Princeton Weekly Bulletin Calendar of events October 14-20, 2002 previous   next [F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public. All other events are open to members of the University community and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University. • Contact Calendar editor • Submissions for future calendars may be made online by completing the calendar submission form. • For copy deadlines, please refer to the PWB deadline schedule.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Hubbert's Peak." Kenneth Deffeyes. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics PACM colloquium. "Theoretical and Numerical Analysis for Some Non-linear Interface Problems." Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Princeton Materials Institute/National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center lecture. "Guided Self Assembly: Inducing and Analyzing Alignment of Microstructure in Block Copolymer Thin Films." Matthew Trawick. Auditorium, Bowen.

4:30 p.m. Jewish studies/Near Eastern studies/women and gender studies lecture. "Israeli Women Writers." Savyon Liebrecht. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Paul Sigmund Scholars Report II." Matthew Goldberg '04, Ernin Dell '05 and Vicente Piedrahita '04. B04B Frist.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Canadian studies/Gilbert lecture. "Transatlantic Relations Are Said to be the Worst Since 1945So What? Does It Matter? European Perceptions of America." Jeremy Kinsman, ambassador of Canada to the European Union; and Thomas Reid, The Washington Post. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts lecture. Abby Child, experimental filmmaker, talking about her work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Regina Taylor: "Crowns." McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Self Selection, Earnings and Out-Migration: A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants." Amelie Constant, University of Pennsylvania. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "The Typewriter and the Mexican Revolution." Rubén Gallo. 107, 58 Prospect.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Will Global Warming Induce a Permanent El Nino? (It Has Happened Before!)" George Philander. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Classics/human values lecture. "High Wisdom and Popular Critique? Aesop as Sage and Scoffer." Leslie Kurke, University of California-Berkeley. 006 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. "Breaking and Making Identity in Fifth- and Sixth-Century Britain." Robin Fleming, Boston College and Institute for Advanced Study. Theater, Rockefeller-Mathey College.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Extreme Value Theory, Ergodic Theory and the Boundary Between Short Memory and Long Memory for Stationary Stable Processes." Gennady Samorodnitsky, Cornell University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

8 p.m. University committee on public lectures/Edge lecture. "The Human Prejudice." Bernard Williams, University of Oxford. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

4:30 p.m. Women and gender panel discussion. "Origins of Women's Studies at Princeton." Maria DiBattista, Suzanne Keller, Christine Stansell, Froma Zeitlin, Mary Harper and Deborah Nord, moderator. 2 Robertson. Reception follows.

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Mark Bower, St. Agnus Cathedral, Rockville Center, Long Island. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Humanities council reading and discussion. Don DeLillo, author. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Regina Taylor: "Crowns." McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

12:15 to 1:45 p.m. OIT/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning workshop. "New Online Library Services." Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

2 p.m. Mathematics statistical mechanics seminar. "Random Graphs With a Positive Density of Triangles." Jean-Pierre Eckmann, University of Geneva. 343 Jadwin.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Beyond Sieving: Probing the Mechanisms of the Electrophoretic Separation of DNA." Harvey Blanch, University of California-Berkeley. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

G 4 to 6 p.m. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning workshop. "Precept on Precepting: Leading Discussions Successfully." Daniel Rodgers. 328 Frist.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "The Discursive Community of Science: Another Look at the Origins of the New Culture Movement in China, 1910-1920." Hui Wang, Columbia University. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Carbon Sequestration with Altered Vegetation and Atmospheric CO2." Robert Jackson, Duke University. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/Jewish studies lecture. "The Danger of Covert Anti-Semitism: A Review of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Book '200 Years Together.'" Victoria Khiterer, Harvard University. 101 Clio.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Global Issues Forum lecture. "The Coming War With Iraq: How Did We Get Here?" Scott Ritter, former chief U.N. weapons inspector. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. Architecture school lecture. "The Making of Nothing." Liz Diller. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

7:30 p.m. Whig-Cliosohic/American Civil Liberties Union debate. "Civil Liberties After 9/11." Christopher Eisgruber, Ken Kersch and student debaters. Senate Chamber, Whig.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. James McPherson, author of "Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam 1862." University Store.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Regina Taylor: "Crowns." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Jean-Paul Sartre: "Men Without Shadows." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

8 p.m. University Concert Jazz Ensemble. Scudder Plaza, Robertson.

