Overview
In 1964, the property was bequeathed to Columbia University, and has since seen lectures by such notable French intellectuals as structuralist critic Roland Barthes, deconstructionalist philosopher Jacques Derrida, existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, cinema critic Michel Ciment, and Edwy Plenel, former editor-in-chief of Le Monde. In addition to Columbia University, it currently houses undergraduate and graduate divisions of over a dozen American institutions, including:
- Barnard College
- Columbia College
- Dartmouth College
- Hamilton College
- Hollins University
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Smith College
- Southern Methodist University
- Tulane University
- The University of Delaware
- University of Florida
- Vassar College
- Wesleyan University
- City University of New York
As well as other intercollegial programs.
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