Center for the Study of Science and Religion
The Center for the Study of Science and Religion (CSSR), now known as the Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity (RCSS), focuses on the intersection between the humanities and natural sciences, supported by the Columbia University Department of Biology. The CSSR was founded in the summer of 1999 by Robert Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, Adjunct Professor of Religion at Columbia University, and Adjunct Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. It serves as a forum for the examination of issues that lie at the boundary of two complementary ways of comprehending the world; namely, religion and science. Within the The Earth Institute

Questions formally addressed by CSSR include:

* Development and equitable sharing of water resources between nations in the Jordan River Valley, with Upmanu Lall

* Long term women's health effects of human egg harvesting, with Wendy Chavkin

* American slavery and memory, with Patricia J. Williams

CSSR offered courses, varying in length and content, for undergraduates, graduate students, clergy, and professional students. CSSR sponsored one major symposium about every two years, and four or more guest lectures each semester. CSSR symposia have included:

 Mind and Reality, February 25 & 26, 2005
 Love and its Obstacles, November 7, 2004
 Destructive Emotions: Neuroscience, Psychology and Buddhism, January 28, 2003
 A Colloquium on the Centennial of William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience, March 24 & 25, 2002

CSSR and Columbia University Press oversee publication of the Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Within the Center for Science and Society

In academic year 2014-15, the CSSR was relocated from The Earth Institute to the Columbia Center for Science and Society, where it was assigned a place as a Research Cluster. To retain a symbolic link to the CSSR, the new cluster was named the Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity (RCSS). Led by Robert Pollack up until his retirement in academic year 2022-23, the RCSS secured generous funding, most notably from Harvey Kruegar (a 1951 graduate of Columbia College and 1954 graduate of Columbia Law School) and facilitated numerous undergraduate-led projects at the intersection of science, service, and subjectivity. The current director of the RCSS is Lili Yamasaki. References

External links
Center for the Study of Science and Religion
CSSR Blog
Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity

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