10 p.m. Chapel music for meditation. Chapel.

10 p.m. Frist entertainment. Jesse Fisher Funk Band. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. David Gamarnik, Watson Research Center, IBM. 224 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Madison/American Maritain Association lecture. "Maritain, America and the Second Vatican Council," John Neuhaus, First Things; and "Thomism, America and the Council," David Schundler, Communio. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

4 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "Simple Closed Curves in Surfaces." Nancy Hingston, College of New Jersey. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture on contemporary China. "Reunification With Taiwan: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?" Andrew Hsia, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, New York; James Hsiung, New York University; and Lynn White. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Revolutionary Memory in Bolivia: Anticolonial and National Projects From 1781 to 1953." Sinclair Thomson, New York University. 230 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Physics at a Linear Collider." Sally Dawson, Brookhaven National Lab. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Avoiding Disaster in Afghanistan." William Durch, Henry Stimson Center, Washington, D.C. 016 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Jewish studies lecture. "Gods and Their Humans: Jews and Gentiles in the Ancient Mediterranean City." Paula Fredriksen, Boston University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Through Italy With Car and Camera: Collector Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895." Marianne Grey, docent. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Regina Taylor: "Crowns." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Music/University Glee Club, Richard Tang Yuk, conductor; and Rutgers Glee Club, Patrick Gardner, conductor. Music by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Britten. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Jean-Paul Sartre: "Men Without Shadows." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

8:45 p.m. Madison/American Maritain Association film. Gabriel Marcel: "The Lantern." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Lectures

9 a.m. Jewish studies colloquium. "Monotheism and Its Others: Jews, Christians and Muslims Imaging Each Other." Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College; Eugene Rogers, University of Virginia; John Kelsay, Florida State University; John Gager; Eric Gregory; and Michael Cook. Senate Chamber, Whig.

Noon. Chemistry seminar. "Evolving Natural and Synthetic Molecules." David Liu, Harvard University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

2:30 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Atom Mirror and Beam Splitter Using Chirped Standing Waves." Vladimir Malinovsky, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. 124 Frick.

2:30 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture. "The Mediterranean Body in Modernity: The Production of Whiteness and Normative Femininity in Urban Greek Day Spas." Chrisy Moutsatsos, 107, 58 Prospect.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. "On Some Conformally Invariant Fully Nonlinear Equations." Yanyan Li, Rutgers University. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Madison/American Maritain Association lecture. "The Question of Character," Jeffrey Stout; and "Persons, Constructions and Identities," Jorge Garcia, Boston College. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. "Contrasting Migration to the USA: Irish Catholics and Scots in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries." Tom Devine, University of Aberdeen. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Notices

G 9 a.m. University League informational coffee for newcomers. "Learn About Princeton University and the Princeton Community." 171 Broadmead.

Sports

7 p.m. Sprint football vs. Cornell University. Weaver Track.

7:30 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Brown University. Lourie-Love Field.

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "That's a Pillow." Anne Young, docent. Art Museum.

F 4 and 8:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Regina Taylor: "Crowns." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Music/University concerts Jazz Ensemble, Anthony Branker, director. "Sweet Ellington: Music From the Suites of Edward Kennedy Ellington." Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Jean-Paul Sartre: "Men Without Shadows." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

10 p.m. Frist open mic night. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

G 10 a.m. Alumni Council lecture. "Animal Behavior." James Gould. 10 Guyot.

