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The Current
CategoriesPolitics and culture
Frequencybiannual
Founded2005
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Website www.columbia-current.org

The Current is a magazine of contemporary politics, culture, and Jewish affairs at Columbia University (New York, United States). Launched in December 2005, The Current publishes essays and features on a broad range of subjects including Literary & Arts, Politics, and culture. There is also a Creative section in every issue.

The Current has conducted interviews with Muhammad Yunus, [1] Stanley Fish, [2] Myron Kolatch, [3] Seyla Benhabib, [4] Judith Butler, [5] and others. Its editorials have addressed issues such as university speech codes, [6] controversial campus speakers, [7] corporate divestment, [8] humanitarian activism, [9] the Saffron Revolution in Burma, [10] the history of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, [11] and various histories of racial and ethnic integration at Columbia University.

References

  1. ^ Sumaiya Ahmed (August 23, 2007). "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  2. ^ [1] Archived October 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Reuven Garrett. "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  4. ^ ""Rethinking Questions of Belonging"". The Current. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Dissenting Over Diaspora". The Current. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  8. ^ [2] Archived February 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ David Feith. "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  10. ^ The Editors. "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2012. {{ cite web}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  11. ^ The Editors (April 27, 1964). "The Columbia Current". Columbia.edu. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012. {{ cite web}}: |author= has generic name ( help)

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