World Affairs Lecture Series: Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens with Professor Nina Berman
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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- Title
- World Affairs Lecture Series: Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens with Professor Nina Berman
- Date
- 2026-04-23
- Description
- In this virtual World Affairs Lecture, Columbia University Professor Nina Berman will be in conversation with Dr. Souzeina Mushtaq, assistant professor of Communication and Media Studies at University of Wisconsin–River Falls, on the topic of “Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens.”
- Lifelong New Yorker and photojournalist Nina Berman draws on decades of documenting the city’s defining upheavals. From the depths of the AIDS crisis to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the surge of COVID-19 and waves of protest, to illuminate the moments of collective care that rise amid crises. With a curated selection of photographs, she reflects on how New Yorkers forge bonds of compassion and mutual support even as neighborhoods transform. Berman weaves personal recollection with powerful imagery to reveal that resilience and community are as fundamental to New York’s identity as its skyline. Her work has been exhibited at more than 100 international venues from the Whitney Museum Biennial to the concrete security walls at the Za’atari refugee camp. Public collections include the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of the City of New York, the Harvard Art Museums and the Bibliothèque nationale de France among others. Berman is the recipient of a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.
- The Department of Social Sciences’ World Affairs Lecture Series fulfills FIT’s mission to foster an understanding of diverse cultures and politics within the international as well as domestic perspectives. It also embraces, supports, and expands upon the president’s campuswide initiative on civility.
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Fashion Institute of Technology. (2026, April 23). World Affairs Lecture Series: Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens with Professor Nina Berman [Video]. Archive on Demand. https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/672719
Fashion Institute of Technology. "World Affairs Lecture Series: Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens with Professor Nina Berman." Archive on Demand, 23 Apr. 2026, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/672719
Fashion Institute of Technology, "World Affairs Lecture Series: Unbroken: Solidarity Through the Lens with Professor Nina Berman," Archive on Demand, April 23, 2026, video, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/672719