10:30 a.m. Madison/American Maritain Association lecture. "Maritain and Princeton," Paul Sigmund; and "Was Maritain Right About the Root of American Democracy?" Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

5 p.m. Art Museum lecture. "Color and Drawing: Cézanne and After." Matthew Simms, Emory University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50. Reception follows, Art Museum.

Notices

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cotsen Children's Library opening and storytelling. "Stories Under the Bonsai." Susan Danoff, 11 to 11:45 a.m.; Julie Pasqual, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.; Jim Rohe, 2 to 2:45 p.m.; and Helen Wise, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Main Floor, Firestone.

Sports

1 p.m. Field hockey vs. Brown University. 1952 Stadium.

F 1 p.m. Football vs. Brown University. Princeton Stadium.

4 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Brown University. Lourie-Love Field.

6 p.m. Women's lacrosse vs. U.S. National Team. 1952 Stadium.

F 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Regina Taylor: "Crowns." McCarter Theatre.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Through Italy With Car and Camera: Collector Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895." Marianne Grey, docent. Art Museum.

F 3 p.m. Dryden Ensemble, Jane McKinley, artistic director. Music by Pachelbel, Marin Marais, Antoine Forqueray and Buxtehude. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

3 p.m. Friends of the Library lecture. "Women Printers and the 19th-Century Oneida Community." Deirdre Stam, Syracuse University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. Reception follows, 4 p.m., Milberg Gallery, Firestone.

F 4 p.m. International Center/Cetana Educational Foundation illustrated talk on his adventures and discoveries in Far Northern Myanmar (Burma). Alan Rabinowitz, Wildlife Conservation Society. Friend Center. (Free to students.)

4:30 p.m. Middle East Society/International Center lecture. "Syria, Palestine and the Consequences of U.S. Policy Towards Iraq." Anders Strindberg. 302 Frist.

Notices

11 a.m. University Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

3 p.m. Friends of the Library tour. "Heroic Pastorals: Images of the American Landscape." Rebecca Davidson. Milberg Gallery, Firestone.

12:15 p.m. Mondays, West Room, Murray-Dodge; and 9:30 a.m. Sundays, G2 Dickinson. Membership not required to attend.

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

•"Beyond the Visible: A Conservator's Perspective." Through Jan. 5.

•"Cézanne in Focus: Watercolors From the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection." Oct. 19 through Jan 12.

•"Earth's Beauty Revealed: The 19th-Century European Landscape." Through Jan 12.

•"Photographs by Lewis Baltz." Through Jan. 19.

•"Photographs From the Peter C. Bunnell Collection." Through Oct. 27.

Firestone Library

Exhibition Gallery and Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts (second floor): Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Exhibition Gallery:

•"Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: The Path to the Presidency." Through Oct. 27.

Lobby: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

•"A Collector's Choices: The Vermeule Gift of Medals." Through Oct. 31.

•"Qur'anic Leaves From the William J. Trezise Collection of Arabic Calligraphy." Through Oct. 31.

Frist Campus Center

100 Level. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

•Photographs by Emery Guzelsu.

Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m.

•"Paix et Liberté: Posters that Go BANG!" Through Feb. 1.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

•"Show of Seniors' Junior Independent Work." Through Oct 16.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

•"War and Prophecy." Pat Feeney Murrell, duCret School of Art. Through Oct. 30.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•"After Sept. 11." Through Dec. 1.

Hours: 258-3788; http://www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Dillon Gymnasium

Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Assistance Program

120 McCosh Health Center. Information and appointments: 258-1875, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

Employee Health

G6B McCosh Health Center. Appointments: 258-5035, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. After-hours emergencies: 258-3134.

Employment Opportunities

Employment Hotline: 258-6130; http://jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. mailto:fristqna@princeton.edu.

Library

Hours: 258-3181; http://libweb.princeton.edu.

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Reservations: 258-2787, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. http://www.mccarter.org.

Orange Key Guide Service

Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Information and tours: 258-1766.

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686.

Richardson Auditorium

Reservations: 258-5000, Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; and two hours before events requiring tickets.

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676; http://www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html.

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950; http://www.theatre-intime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.

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