Department of Art History & Archæology,
Graduate School of Arts & Science
The goal of the Department of Art History and Archæology is to explore the history of art and architecture across a broad historical, cultural, geographic, and methodological spectrum. The Visual Media Center supports these efforts by working with faculty to develop a broad range of digital teaching and learning resources from basic course Web sites to advanced databases, computer-generated models and animations as well as video productions.
[www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory]


Archæology Center, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Archæology is uncovering the past through its material remains—the people, histories and deep sequences that antiquity offers. It is an anthropology of the past, entangled with the parallel issues of subjectivity, politics and multivocality.

At Columbia, Archæology is a multidisciplinary field practiced by faculty and students in the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanitites. At present, there are faculty in the departments of Anthropology, Art History and Archæology, Classics, Historic Preservation, History, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory who conduct research on prehistory, ancient society, or historical Archæology. Students and faculty work not only in New York City, but around world.
[www.columbia.edu/cu/archaeology]


Historic Preservation Program:
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
The Columbia Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation is the oldest degree of its kind in the United States. The program is comprehensive, providing specialized training for those who wish to be professionally active in any aspect of the field of preservation. The fundamental concerns of the program are for (1) the accurate understanding of the vital contributions of surviving architecture, townscape, and landscape to the identity and well-being of living communities; and (2) the protection of those contributions through the scrupulous conservation of buildings, neighborhoods, and
landscapes that express meanings from the past to us and to the future. The program offers training in the management of cultural resources, including the identification and protection of valuable surviving elements of the past ranging from interiors and furnishings to entire urban and rural regions. At the heart of the program lies the belief that training for professional practice must combine a sound footing in basic techniques and a firm grasp of theory, with appropriate specialization.
[www.learn.columbia.edu/hp]


Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont is linked to Columbia's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, whose graduate students pursue research at the Observatory. scientists play vital roles in advising students, directing student research, and enhancing the intellectual firepower of the outstanding education and research program. Lamont scientists also collaborate with two affiliated institutions, the American Museum of Natural History and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
[www.ldeo.columbia.edu]


Save Venice Inc.
Save Venice was founded in 1967 by the late John and Betty McAndrew and Sydney J. Freedberg in response to the terrible damage caused by the flood of the preceding November. In 1967 more than 30 international committees were formed under the umbrella of UNESCO to restore and protect Venice's threatened masterpieces. Originally part of the Venice Committee of the International Fund for Monuments, in 1971 the board members formed a new tax-exempt organization, Save Venice Inc. Each year, the Superintendents for the Artistic and Historic Heritage of Venice and for the Architectural Heritage of Venice, along with church leaders, interested citizens and friends of Save Venice suggest works of art and buildings in need of restoration. The board of Save Venice then chooses which projects to sponsor according to artistic merit and urgency of need.
[www.savevenice.org]


World Monuments Fund
World Monuments Fund (WMF) safeguards the heritage of mankind by encouraging the conservation and preservation of culturally and historically significant works of art and architecture worldwide. Founded in 1965, WMF works with public and private-sector partners and hasorchestrated major projects in over 69 countries. Past and present projects include: the Temple of Preah Khan in the Historic City of Angkor, Cambodia; Church of St. Trophime, Arles, France; Tower of Belem, Lisbon, Portugal; and many sites in Venice. WMF is a New York-based private, nonprofit organization with offices in Paris and Venice and independent affiliates in Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain.

World Monuments Watch, a global program launched in 1995, calls attention to imperiled cultural heritage sites around the world and directs timely financial support to their preservation. A panel of leading international experts selects the List of 100 Most Endangered Sites from nominations submitted to WMF every two years by governments, organizations active in the field of cultural preservation, and individuals.

WMF's activities include documentation and surveys, field research, training, strategic planning, fundraising, and advocacy.
[www.wmf.org]


Department of History, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
The Columbia Department of History has been one of the nation’s leading centers of historical research and teaching since the beginning of the twentieth century. We enter the new century committed to maintaining our distinguished traditions of important scholarship in many fields and of committed teaching of both undergraduates and graduate students. We are also committed to exploring new and emerging areas of scholarship, to experimenting with disciplinary innovations, and to exploring the possibility of creating more international histories, less bound than traditional scholarship to national boundaries.
[www.columbia.edu/cu/history]