Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, has been speaking about the significance of the 1968 Columbia University student strike, led by the 1960s radical group Students for a Democratic Society. On Saturday, April 26, he will be on a panel titled "The Legacy of the Student Movement" at Columbia University, part of a three-day 40th anniversary commemorative event titled "Columbia 1968 and the World." Organized by Columbia and Barnard alumni from that era, the conference will be held in Columbia's Journalism School Building at 116th St. and Broadway in New York City.
On April 19, Isserman delivered a paper titled "The Columbia Strike and the Unmaking of SDS" at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., as part of a two-day conference titled "Global 1968" sponsored by Colgate's Peace and Conflict Studies Program.
On April 19, Isserman delivered a paper titled "The Columbia Strike and the Unmaking of SDS" at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., as part of a two-day conference titled "Global 1968" sponsored by Colgate's Peace and Conflict Studies Program.
