[Saskia Sassen]]. Literature Nobelist [[Orhan Pamuk]] was also a member at one point and might still be.
 ==External Links==
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-[[Category:Faculty groups and research centers]]
+[[Category:Faculty]]