To commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Columbia University will host a series of lectures and events.  Of particular interest is, “Café Humanities: The September 11, 2001, Oral History and Narrative Memory Project: What We Learned," a conversation featuring Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia Center for Oral History, and Peter Bearman, Jonathan Cole Professor of the Social Sciences at Columbia. 

Clark and Bearman collaborated on the The September 11, 2001 Oral History and Narrative Memory Project, which consisted of five projects and programs focusing on different areas of inquiry related to the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center. To-date, the project includes over 900 recorded hours of interviews with over 600 individuals. These interviews are now open and available to the public for research through the Center’s archive.

The project has also manifested itself into "After the Fall: New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years That Followed," a book highlighting a selection of these testimonies, including heartbreaking and enlightening stories from first-responders, taxi drivers, school teachers, artists, religious leaders, immigrants, and others who were interviewed at intervals since the 2001 attacks. 

“Café Humanities: The September 11, 2001, Oral History and Narrative Memory Project: What We Learned"
Monday, September 19
6-7pm
PicNic Café,
2665 Broadway (between 101st and 102nd Streets)